Season of Migration to the North is a novel written by the novelist Tayeb Salih. The unnamed narrator tells a story about a man named Mustafa Sa’eed. There are some reasonable and confused issues and reasons that why the narrator is so interested about Mustafa. Especially, the relationship between narrator and Mustafa Sa’eed what is worth to explore deeper. “In the Season of Migration to the North, the unnamed narrator and Mustafa Sa’eed are possibly the same person, if not physically, then psychologically.” For this statement, I strongly agree with it. First, in the novel, there are two aspects that hints to point this argument; not only in physical pattern, but also in psychological conscious, behavior and thoughts, that narrator and Mustafa
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For instance, they both have specific seven years life in Britain. Narrator spends seven years on studying, and Mustafa jailed in prison seven years. If the prison is a prison physically, school can be a prison seemingly. In addition, when the narrator back to the village, he seems like a stranger, and Mustafa is also a newcomer, stranger from Khartoum which city narrator teaches pre-Islamic literature. In this way, they experienced life in the unnamed village, Britain and Khartoum. One more point, Mustafa speak English frequently, and narrator also speaks English. In one word, these clues all reveal the possibility that narrator and Mustafa are the same person. Furthermore, in the Season of Migration to the North, although narrator and Mustafa have many similarities, they have something exactly differences as well, however, these differences also can indicate that they are the same person. Let see these differences first. Mustafa is a man who seems focus on sex in the relationship with women, and narrator is a man who not pays attention on romantic relationship but attracted and falls in love with Hosna’s “foreign beauty”. Second, narrator is the person who always seeks truth, and Mustafa is the person who gives the truth. On the surface, these differences prove they are two individuals, nonetheless, after piecing these exact differences together, one person …show more content…
It sounds ridiculous, however, in psychology, “dissociative identity disorder, or multiple personality disorder is a severe form of dissociation, a mental process that produces alack of connection in a person’s thoughts, memories, feelings, actions, or sense of identity.” (WebMD) In the Season of Migration to the North, the author writes “Awaking from the nightmare”. In the dissociative identity disorder, people usually cannot understand or realize the position and environment they stay, just like experience a dream. In the history, Billy Milligan is an example that person has multiple personality disorder and only person realizes that and controls self by one personality who is intelligent and manageable. If narrator is the person who realize his second personality, it is possible that he tells his own story and Mustafa died can be a symbol that he is “locked”, and narrator live in present personality, just like the ending, he tries to save his life instead of
For instance, they both have specific seven years life in Britain. Narrator spends seven years on studying, and Mustafa jailed in prison seven years. If the prison is a prison physically, school can be a prison seemingly. In addition, when the narrator back to the village, he seems like a stranger, and Mustafa is also a newcomer, stranger from Khartoum which city narrator teaches pre-Islamic literature. In this way, they experienced life in the unnamed village, Britain and Khartoum. One more point, Mustafa speak English frequently, and narrator also speaks English. In one word, these clues all reveal the possibility that narrator and Mustafa are the same person. Furthermore, in the Season of Migration to the North, although narrator and Mustafa have many similarities, they have something exactly differences as well, however, these differences also can indicate that they are the same person. Let see these differences first. Mustafa is a man who seems focus on sex in the relationship with women, and narrator is a man who not pays attention on romantic relationship but attracted and falls in love with Hosna’s “foreign beauty”. Second, narrator is the person who always seeks truth, and Mustafa is the person who gives the truth. On the surface, these differences prove they are two individuals, nonetheless, after piecing these exact differences together, one person …show more content…
It sounds ridiculous, however, in psychology, “dissociative identity disorder, or multiple personality disorder is a severe form of dissociation, a mental process that produces alack of connection in a person’s thoughts, memories, feelings, actions, or sense of identity.” (WebMD) In the Season of Migration to the North, the author writes “Awaking from the nightmare”. In the dissociative identity disorder, people usually cannot understand or realize the position and environment they stay, just like experience a dream. In the history, Billy Milligan is an example that person has multiple personality disorder and only person realizes that and controls self by one personality who is intelligent and manageable. If narrator is the person who realize his second personality, it is possible that he tells his own story and Mustafa died can be a symbol that he is “locked”, and narrator live in present personality, just like the ending, he tries to save his life instead of