Questions for "Hamadi"------------> |
Questions for "Hamadi"
- Does Hamadi embody knowledge, imagination or experience? Can it be possible to live a full life without one of these characteristics? Explain your ideas.
- What is the theme of the story? What lessons is Naomi Shihab Nye trying to teach us?
- What does Hamadi mean when he says, “We go on and on. We don’t stop where it hurts. We turn a corner. It is the reason we are living. To turn a corner. Come, let’s move.”? Why do we keep moving? What has/would stop you in your tracks? Do you think Hamadi’s philosophy comes from experience? Do you think in some ways he was stopped in his tracks until Susan brought him out of his little world?
- How does Hamadi use his imagination to compensate for his lack of experience?
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