42 pages • 1 hour read
Elizabeth Warnock FerneaGuests of the Sheik
Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1965A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more.
Essay Topics
How does Elizabeth change and develop as a character and as a person during her time in El Nahra?
How do attitudes toward the abayah and traditional clothing vary throughout El Nahra and Iraq at large?
Why is female companionship crucial to societies that practice female seclusion, like the society of El Nahra? What roles do these women play in each other’s lives, and what roles do they play in society at large?
How does poverty manifest itself throughout Elizabeth’s story? Who does poverty affect most and what are its repercussions?
How is this book representative of the Cold War and global politics in the 1950s? What perspective does the work provide of the Cold War?
How is personal reputation portrayed in the book? What is the importance of reputation, and how is reputation maintained?
Both Elizabeth and the women she encounters view each other with certain prejudices. What are these prejudices, and how do they influence the relationships between these women?
How is education portrayed in the book? Why is education important in the society of El Nahra? Is access to education equal in the book?
How do the women of El Nahra fare in an increasingly globalized and modernized world? Do they have agency? Why or why not?
