Discussion:
Review the article: "The Land of Sad Oranges," Kanafani (137-141)
Kanafani's "The Land of Sad Oranges" offers insight into the refugee experience. Displaced people are vulnerable to a broad spectrum of human trauma: violence, abduction, rape, extortion, imprisonment, poverty, hunger, shelterlessness, sickness, and persecution. What is the function of having this experience narrated through the perspective of a child?