Something Old, Something New

Something Old, Something New

1. Cultural Difference

   • The man feels like an outsider in this Sudanese culture
     • 1) his sense of danger when he is in the car and after he is robbed, whereas she is far more relaxed
     • 2) his feeling that the Nile is dangerous, whereas she is proud to show off its beauty
     • 3) his suspicion of the brother, whereas she thinks there is no hostility
     • 4) his feelings about her crowded home, containing almost no personal possessions
     • 5) his feeling that British Islam had misled him about the nature of the culture of Muslim countries
     • HOWEVER THE STORY SUGGESTS THAT PEOPLE CAN AJUST

2. Choice marriage vs Arranged marriage

3. Religious/Faith

4. Sudanese woman, Scottish man

   • converted from Catholic Christianity to Islam
   • Go to Sudan to get married