A. Queen of Arabia and Three Sheiks
Maura, who like to be thought of as the most beautiful and powerful
queen of Arabia , had many suitors. One by one
she discarded them, until her list was reduced to just three sheiks. The three
sheiks were all equally young and handsome. They were also rich and strong. It
was very hard to decide who would be the best of them.
One evening, Maura disguised herself and went to the camp of the three
sheiks. As they were about to have dinner, Maura asked them for something to
eat. The first gave her some left over food. The second Sheik gave her some
unappetizing camel’s tail. The third sheik, who was called Hakim, offered her
some of the most tender and tasty meat. After dinner, the disguised queen left
the sheik’s camp.
The following day, the queen invited the three sheiks to dinner at her
palace. She ordered her servant to give each one exactly what they had given
her the evening before. Hakim, who received a plate of delicious meat, refused
to eat it if the other two sheiks could not share it with him.
This Sheik Hakim’s act finally convinced Queen Maura that he was the
man for her. “Without question, Hakim is the most generous of you” she
announced her choice to the sheiks. “So it is Hakim I will marry”.
Narrative Complication in
Generic Structure
As it is said many times that, the heart of
narrative text is the existence of the complication. It will drive the plot of
the story to keep amusing. The existence of conflict inside the Queen Maura is
what builds the story keep running. The psychological conflict inside Maura,
which she strikes against herself, is arousing the reader’s attention to
continue reading the story. They want to know what next will happen, who will
be chosen by Queen Maura; in what way she will decide who the best is. Keeping
knowing them really entertaining as well increasing the moral value added.
Orientation: the text introduces the
Queen Maura and three sheiks in Arabia once
time.
Complication: Queen Maura finds out that
it was very difficult to choose one as the best among them
Resolution: finally
Queen Maura has a convincing way to choose one and he is Sheik Hakim
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