Reading Response Essay

Identity
Institution
Date

The first document illustrates on the powers superstitious powers of Allah: managing to change the identity of the dead masters who initially were bombed, into jinns. Actually, the transformation sounds traitorous outcomes in sense that the new beings are practicing rituals and magic with an intention of eliminating the existing beings. For instance, the ‘she’ described in this chapter engaged different schemes to manipulate her target hence achieving the intended mission. “She undid her plaits, rent off her rode, then, in front of his own eyes, her feet began twisting backwards.”
The phrase “she opened her mouth wide, exposing long sharp teeth” pronounces destruction and satanic plans to the village. This creates discomfort to the residents: “babies cry and bells jingle.” ‘She’ later changed her skin into fish scales, getting rid of lashes and lids, and rounding her eyes. The transformation symbolizes dreadfulness, gluttonous and selfishness as the case of whales and dolphins in the sea. This caused Raai to ‘did it on her pant,’ meaning that he was greatly terrified. She invoked the devils of witchcraft to warn those who had taken away her husband. She claimed to posses powers of transforming the identity of anyone who would interfere with her affairs and those of her husband. Actually, she threatened to burn the enemy into mud.
Allah is portrayed as god with some creation powers as well as the potential to breathe life to the dead beings. “Allah created the jinn out of fire, and if they get burnt to mud they become human beings like us.” The p...