İSKENDER

İSKENDER ELİF ŞAFAK

       One of the most liked novel ,recently, is İskender of Elif Şafak.This book is narrating an unfortunate family.When you start to read it you  believe that you know all story but when you learn the truth you appreciate the writers imagination.

       To sum up, i will summarize it for you J

       I start with definitions of Toprak familys each member.Our heroes are Pembe, Cemile, Adem, İskender, Esma,Yunus…Cemile and Pembe are twins and Pembe and Adem are married.İskender, Esma and Yunus are their children.At the beginning of the story, Adem went to village which in  Pembe and Cemile live.He saw Cemile and he fell in love with her but her father didn’t consent to marry them.Cemile was kidnapped before and her father didn’t approve to be a wife for him.You know Turkish traditions…He said Adem can marry with Pembe because of they are exactly alike so this means if you like Cemile you can like Pembe..However, he didn’t know unlike their appearances their personalities are complete opposite.Adem married with Pembe but he didn’t never love her although they had three children.

      The most of the story is passing in Londra.On the first page, you see someone was dead and she was killed by her own son.He had been in prison for years but he come out soon.This man is İskender.Let’s see what happened the past..

     Adem and Pembe migrated into the Londra owing to economic reasons and these three children were born there.They feel themselves strangers in Londra like all immigrants.Furthermore,Adem got out of home so he abandoned his wife and his childrens.İskender was fifteen years that time and he is a boy.This means he was responsible for needs of house and his mother ,his sister and his brother.He was a  really rebellious young and he wasn’t forgiving his fathers leaving home for a bitch.

    After adem had  left home, Pembe had to work much because of expenses.One day,when she was coming back home, she met a man who was defence her rights againts a racist boy.Turkish people were sidelined in 70s. İn Londra and the other European cities.Anyway, this man gave the racialist boy a good piece of advice.This event provided to meet Elias and Pembe.Elias fell in love with Pembe.Pembe  also liked this man and they were starting to date but Pembe felt always herself guilty  because she was  a marrried woman even if her husband wasn’t at home or he abandoned them.Besides, she was worried about so that not to be heard by İskender.She knew her sons behaviours  and  what he would do if he knew this relationship.Pembe and Elias could only go to the  cinema because both Pembe like the cinema very much and its more difficult to be seen  them by other people.Nevertheless,Tarık ,childrens uncle, saw them and he told İskender as if he had witnessed  some terrible events.After that day, İskender started to follow his mother and he didn’t let to go to her work.Pembe accepted hopelessly.