Book Analysis - In the Country of Men

In the soil of Men is a unexampled, by Hisham Matar. Its about Suleiman, a nine year quondam(a) boy who lives in crush 1970s Libya governed by Colonel Qaddafi. The novel is set in a context of extreme conquering in which there is no freedom of speech, religion and even so thought, whatsoeverone who expressed their discontent against the authorities was torture or killed. Suleiman is the word of honor of Najwa, his m early(a), and Faraj, an international businessman and clandestine political rebellion activist. with all of the story, Suleiman is in a constant conflict with high treason as the result of an seismic and confusing world, which Suleiman barely understands.\nBetrayal, in Hisham Matars novel, is represented in different ways, one of them is by the relationship amongst Suleimans family and Kareems, his best friend. At the jump of the novel, Kareem and Suleiman treat each other alike(p) they are brothers. [] what join Kareem and me rarely felt like friendship, scarcely something like kindred or virtue (23). so Kareems dad is interpreted away by the extremist committee and some strain starts to build up between them. Suleiman kind of of being empathetic, turns his seat on him Everybody knows your father is tr---(108). The disengagement between both families is excessively represented by Najwas relationship with Kareems mom. [] no two days would promontory before one mobiliseed or visited each other (39)., but After Ustah Rashid was taken mama didnt go to aunty Salma and Auntie Salma didnt call or visit (40). This separation doesnt make any sense for Suleiman, but he is told to live with it, as a result confusion sets in his mind and causes Suleiman to mistreat Kareem.\nSuleimans dad also is a perfect example of disloyalty. Faraj is dysphoric for his family safety and his, so instead of dying like a hero, like Ustah Rachid (Farajs friend) he decides to betray his people. Who betrayed Ustah Rachid? Who told the secret service. ..