A Storm Gathering: resume og karakteristik af Malik

A Storm GatheringA summary of A Storm Gathering The story is about a man called Malik. Malik is in Khartoum The story is about a man Called Malik. Malik is in Khartoum, which is a town in Sudan. Malik's mission in Khartoum is to be like as a relief worker. He must ensure that they get food and medicine. The task is not easy for Malik, because their supplies are often broken, delayed or missing goods. A female doctor shows up at Malik and Malik makes more comfortable. It turns out that the female doctor is only out to inspect - She has not food and medicine with her. The female doctor decides to help the Chief who is sick in one of the villages. The day after the woman doctor has helped Chief, he is dead. Malik can feel the village's frustration. The village blames namely the doctor.A large haabob evolve - And it ends with Malik and the doctor came in safety.

A characterize of Malik.Malik is a relief work in Sudan. Malik is a good man - And not a self-absorbed man. His task is to distribute medicine and food to the villages in his own territory. It is hard to distribute food and medicine, because supplies are not good - it leads to disappointments from people in his town. It was basically just really hard to help people. ”It had been a difficult week for the little town” (page 7, line 7) Malik everything he can do - and it seems like that it is important to him. He wants to help people. He is caught between doing something good, and disappointment. He is forced to be thankful for the goods to arrive. He is treated badly by the female doctor who comes to inspection. she humiliates him - and he lets her do it, "Malik had never known such humiliation." (page 9, l. 88). She comes to Malik through the camp as a picture outside. She can show people that there is still help.Malik is a good-hearted man, but he also lacks - he is torn between being an educated man from the city and still be one of the villagers people. Torn between his own people and the female doctor.He is relieved when the storm sets in - now he is on another level, it is not forced to choose between the two worlds:"... and he wished that the storm might last forever." (page 11, line 178).