Savushun Book Q&A

1. Why has Simin Daneshvar named this novel Savushun? [Maximum world limit: 300] 2. Why does Yusof refuse to sell his wheat crops to the British forces? How does Yusof’s defiant political stand embody Iran’s nationalist aspirations? [Maximum world limit: 500] 3. Why do some of the tribal chieftains rebel against the government and fight their own country’s armed forces? [Maximum world limit: 500] 4. Does the novel completely reject Western influence in Iran? Does the novel make a distinction between the material and the spiritual? Which sphere does it embrace as acceptable and which one it rejects? Substantiate your arguments with textual evidence. [Maximum world limit: 500] 5. What does the novel tell us about women’s status during the first half of the twentieth century in Iran? Your response must include an appraisal of the main female protagonist Zari. [Maximum world limit: 500]