We understand the book better now that we have read a bit more than half. In the begining you did'nt understand the story so good because you just got trown into the story, you didn't know what happend before. But now when we had followed the story you understand it more.
How relevant is the time setting really for the story?
It has to be moderntime because we discriminate people more now then we did before. It kind of started after september 11th 2001. The media effect us much and they have told us so much about bad things that muslim have done, so we belive that every muslim is the same way. Because of all this we belive that the time is relevant to the story.
We belive this could happen anywhere in the world, so place is not relevant.
Do you really think we discriminate more today than before? Think about segregation systems in the US and South Africa! But you DO have a point on people's attitudes towards Islam, I understand what you mean.
SvaraRadera