The Blind Owl is a book like no other I’ve read; it was full of twists and turns and murder, and for the most part a lot of confusion on my end. The main character, who’s name we never learn, is full of thoughts and even does some horrible things in order to mask these thoughts.The book opens with the narrator talking to the shadow on his wall and through this dialogue we come to understand his situation. Of course the book starts with death; a beautiful lady dies in the narrator's room and he proceeds to paint because she was so beautiful and he is an artists but he struggles to do so but then he cuts up her body, stuffs her in a suitcase and proceeds to dump her body by a tree. As we progress we learn of his current situation with his …show more content…
There were parts throughout the book and even characters I felt could have been Reza or even actions he took but I believe they may have been more of a stretch than they really are. We see these beautiful women both the one at the beginning and his wife as things he could never have, he wanted his wife but she didn't want him and this coupled with his wine drinking and opium smoking did not help him. Perhaps these women symbolize the constitution of Iran that never came to be due to the coup of Reza Shah and the actions he and his team partook in but it is possible that I’m making these connections by a stretch; sure Iran still had the Majlis but it was virtually powerless due to his corruption. They were the society he perhaps wanted one of less corruption and more prosperity for the people, although Iran under Reza Shah was modernizing the state this came at …show more content…
There is fear in him and this was present in the society that was created under Reza Shah and you also alluded to this in your book chapter and it comes through in this book; I feel this is especially evident when he see the police and hears them and he repeats this many times in a few pages. One thing I did realize was that it reminded me of my favorite author, Edgar Allen Poe in its mystery and just the death and aftermath itself. Overall, I think the book was very well written but like you said we've been desensitized and the book may not be as hard hitting for us as it was when it was originally