The Wrong End of the Telescope - Pages 264 - 305 Summary & Analysis

Rabih Alameddine
This Study Guide consists of approximately 66 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of The Wrong End of the Telescope.

The Wrong End of the Telescope - Pages 264 - 305 Summary & Analysis

Rabih Alameddine
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In “A Toddler by Any Other Name Is Still a Toddler” (264), Mina tells the story of Aylan Kurdi, a boy whose dead body washed up on a beach in Turkey, provoking international mourning. Mina specifies that the boy’s name was actually not Aylan but Alan, that it must have been spelled incorrectly, and that his family’s name was Shenu, but they were called Kurdi in Turkey due to their ethnic background. Mina says that the Turkish poet Cemal Süreya is rumored to have lost one letter y in his last name, typically spelled Süreyya, in a bet. She imagines the extra y finding its way to Alan after the poet’s death.

In “Another Kurd, Another Drowning” (266), Mina tells the story of another drowned refugee, a Turkish boy named Baris Yagzi who wanted to study music in Brussels. He...

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