Rebellious Spirits

Gibran Khalil Gibran uses the narrative form as a way to present his vision of life. Through several stories: "The Lady Warda," "Warda al-Hani," "The Cry of the Graves," "The Bride''s Bed," and "Khalil the Infidel," the writer forms a narrative world that is carried by his ideas calling for rebellion against the social inheritance that pressures the individual to take away his dreams and hopes and...