Small Sun

Abu Fahd was given the opportunity to have a rich life and he destroyed his chance. When he is at first offered the jars of gold he is too consumed with the idea of having meat to eat that he is not fast enough to accept the black sheeps offer before he disappears. When Abu Fahd tells his wife about the black sheep under the bridge she and Abu Fahd begin to brainstorm all of the fancy material objects they could buy and how wonderful a life their unborn child would have if they were rich. Their son would never be hungry and have nice clothes, and be able to attend a prestigious school. It is as though they both became overwhelmed with hope and greed at the same time. If it was me being offered such wealth I would undoubtedly act the same way, I believe it is human nature to want more out of life. However, instead of waiting until the next night to search for the sheep like his wife advised him to, Abu Fahd had to get up immediately to return to the bridge, fearful that he would lose his chance. In other words, Abu Fahd’s greed got the better of him and in the end it destroyed hope of his family ever having any of the things that they had dreamed of. When Abu Fahd reaches the bridge he is confronted by a drunk man, and Abu Fahd being so anxious to find the black sheep, becomes furious when the drunk man doesn’t leave him alone. The two men get into a scuffle and Abu Fahd is stabbed many times and left to die. Because Abu Fahd couldn’t wait and succumbed to his greed he sacrificed any hope for himself, his wife, and for his unborn child of living a rich and happy life. Even if he never found the black sheep, if he wouldn’t have been in such a hurry he would have lived to see his unborn son and to be with his family. Now his wife and son will probably be worse off than they would, had Abu Fahd not been killed. Thus the theme seems to be that greed is a very destructive thing.