The story goes quickly and is not boring

Liliane 2022-03-26 09:01:09


The opening chapter talks about loss, and the state is not good. On the way to Saudi Arabia to talk about the list, this part of the entry is very fast;
the failure of the bicycle factory is also constantly flashing back. Here is the negative first half of the male protagonist;


The male protagonist is not used to this place. There are old habits and discomfort in the new environment.
This started from a part-time driver to a Danish woman, and has gradually tried, but the effect is very small.

Knowing that meeting a female doctor, the female doctor herself has a strong spirit Pillar attributes, in the context of Saudi Arabia, women's medical practice and divorce, which endow female doctors with powerful attributes, so after saving the male lead's life, they also saved the sales male lead spiritually or spiritually.

There are always crises, whether it is the closure of a bicycle factory, family changes, difficulties and failures in sales, a tumor on the body, or memories of getting lost in the woods when I was a teenager; the
female doctor is like the father of the male protagonist. It gave him the mental support and confidence to solve problems so he could feel meaningful.
In turn, he also helped the part-time driver. The part-time driver mustered up the courage to interview other people's husbands to show that he was not a mistress; he also gave mutual support to the female doctor.


The part-time driver involves religion here, some of which are hints, but I don't know MSL, so I don't understand it very well;
when all MSL worships at night, this picture always feels a little implied [shooting], the male protagonist sees the wolf wandering around And in order to attack the sheep, he did not shoot the wolf, why?
Is the Mecca Mosque really an urban area that non-MSL can't enter?
When walking through the city, two children prayed, and the part-time driver gestured with the index finger up to express that God would give it, what else should he explain?
Is the conversation between the part-time driver and the male protagonist before the wolf fight implying that the male protagonist joins the extremist KB organization to protect their homeland?

There are also absurd and possibly real contrasts:
Filipino maids sweeping sand on desert highways;
construction workers in unfinished buildings and spotless sales offices on the fifth floor;
Danish embassy drinking and powder pool parties and conservative Saudi locals Circumstances;

these are all peculiar, do they have any special meaning?

This is a mutual help story between an American expatriate sales (blue) and a local part-time division (dark green) machine and an expatriate sales and MSL female doctor (green to dark blue).

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Extended Reading

A Hologram for the King quotes

  • Alan: Showtime! Expect the unexpected.

  • [first lines]

    Alan: [mimicking The Talking Heads in his music video TV commercial] You may find yourself living in your garden shack. And you may find yourself not at home in your home. And you may find yourself looking for your large automobile. And you may find yourself without a beautiful house. Without a beautiful wife. And you may ask yourself "Well, how did I get here?"

    Alan: [riding a roller coaster for the chorus] Same as it ever was. Same as it ever was. Same as it ever was. Same as it ever was.