Broken April By Allan Kadare Sparknotes

By using outsider’s perspectives in the novel Broken April, Ismail Kadare, the author, displays how life in the HP and Kanun is so disconnected from the rest of the world and gives insight into the social norms and violent culture. These perspectives are employed to give a view into the author’s own perspective on the harsh culture. Via characters like Bessian and Diana, the readers are shown the wide range of outlooks into the HP culture. Other than that, the Doctor and Surveyor are used to show their long-lasting effect on the culture. Kadare using these perspectives helps the readers understand the HP much better, as it gives them a point of view in which they can relate.

Firstly, Bessian Vorpsi burst into the scene as an enthusiast for

At the start of the trip, Diana is a very curious character accompanying Bessian, but as she finds out about this ‘romantic’ view, she becomes very depressed and it seeps throughout the book, giving the book a dark and gloomy ending. She finds out that this journey was not meant for her, but for only Bessian on page 64: “On a number of occasions. him” (Kadare 64). On this page/line, as Diana first experienced the High Plateau, she knew the trip was a trip for the sole purpose of Bessians joy. She also might have thought that he is also using this trip to fulfill his fantasized and unrealistic viewpoint on this area. In turn, Diana’s happiness started to spiral downwards after this initial interaction with the place. This really shows the brutal toll that the HP takes on your body as it is such a radical change and unwarranted sight which 99% percent of people will never experience in their lifetime. She shows this change on page 123 where it is written, “He moved to make.” (Kadare 123). Her views of the HP being a horrible and emotionless place are shown adding to her depressed emotions. In this, Kadare greatly shows her mental blankness as a window into the HP by using a lot of heightened language and descriptive language. Towards the end of the book (Page 190’s), Diana strongly conflicts with the idea of the Kanun so

On page 191 Kadare shows this by writing that, “I perform work. bullet.” (Kadare 191). It is really clearly being shown that the Doctor is made to feel useless in the tough conditions of the HP. He also talks about how his role in the Kanun can be completed by anyone with common knowledge. Additionally, this also mentions how he feels useless as most people do not require his services to heal wounds, and just do it themselves. Kadare inserts this section of writing to enhance the many different layers of cultural and social norms. Doctor also is critical of the mountain dwellers (mountaineers), as he calls them and their practices ‘barbaric’ (192) showing how he believes in a more modern approach. This is poised to align with Kadares' thoughts, as he also is an advocate for a more increased sense of modernity in the High Plateau region. He also feels that the mountaineers exploit the Kanun and its rules, “all that. from his” (Kadare 193). In these paragraphs, it is shown that the doctor is very knowledgeable on the topic of the Kanun, and that he also understands all the places where it is weak. He points out his view on the mountaineers and how they managed to exploit the Kanun in a clever way. He builds suspense to express his message by increasing the tone of the conversation. He starts very calmly and throughout the