Type
Text
Type
Thesis
Advisor
Chandler, Annette H | Ginna, Robert | Chandler, William | Erman, John.
Date
2013-12-01
Keywords
Fine arts
Department
Department of Creative Writing and Literature.
Language
en_US
Source
This work is sponsored by the Stony Brook University Graduate School in compliance with the requirements for completion of degree.
Identifier
http://hdl.handle.net/11401/77346
Publisher
The Graduate School, Stony Brook University: Stony Brook, NY.
Format
application/pdf
Abstract
The following script is a fictional account of how a young Iraqi man becomes an Arabic interpreter for a Marine infantry platoon, drawn largely from the writer's personal experience as an infantry officer in Iraq from 2007- 2008 in Al Anbar Province. Mustafa Abbas, aka Roy, the nephew and adopted son of a powerful tribal leader, Sheik Khamis, is cast onto the streets after it's discovered that he assisted Sheik Khamis' rival, Lieutenant Fallon, a Marine infantry officer whose interpreter was assassinated by a roadside bomb. Mustafa is enlisted by Fallon while the lieutenant awaits a replace interpreter but as their trust grows, Fallon begins to rely on Mustafa more and more, pulling Mustafa away from his best friend, Ali, and his beloved sister Fatima, who remains under the treacherous and bloodthirsty hand of their lunatical uncle. | 130 pages
Recommended Citation
Abrams, Brian Richard, "Roy" (2013). Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions). 3166.
https://commons.library.stonybrook.edu/stony-brook-theses-and-dissertations-collection/3166