"BROTHER PRISONER"-symbolism!?

this image seemed to portray the blend of two opposite feelings or emotions. placing one's self in the bird's position, one wouldnot know whether to feel sorry for her still-caged self.. or....to feel happy for her hitherto cage-mate's new-found freedom. it would certainly be a mix of contrary feelings tearing on the opposite directions.


and.... one important point to note in khalil's composition is....how his FATHER'S SLAVES had captured and enslaved a MIGHTY LION to amuse his father. SLAVES READILY MAKE OTHERS SLAVES, IN ORDER TO GRATIFY THEIR MASTER'S DIRTY WISHES, thus attempting to make themselves dear to their master and become his favourite. is it not natural a hunter would certainly like his capable hunting dog!? this seems to perfectly match with the indian scenario of caste system, in which, in my view, middle positioned caste people try to keep the lower caste people forever below them in stature, despite being hated(or...certainly not-loved) by the people from upper castes; notwithstanding that, middle caste people fawn on upper-caste people. this is how slaves put the naive people in double/triple/multi-layered slavery.


one more aspect is... the weak bird -though songless-addressing the stronger lion as her brother. anyone who can fight for freedom, for themselves and/or for others, is naturally regarded by the weak as a brother/protector/saviour. fellow feeling brings about the brotherhood in this shared trouble.


....another point that i should not forget to mention is... that the lion is brought into A GARDEN from A DESERT. in this garden he's sure to get a good food and safety and security, but at the loss of his freedom; in the desert's wilderness, he'd lead a life full of challenges and hardships. it remains a choice for one, what he'd choose to sacrifice and what he'd choose to go with.


regards.

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"BROTHER PRISONER"

    It’s been months since I wrote any piece here. Though many times I thought of writing, the nuclei of thoughts never grew matured enough to be delivered here, and that’s more because of my laziness. Waking up a blog from coma is not too difficult an issue I guess….particularly when we write just to get our ideas recorded in electronic media which may never get noticed….and when we don’t have any reader following us, we are free from the pressure to keep things updated to keep the blog alive and the readers, if any, in thrall… this feels like sifting for gold lumps in river sand, we don’t know when we get something really worthy, but we got to sift tons of waste.

http://4umi.com/gibran/madman/17

    This link has a small writing of Khalil Gibran. Even though I had not read much of his works, just this story of lion and sparrow drew all my thoughts. I think the message is very evident that it does not need any interpretation; yet, I would like to record what sort of ideas it generated or evoked in my imagination.

The lion is brought by SLAVES, and the sparrow is speechless, both are in cages. It is this similarity of conditions that brings about the fellow feeling or brotherly feeling even between different species, like a lion and a sparrow. It has so much wisdom that people from different walks of life, with different backgrounds, languages, races, regions, religions and the like, may share similar oppressive conditions, and that condition should bring them together in the fight against the exploiting group(s). 

    I could not avoid thinking of the very famous slogan of Karl Marx, `` workers of all countries, unite”. i dont know what khalil gibran might have thought of while writing.