Global ambition through the novel “Florida Dreams”.

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Written by Dr. Khalid Alami

 

 

Can the world dream one dream as if it lives one reality in a global village? A question with global ambition, posed by the Moroccan novelist, Dr. Zoubaida Hermas, through her novel in Arabic,“Florida Dreams” أحلام فلوريدا “”.

Presentation of the novel.
The novel begins with its cover, which was designed and drawn by the novelist ‘’Zoubaida Hermas’’ herself, as a first step to presenting the content of the novel “Dreams of Florida”, where the American flag studded with the stars of the states appears, and the star of Florida left it towards an unknown destination. After that, the title comes as a gateway to the depths of the novel. The title “Florida Dreams” gives the characteristic of a dream and draws the reader’s attention to diving into the folds and events of the novel.

The content of the novel.
With the words: “Mr. President, Mr. President, Florida is now swimming in the ocean. It’s unbelievable, Florida has been ripped off and is a floating island”, The novel begins with a fictional account of the events of the state of Florida separating from other American states and heading across the Atlantic Ocean towards Senegal on the African continent, the events of a homeland traveling across the sea, a rich topic for media, and a scientific puzzle.

The events of the novel begin to get complicated when a geological team that was searching for the cause of the incident discovers the remains of an ancient civilization. One of the characters in the novel commented : “Florida today inspires us and gives us a new history that will crown the civilization of our great people, Wonderful America surprises us”.

In the midst of the incident, the American state tried to harness all its forces to contain the incident, so it withdrew its soldiers from the colonies to help the people of Florida, the station in which the novel tried to shed light on part of the reality of the American colonies. There are many explanations for the accident, including the explanation that promotes the intervention of beings from other planets, which has found acceptance in the ranks of society, as a hint of the readiness of the deep mental structure of the American man to believe the myth despite the scientific and technological progress that appears.

While residents of other states turned their attention to what happened in Florida swimming in the sea, Floridians overcame the initial shock and began to create an independent community with its own social, political and cultural issues.
The events begin with the separation of Florida from America and direct it towards an unknown destination and end with a series of interpretations and results, in which multiple personalities such as the President of America, his daughter, advisors, Experts, scientists, media personalities, doctors and the President of Senegal are all shocked by the horror of the incident and its possible consequences: Cuba has moved towards the United States, a pandemic looms over the citizens…
The Florida secession event was a nightmare for some, but it was like a dream in the eyes of others, especially those who are fond of change, in connection with the title of the novel.

Issues in the novel.
The novel “Florida Dreams” characterizes American society through a range of political, economic and social issues:

– The issue of racism and its connection – to some extent – with what happened to black slaves in Florida in past times,
– The philosophy of absurdity that invests even in disasters in order to achieve material profit: The world is used to watching the destruction on electronic game boards as it sees it in the reality, Journalists are obsessed with photographing the dying person instead of helping him…,
– The negative repercussions of the media in guiding public opinion,
– The duality of American policy in its dealings with local and global issues and with the peoples of the world,
– Revealing the truth about some of the sparkling statues in the Western conceptual structure, such as the concept of freedom that has become a currency to be bought and sold, and the concept of peace for which rivers of blood flow around the world with justifications that serve the interests of the West only,
– Man in the American colonies clung to the land despite the ferocity of aggression,
– Criticizing the technological reality by asking some deep questions and hypotheses: Communicative machines no longer transmit news only but feelings and sensations, Fear is not faced with intimidation and oppression,…
– The fall of the philosophy of “the death of God and the superhuman”. Despite man’s strength and development, his ability to tame nature is still weak.

The aesthetic of the novel.
The aesthetic of the novel is evident in its ability to express the human relationship with his ever-changing reality, through language, description, characters, time and space.
As a representative function, the narrative blends analysis, culture, and realism on the one hand, and the eloquence of dream description, the accuracy of science and the power of media in shaping the consciousness of Americans on the other hand, all of this with a close connection to the place and full involvement in the struggle of concepts, values, identity, and aspirations.

The aesthetic of the novel is also evident in the identification of imagination with reality at the level of events, personalities, history, and their symbolism: The American President visits Senegal and enters through the “door of no return” through which Africans were forcibly deported to America, The President of Senegal receives him to remind that he has in his country the remaining Floridians …

The strength of creativity in the novel “Florida Dreams” lies in the extent to which it simulates reality through a beautiful recipe of polite imagination, which makes it rise to the level of distinguished novels that can be chosen for a large-scale cinematic project.

Novel : “Florida Dreams” أحلام فلوريدا “”
Author : Dr. Zoubaida Hermas
Print : Shams.Print – Salé – Morocco

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