It is as though his position in the village is so lowly that nobody needs to heed what he says. It is also noticeable that nobody pays attention to Masood when the dates are being harvested. If anything the narrator’s grandfather is controlling Masood and actually appears to enjoy it as he knows he will profit further from what he thinks is Masood’s ignorance of having so many wives. It is as though the narrator’s grandfather disapproves with how Masood lives his life and as such sees his own actions as being fair.
It is as though the narrator’s grandfather uses Masood as an instrument that he can profit from rather than as a human being or as a neighbour. However it is interesting that on closer inspection the narrator’s feelings for his grandfather change during the story when the narrator sees how his grandfather treats Masood.
He is always there for his grandfather and the grandfather is always there for the narrator. It is as though the narrator not only loves his grandfather but that he also has a strong connection with him. The narrator also likes helping his grandfather and likes reading the Koran to him. More time than the narrator does with his father.
The narrator and his grandfather spend a lot of time together. Narrated in the first person by a man looking back at an incident when he was a child the reader realises after reading the story that Salih may be exploring the theme of connection. In A Handful of Dates by Tayeb Salih we have the theme of connection, control, greed, selfishness, rejection, injustice, conflict and coming of age.
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