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The Blue Water Djinn Analysis

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“The Blue Water Djinn” by Tea Obreht is about the loss of innocence of Jack with the transition into adolescence. Jack begins the story believing in the water djinn, a spirit that inhabits the earth according to Muslim demonology, which Fawad had told him about, to keep him out of trouble. As the story progresses, Jack encounters different situations. Jack is exposed to the details of the Frenchman's death. When Jack explores the abandoned ship supposedly home the water djinn, he is met with the realization that all is not as he was told upon finding, in place of the water djinn, an innocent sea turtle trapped in a tide pool desperately trying to escape. This loss of innocence fits the story well. Fawad plays a caretaker role with Jack. There

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