Koran
Harun writes, “I know the book by heart, I can recite it to you like the Koran. That story- a corpse wrote it, not a writer. You can tell by the way he suffers from the sun and gets dazzled by the colors.” The allegorical Koran indicates that Harun is totally acquainted with all the plot in the text which he is critiquing. Harun is not persuaded about the veracity of the book’s embroidered content.
Paradise
Harun remarks, “In these parts, you get offered the best liquors after your death, not before. And that’s religion, my brother. Drink it up - in a few years after the end of the world, the only bar still open will be in Paradise.” Associating Paradise with a bar accentuates the soothing nature of religion, particularly Christianity. Religion is comparable to the liquor which all the Christians consume with the hope that they will enter Paradise.
god
Harun expounds, “So Musa was a simple god, a god of few words. His thick beard and strong arms made him seem like a giant who could have wrung the neck of any soldier in any ancient pharaoh’s army. Which explains why, on the day we learned of his death and the circumstances surrounding it, I didn’t feel sad and angry at first; instead I felt disappointed and offended , as if someone had insulted me.” The allegorical god accentuates the import of Musa to his family especially Harun. Harun and His mother look up to him as a mystic figure who could safeguard them as their father would. According Musa the rank of a god suggests that Harun revered him unequivocally.
