Through out the novel they are struggling to see which side they will choose and eventually choose the Western because Ali partially succumbs. Said also portrays Baku as Eastern and Western by the religions of Ali and Nino, Ali is a Mohammedan, Shiite, in the interpretation of Imam Dshafar and Nino is a Christian of Greek Orthodox. Baku is one city, but it has two identities best described by Ali as desert (East) and woods (West). Nino is brought up with more Western culture (European) while Ali is more of an Eastern (Asiatic) culture. Baku is a city that is influenced more and more by European culture where both Ali and Nino grow up and meet, she is Georgian and he is a Mohammedan. Kurban Said portrays the city of Baku as both Eastern and Western like the identity of his two main characters.
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