Question

Struggling understanding the story, "Another Evening at the Club." What does it have to do with a club? Please Help. I appreciate it.

The title “Another Evening at the Club” is close in meaning to “Just Another Evening at the Club.” Given the events of the story, what is the significance of this meaning?

Answer 1

In the short story, "Another Evening at the Club," Alifa Rifaat explores a male narrow-minded society in which one woman, Samia, awaits her husband, Abboud Bey, to return from the club. Samia has no rights in her marriage or in her daily life. She has to do whatever her husband tells her to do. Rifaat uses the setting, irony, and conflict to convey the idea of woman's inferior role.
This story takes place in Egypt during the time of arranged marriages. "It was only a few years ago that she had first laid eyes on him at her father's house, meeting his gaze that weighed up her beauty and priced it before offering the dowry" (350). This practice of arranged marriages was common, but it gave the women no real rights. It was essentially telling them that they were property. In this story, Samia loses an expensive emerald ring from her husband. They blame the only person that had come into Samia's room in the time that she took it off, until the time she realized it was missing, their new young maid, Gazia. They find out later that she didn't take the ring; Samia had dropped it.

Answer 2

That's a great answer! ^ I hope none of my students copy it...

Answer 3

great summery but, doesn't answer the question so even if your students did copy it it would be wrong @ebuelow1014
the question is "Given the events of the story, what is the significance of this meaning?"