Bamsi Beyrek’s story is both
interesting and really crazy. Several times throughout the story, Bamsi proves
himself to be relatively observant but does not say anything about his observations
– he keeps his head down and his mouth shut. In exchange for saving some
merchants, he asks for the horse, club, and bow that they are supposed to bring
back to his father as gifts for him. While they are willing to do so, if unhappy
about it, Bamsi allows them to bring the items to him so that they will not get
in trouble for losing them and so that his father can give them to him. Instead
of claiming what they technically owe him and earning his name now that he has
killed men, he allows himself to remain nameless instead of shaming the merchants.
Bamsi
also later conceals his encounter from his father when asked what kind of woman
he wishes to marry. Rather than say that he met his betrothed in the woods or use
her name when describing her, he allows his father to interpret his description
into Banu Chichek. While marrying her certainly has its own repercussions (her
brother’s overprotectiveness, specifically), I am focusing more specifically on
the potential repercussions of Bamsi’s manipulation of his father. Are Bamsi’s
omissions to his father more likely to have beneficial or damaging consequences,
and why?
