The setting
The short story silk scarf was set at the shopping center, Oriental Plaza in Johannesburg.
The plot
The short story of the silk scarf by Ahmed Essop begin with Mrs Nebo and her friend Margaret on a shopping expedition and entered the portals of the Oriental plaza.Mrs Nebo and her friend Margret bought some shoes and jewellery. When they walking through the shopping mall,Mrs Nebo saw a beautiful Indian dress ,she went into the shop and asked if there is a silk scarf that matches the Indian dress but there was nothing.She went from shop to shop looking for the silk scarf till she found the silk scarf in Moghul Boutique.Mr Sakur the shopkeeper of Boutique does not accept cheques only cash and Mrs Nebo does not have enough to pay cash for the scarf.MRS Nebo and some people tried to convince him to accept the cheque but he does not .Mrs Nebo was the wife of the foreign affairs of the new government so people were saying to Mr Sakur to accept the cheque but he did not do it.Only Mr Sader gave the money to Mr Sakur for the scarf and gave the scarf to Mrs Nebo as a gift.Mrs Nebo was happy and thanked the traders.
The main characters
Mrs Nebo
-She has a medium height,with heave loins,her smooth-skinned complexion having been pampered by beauticians of sadton salon.
-She lived in white suburb of Houghton.
-She wanted to pay for the silk scarf with a cheque because she did not have enough cash for the scarf.
-She felt humiliated by Mr Sakur for not accepting her cheque.
-She was then given the silk scarf by Mr Sader as a gift.
Mr Sakur
-He is the shopkeeper of Moghul Boutique
-He is thin looking man
-He did not allow either credits or cheques in his shop only cash
-He like treating his customer fairly so he did not accept the Cheque from Mrs Nebo.
-He is the protagonist of the story because totally refuses the cheque even though there were some people trying to convince him.
