Why Me?

Defined As The Sensitive Dependence On Initial Conditions Where A Small Change At One Place In A Deterministic Nonlinear System Can Result In Large Differences To A Later State Chalabi Applies And Humanises This Idea Known To Physicists As The Butterfly Effect In His New Novel Why Me. Through His Alter Ego Ramiz Alkhishin He Demonstrates Through Ten Short Plays That The Consequence Of Any Unexpected Incident Is Determined Not By The Incident Itself But By How One Reacts To It. Ramiz Alkhishin Is A Grocer Who Has A Passion For A Life That Is As Independent As Possible From Its Surroundings. In His Job He Comes To Notice That When Any Of His Grocery Shop Customers Face A Fluke Incident In Life A Question That They Never Seem To Fail To Ask Is Why Me? But To Him The Answer Is Simple: It Is Never You In Particular. It Is Just That An Event Occurs In Your Presence. How You And Others React To This Event Creates Realities Out Of A Multi-Universe Of Possibilities.