A neighborhood that someone really wants to get into think of savoury as a food like "that burger is savoury" you want it to last because it's really good. So a savoury neighborhood is something that looks really nice and you want it
Explanation: When we say the phrase "savoury neighborhood" we are refering to an attractive and respectful neighborhood. The adjective "savory" or "savoury" is related to the sense of taste, however, it is commonly used to describe a district or a neighborhood in a positive way.
Mahfouz makes skillful use of language in this concise, economic story. Describing the narrator's journey from home to the gates of the schoolyard, Mahfouz takes advantage of both descriptive and figurative language to convey the anxiety of the young boy on his first day of school.
We celebrate the dead because they deserved the best and happy death note a sad one. And the narrator think its interesting because we celebrate instead of being sad