I wasn't shocked to know that Rasheed, a sixty or more years old man, with white hair and sagging skin, wants to marry another woman. The fact that shocked me is that that woman is Laila, the fourteen year old young lady. Rasheed isn't seeing anything wrong with this and claims that he is actually doing Laila a favor. This quote deals with the part of the book where Laila has had sex with Tariq, and tries to feel guilty about it, but can not control the thought that she is happy to have it. Aside from the fact that he is not sure if he will ever see him again. Rasheed pushes Laila into a wedding with him. She is pregnant with Tariq's baby and wanted Rasheed to think it's his. She made a cut in her finger and put blood on the bed, to make him believe that she is a virgin. It informs readers that if she wants to make the best life possible for her child, she must sacrifice about whom the father …show more content…
There is something in Mariam that is pressing on her heart. She feels a bond with someone based on love for the first time in her life. After so many displeased relationships, Aziza loves and accepts Mariam unconditionally. Supported by a society where men dominate, Rasheed threatens the lives of his wife and daughter while cherishing that of his son. Rasheed's cruelty serves to expose the sorts of societies that man dominates and reveals the condition of women. His actions help his wives deepen their belief in the importance of women. To defy Rasheed for once in her life, brought joy to Laila. To her, this seems, worth everything they had gone. The fact that Laila hits Rasheed back shows a different kind of women. Laila is the representation of the woman yearning to be something more, resisting the control that is over them. Time has changed Mariam's perspective. Unlike her mother, Mariam had forgiven the faults of those who had mistreated her in the past. She has matured and learned to thank the little things in