The book was told in a third person narration.
Mariam accidentally breaking her mother's piece provides a symbolic foreshadowing of what is about to happen later within the book. The sugar bowl features a painted dragon on its side that meant "to ward off evil." It is not merely a simple piece of detail because it suggests that the loss of the protective dragon intends to be an unforeseen hardship to Mariam and Nana.
This emphasizes how from the very beginning, Mariam wasn't wanted by either her mother or father.
These are words of advice given by Nana to Mariam. Abandoned by her father, rejected by her fiance and shamed as a temptress by her lover Jalil, Marian's mother, Nana, is a bitter woman who is making her daughter expect abuse from
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He describes how the only person who is fascinated by Mariam ought to be himself, and she shouldn't be interested in anyone else except him. He forces her to wear a burqa and not show her ankles publicly.
Mariam was among the unluckiest women with children, losing six babies throughout time. This quote was talking about her first baby and the way she loved it most and the way she and her husband were excited for the baby. Mariam thought that the baby would bring them along and it did for a while with him being nice to her and even creating a crib for the baby and buying a jacket for him. Not solely did Mariam grieve for her child, but she was also upset for her.
Mariam was afraid in her initial four years of marriage, particularly with the man she was with and also the violence that was happening in her country. This quote showed that finally, she discerned that she could tolerate the fear and unleash it. People are always living in fear in Afghanistan, mostly due to how the country was continually in war and terrorist attacks are regular within the country. If a woman showed that she's weak towards the violence happening, then she's not revered by the man she was with and shown as weak to everyone around