Quotes
"I thought about you all the time. I used to pray that you'd live to be a hundred years old. I didn't know. I didn't know that you were ashamed of me." (pg.55)
This quote shows how much respect Mariam had for her father, but at the end she realized she meant nothing to him.
"Now you know what your rice tastes like. Now you know what you've given me in this marriage. Bad food, and nothing else."(pg. 104)
This shows that after miscarriage that Mariam had, Rasheed will continue to be bitter towards her and she will continue to stick with the consequences.
"For me it ends here. There's nothing more I want. Everything I'd ever wished for as a little girl you've already given me. You and your children have made me so very happy....." (pg.358)
Mariam believed she did the right thing by killing the man who has been technically killing her for the past twenty-seven years. Rasheed abused Mariam and Laila for the littlest things. This shows that Mariam was strong and now she's going to face the consequences given to her, because in reality what she did was wrong, but to Laila, Mariam is a hero.
This quote shows how much respect Mariam had for her father, but at the end she realized she meant nothing to him.
"Now you know what your rice tastes like. Now you know what you've given me in this marriage. Bad food, and nothing else."(pg. 104)
This shows that after miscarriage that Mariam had, Rasheed will continue to be bitter towards her and she will continue to stick with the consequences.
"For me it ends here. There's nothing more I want. Everything I'd ever wished for as a little girl you've already given me. You and your children have made me so very happy....." (pg.358)
Mariam believed she did the right thing by killing the man who has been technically killing her for the past twenty-seven years. Rasheed abused Mariam and Laila for the littlest things. This shows that Mariam was strong and now she's going to face the consequences given to her, because in reality what she did was wrong, but to Laila, Mariam is a hero.