Chapter Eight SOK

Mullah Bashir is giving his speech. It is pretty apparent that he hates the western countries. He definitely feels that they have no morals at all! I do feel that he was very judgmental. I loved when he said, "Where the rich become tyrants and the wage earners slaves?". I mean seriously, look around you Bashir. The upper class takes whips all around the town beating the poor! Half of the things he spoke of occur in Kabul as well, in a greater degree! Mullah Bashir may think that the Taliban and the community have created an idealistic society, but they definitely have not. They need to look at themselves. Maybe the west has problems, but they are in no location to be speaking about it! These people are so self-absorbed, I really don't think they can see anything that is going on around them. During this whole speech, Zunaira has to sit and wait. I feel so bad for her. She wasn't willing to go originally because she did not think that she could handle giving up her identity, becoming just another burqa in the crowd. But she loved her husband, so she went to have fun with him. The whole event went wrong. I think she has a right to be upset, but at the same time I feel bad for Mohsen...he couldn't exactly have predicted what was going to happen...