Thursday, January 24, 2008
Chapter Six SOK
This chapter is about Mohsen and Zunaira. The night is over and Zunaira has decided to start talking to Mohsen again. She still feels he was wrong, but she know that he has gone through a lot. Mohsen wants to go walk around the marketplace with her, but Zunaira does not wish to. She tells Mohsen that they have no money. In the square they are not permitted to share their love with one another. Worst of all, she has to wear a burqa. She has to conceal who she is and what she looks like. She tells Mohsen that she doesn't want to hide her identity and come back home in a bad mood because of the things others have said to her or about her. Mohsen is very disappointed, so eventually Zunaira changes her mind and decides to go. You really get to know a lot more about Zunaira and Mohsen in this chapter. I really like Zunaira. She went to college and met Mohsen there. She was a magistrate and she fought for women's rights. She was removed from office without a trial. She talked about their old home that had been bombed. Zunaira and Mohsen went from being rich people to being deemed 'untouchables'. I can't imagine how they must feel. Zunaira was a role model for many women, I'm sure. She was strong enough to fight for women's rights. Now because of the Taliban she is stuck inside her own home because she does not wish to wear a burqa and disguise the beautiful person she is. Before the time of the Taliban, Zunaira wasn't afraid to show the world exactly who she was, but circumstances have changed now. She still isn't willing to hide herself, so she leaves her home very rarely. I don't know how she can ever be happy when her own home is a prison....
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3 comments:
Zunaira is one of the Swallows of Kabul. She's a very cool character, one who doesn't belong in the Taliban's world. As you mention, she's educated, strong willed, professional, everything the Taliban is not. That's what makes her special.
It's no wonder she feels like a prisoner living in her own house. You can also see why she objects to going out, walking the streets, wearing the burqa etc.
I really enjoy reading your posts. They are insighful and you really do a nice job analyzing the characters and what motivates them.
Keep up the good work.
Mr. Farrell
I also like Zunaira because she is something instead of doing what the taliban want her to do, she finds ways where she can still be herself. Even though, she knows it is very hard. I think that her house is less of a prison than the streets of Kabul. Why would a woman want to put herself down by walking with a burqa in the streets.
Zunaira is a special woman. She wants to accomplish something in her life. She went to college! It makes her so angry that she has to hide her face, and it seems the other women are so eccepting of the whole idea. Very good point about her home being like a prison! She never leaves it. I would be so bored. Waht does she do all day?
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