Sunday, February 3, 2008
Chapter Ten SOK
Wow! What a chapter! Mohsen has practically gone crazy because Zunaira is still mad at him and refuses to speak to him. She makes me proud. I don't think any other woman in Kabul, or anywhere near Kabul for that matter, would dare to stand against their husband. She is definitely strong-willed, and Kabul could use some women like her to be in power. At the same time I don't think Mohsen is entirely at fault. I mean, he just wanted to go to town, and Zunaira did decide to go with him, even if it was only because she could tell he was so disappointed. I don't think Mohsen would have thought twice about staying home if he would have known what was going to happen. It is so sad that these two people who are in love, something so rare here, are being torn apart by the Taliban! Mohsen tries to win Zunaira over, but when he can't, he starts doing what all other men in Kabul do, acting like he is superior to her because he is her husband. I couldn't believe that he said that! I was understanding his point of view until he said that stuff. Zunaira tells Mohsen that she never wants to see him again, and they get in a fight. Mohsen hits Zunaira! I think this is where he truly realizes how he has changed. He is so upset about what he has done, but Zunaira will not forgive him (good for her!). When he grabs her arm, Zunaira pushes him away, he trips and ends up dying! That is not what I expected to happen. I don't know what Zunaira is going to do now. Is she going to report this and try to tell everyone that she is innocent, because no one will believe her. How is she going to cope with this? I know that she can never forgive Mohsen for what he did to her, but I don't think that she had managed to dispose of all feelings she had for him. To lose someone that you love literally in the middle of a fight would be very awkward. I don't know how I would feel...
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I like how Zunaira stood her ground. She was very brave. Sometimes she seemed to be immature about the problem. He made a mistake and was trying to hold their relationship together. I don't think Mohsen intentially put her in the position he did. If he would have tried to stop it they both would have been killed.
I can understand how Zunaria is angry, but I think she takes it a bit too far. No need to hold a grudge. Mohsen is truly sorry, and I felt bad for him. It's not like he wanted the Taliban to push them around!
You are so right about how she keeps treating him unlike any other Afghani wife might treat her husband. I kept waiting for the neighbors to turn her into the Taliban for her attitude towards him.
The death scene does grip the reader. As soon as it happend I thought, "Zunaria is a dead woman, the Taliban will kill her for sure!"
Its kind of neat how the author brings Zunaria and Atiq together in the next few scenes. The two divergent plot lines combine.
Mr. Farrell
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