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A thousand splendid suns (chapters 21-30 ((reflection: The way Babi said…
A thousand splendid suns
chapters 21-30
quote: "Sometimes... I feel like you're all I have, Laila. (page 184 Chapter 25)
reflection: When tariq tells Laila this, he has to leave their country because of all the terrible things that are happening but he has to leave behind her. As he tries to convince her to go with him because of the heartache he's feeling for her she can't go.
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reflection: The way Babi said this gave me a good and peaceful kind of feeling inside. It made me think of my ancestors and my families history and how they came here from Sicily on a boat.
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quote:"The silence. The peace of it. I wanted you to experience it. But I also wanted you to see your country's heritage, children, to learn of its rich past. You see, some things I can teach you. Some you learn from books.But there are things that, well, you just have to see and feel." (page 149 Chapter 21)
reflection: Babi saying this reminds me of how people can change for the better or the worst.They can go from being adventurous to a tired and sluggish person in just a matter of time. That being Lailas' mother years ago.
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quote: "Oh, many times. Before the boys were born. After too. Your mother, she used to be adventurous then, and... so alive. She was just about the liveliest, happiest person I'd ever met." ( page 149 Chapter 25)
chapters 31-40
quote: "But they'd enforce them on us more, if they weren't so busy killing each other. And us." (page 260 chapter 36)
reflection: When Mariam says this it gives an idea of how chaotic it is where they live. Their government seems to be corrupt and the punishments are very extreme towards women.
Question: How can these terrorists come to power this easily but the people can barely defend themselves?
quote: "If you send us back, there is no saying what he will do to us"
(page 266 chapter 36)
reflection: Mariams' plead to the officer for him to free them made me relate to how women are being abused where I live too. They plea to the officer because Rasheed is going to do unspeakable acts to them when they return.
question: What can women do to stop the unjust laws and acts upon them?
Quote: "Sometimes, I swear, sometimes I want to put that thing in a bow and let it float down a Kabul River. Like baby Moses." (page 237, chapter 33)
Reflection: The way Rasheed says this and how he is acting towards the baby makes it seem as if he does not like nor want it anymore. I think it makes him a bad father that he can't even take care or put up with his own child.
Question: Why does Rasheed hate this baby so much?
chapters 1-10
Quote: "Like a compass needle that points north, a man's accusing finger always finds a woman. Always." (page 7, chapter 1)
Reflection: This quotation from Nana creates awareness and thoughts that pertain to me as a male. As Nana states this, she directly targets me to be more aware of how I may use my gender as an advantage towards women.
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Quote: "Rich man telling rich lies!" (page 5, chapter 1)
Reflection: When Nana said "Rich men tell rich lies", she said it with great passion. She went on ranting about Jalil, Mariam's father, about how he was a terrible father to her because he was never there for Mariam or herself. It seems like she has a great amount of hate towards Jalil for his ways.
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chapters 41-51
quote: "When Aziza spoke like this, Laila saw more than a little of Mariam in her." (page 324 chapter 42)
reflection: Laila sees that Aziza can see more of Mariam in her than herself. She feels a little sad to see that but she is happy seeing her growing up.
question: What is it that makes Aziza seem so much like Mariam?
quote: "One look at my leg and it was over" (338 chapter 44)
reflection: Tariq tried finding a job so he'd never have to stay at a camp ever again. But they never wanted him because of his leg that gave him less of strengths.
question: Why did they never take Tariq to work in the fields?
quote: "What kind of mother abandons her own child?" (page 318 chapter 42)
reflection: Laila feels that her loss of her child is all her fault. It's a mother's natural urge to feel bad about losing your child even if it isn't her fault. Zaman explained to Laila that it wasn't her fault and that it was the terrorists fault.
question: Where did the terrorists take Lailas' child
Final Thoughts
- Why did Laila stay by Rasheed's side as long as she did through the book.
FINAL THOUGHTS
- What would've happened to Babi and Mammy if Laila left with Tariq?
- Was the bomb that killed Babi and Mammy for them specifically or was it a coincidence that they were the ones to get killed?
- Why did Mariam stay with Rasheed as long as she did throughout the book?
- "Rich man telling rich lies!"
- "Like a compass needle that points north, a man's accusing finger always finds a woman. Always."
- "If you send us back, there is no saying what he will do to us"
summary
What I got from this book was a taste of what their culture and society is like. I've never seen any of the things like this where I'm from like hijabs and women oppression in extreme cases like this. It's way more chaotic than it is over with all the violence. Not to mention the terrorists that take over villages and homes to make innocent people's lives hell.