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31-40 (What was Rasheed referring too when he called the girl a "…
31-40
What was Rasheed referring too when he called the girl a "benz"?
Quote: "You," Rasheed said to the girl, "you, on the other hand, would be a Benz. A brand new,
first class, shiny Benz. Wah wah. But. But." He raised one greasy index finger. "One must
take certain...cares...with a Benz. As a matter of respect for its beauty and craftsmanship,
you see. Oh, you must be thinking that I am crazy, diwana, with all this talk of automobiles.
I am not saying you are cars. I am merely making a point."
Reflection: Rasheed was referring to the girl as a clean,beautiful and respectful women.
What caused the people in villages to move?
limbs, rolling and giggling, Aziza insisting she get to be Jack.
mulberries that Wajma had picked from the tree in her yard. The plump mulberries had
been white and pink, and some the same dark purple as the bursts of tiny veins on Wajma's
nose."(Chapter.32,Pg.139)
Reflection: In chapter 32 laila is remembering things from the past and it was an gathering at mammy's house.
days. The women had been sitting in the garden, eating from a platter of fresh
"Quote: Laila remembered a gathering once, years before at the house, on one of Mammy's good
In Helmand, Zabol, Kandahar, villages turned into herds of nomadic communities,
always moving, searching for water and green pastures for their livestock. When they found
neither, when their goats and sheep and cows died off, they came to Kabul They took to the
Kareh Ariana hillside, living in makeshift slums, packed in huts, fifteen or twenty at a time.
That was also the summer of Titanic, the summer that Mariam and Aziza were a tangle of
Reflection:what caused the people to move was the drought that summer and it caused all the crops they were growing to die.
What is lalila remembering in chapter 32?