Comparing Tess And Laila

In the story, Angel is portrayed as a normal college student who is in need of money. She and her friends saw advertisement on their campus about selling eggs for money. It means that there are people that are going to pay a woman that willing to get pregnant and give the baby to them. However, due to her black skin, no one wants an offspring from her. To assure that they are going to get the good genes, they want it from her perfect, tall, white roommate, Laura. Due to the filthy work Laura did, she received huge amount of money, and it made Angel filled with envy and jealousy. She badly judged Laura, however, unexpectedly, in the end of the story, Angel got pregnant as well. In that desperate time, Laura is there for her and also financially supports her. She had a slight thought to abort the child, but in the end she decided to keep the baby.

One important difference between the two girls lives is their education. In the book, education is a big theme in this story, especially surrounding these two characters. Thanks to the soviets, Laila was able to go to a school and learn, something that was only privileged for men and boys. Mariam on the other hand, was poor and considered illegitimate and not able to attend school like she wanted. In the book, Laila states "Babi had made it clear to Laila from a young age that the most important thing in his life, after safety, was her schooling." Laila's father, Babi, had always valued education. He had made sure Laila got the most out of her chance at education while she could before it was taken from her. After all, he had firmly believed that women could and should do what man can do as well. Mariam's mother, Nana, never allowed her to go to school or bothered educating her. She said how horrible school was and how learning was a waste of time. Though Mariam didn't see it this way, this was her mother's way of protecting her from having the same bad experiences as she had. Her intentions were good, but this only drove Mariam further away from her.

Lily’s first meeting with the black Mary occurs when she meets the Boatwright sisters: August, June, and May. At that moment Lily feels the nurturing of a mother and a deluge of emotions rain down on her. She could feel all sides of her, favorable and detrimental because “that’s what the black Mary did to me, made me feel my glory and my shame at the same time,” (Kidd 71). Lily, for being barely an adolescent, at first is not capable of grasping the concept of people being both angelic and corrupt. At the beginning of the story she sees T. Ray as the human embodiment of evil. Counter to her initial beliefs, Lily learns that people are not as simple as she wants them to be. This is largely the result of the mothering force of August, which is a more physical representation of what the black Mary embodies. The black Mary illustrates Lily starting to see the world from a multidimensional perspective. In the same manner as the black Mary representing a mother for Lily, she represents a mother-like figure to all the Daughters of Mary. While the other Daughters may not have been missing mothers, the black Mary creates a family-like binding between them, keeping them together throughout even them most poignant times. The black Mary is a mother to all and all Lily wants in the Boatwright house is to be seen as one of them. Ultimately, “they didn’t even think of me being different,” (Kidd 209). This acceptance

T. Ray had not stopped at tearing her down physically, for he had the strong desire to hack away at what is left of her mental state. By painting such a scarring image of Deborah next to the one Lily made with optimism and fondness, T. Ray’s mirage overshadowed Lily’s impression. This causes her to leave him and start a new chapter in her life. T. Ray’s bestial actions were crucial reasons that influenced Lily’s decision to leave her father and begin her pathway through the perplexing road of her mother’s life.

Born as the youngest in her family, Laila grows to become a loving and compassionate parent who is willing to sacrifice for her children; despite having a negligent and unloving mother. Laila, even before her first baby was born, made the decision to marry Rasheed and purposefully had sex with him in order for it to appear like it was his baby. This protects the baby, Aziza, from Afghani society who would shun her for being birthed out of wedlock, and it also keeps the true father’s identity, Tariq, a secret. This sacrifice is one of many, Laila knows, to come as she thinks “[she] already saw the sacrifices a mother had to make. Virtue was only the first. She put a hand on her belly. Closed her eyes”(219). Another sacrifice Laila had to make was putting Aziza in a local orphanage in Kabul, due to the fact that Rasheed was earning so little money that they no longer had the ability to keep her healthily fed. She lived and ate there as well as being taught in a classroom, but in order for Laila to visit Aziza, she sometimes “was caught, questioned, scolded--two, three, even four times in a single day”(321) by the Taliban in an especially inhumane fashion. Over the course of their marriage, Laila withstood Rasheed’s

To begin with, Farah Ahmedi worked hard to get her and her mother to a land free of war. For example, Ahmedi stated how “[...]her father and brothers [were] dead from a rocket attack[...]” (Studysync). Farah knew how dangerous her country, Afghanistan, had become and they (Farah and her mother) were “[...]desperate to get through[...]” (Ahmedi 1). This led Farah to not only want to save herself, but also her

She knew she had to do it because times were hard and no one else could do it. This shows how she did something to provide for her family despite being scared and fearing the Taliban.

They have done a lot to her family and the Taliban are doing similar things in reality to a lot of people. The Taliban has done a lot in the book while fighting the Americans and trying to survive. In the book they were as horrible as they can ever be. One example is their harshness.

She is betraying her last protector who has given his 3 month's earning while she still having 40 Thousands US dollars in her bank account. As the words of the sovereign of the universe, our loving kind heavenly father says in Ecclisiates 7:26 Woman like a hunter's net. Her mindd is like a dragnet . Her hands like a handculf is bitter than death. THE ONE PLEASING TRUE GOD FLEE FROM HER BUT THE SINNER BECAME PRISONER OF HER. SHE got a stroke in 2005 and saved her life with medical helf with financial aid of her offsprings while her elderly one took care of her while she was hospitalized for 18 days having surgical operations for her broken bones due to her stroke. Her moral conscousness is none. Nor respect to authorities of the land and society at all. 3 of Satan's agents are living with her. Bugging behavior and verbal abuse only disturbing her moments of life. Last 3 years of on and off efforts of providing Biblical help hasn't reached her mind at all. Even life time Witness sister's spiritual and humanic help hasn't influenced her at

Ultimately, Mariam and Laila attempt to escape, but fail, which in turn infuriates Rasheed even more. These two women then work together and protect each other, and in due course, kill Rasheed during one of his “ritual” beatings. In the end, Mariam is killed for murdering her husband, and Laila, with her children, Aziza and Zalmai, finds Tariq and marries him; then, together they start their own family. Throughout the course of the story, not only was a passionate, well-written story presented, but also a clear picture of what Afghan culture and its aspects are really like.

Aziza has been through the worst ever since the taliban took over, from abuse to being forced away from her family, she has dealt with it all without being phased.

Both novels present women characters in different social classes and backgrounds, which help further both plots as a result. In Nella Larsen’s Passing, both of the primary

In both stories, the authors depict female characters who submit to the commands of their partners, causing anguish in their relationships. The main character in each story shows that she has no control to

Similar to how the Jewish church considers Jesus to be blasphemous and devilish in his teachings. The angel is put through horrendous physical torture and rejected by society, but eventually goes through a healing period and is renewed, or reborn, with new wings and gains the ability to fly and leave the tragedies of the place, leaving behind a prosperous life for the man and his wife that had heavily “sinned” against him. This could be seen as him forgiving their sins, especially because in the story, it is noted that “his only supernatural virtue seemed to be patience,” which may be an attempt to convey his forgiving nature, a trait often attributed to Jesus. All of these events hold strong ties to the Bible and the stories of the gospel, but they bring more light upon the reactions of the society and how willing they are to put the blame on the outcast, and not be grateful for the good things that the angel brought with him. Márquez almost tells the story of Jesus in a version if society completely rejected him, his apostles had used him for monetary gain, and there was

Then she starts her story by introducing Cecilia. Cecilia is a woman who believes in the Virgin Mary and chastity. She is betrothed to a man named Valerian and tells him that a guardian angel will slay anyone who violates her. Valerian wants to see this guardian angel, but must first be baptized. When he is baptized and returns home, he sees the angel and asks the angel for a wish; for his brother, Tiburse, to be baptized.