Laila And Rasheed: Summary

That took a toll on Ezrith and her whole family. Ezrith was devastated and started to go downhill. I remember we were sleeping in the same room at my aunt’s house, then she started talking to me about her mom and how she felt about what happened. She was just so upset and confused why her mom had to die. It was understandable that she felt confused and sad I would have been sad too if I had lost my mom. Ezrith was a great person so it was sad to see her like this.

When Laila and Mariam first start living together the two have a difficult time beginning their friendship, they fight, argue, and are beyond bitter to each other. However, when Mariam is seconds away from getting beat by Rasheed, Liala stands up for her, she insists that he does not abuse Mariam. While the two are sitting at the diner table a few nights after the incident, Mariam says, “The other night, when he… Nobody’s ever stood up for me before” (Hosseini, 242). Without Liala looking out for Mariam, Mariam would have been ferociously beaten and raped by Rasheed, however, Liala standing up for Mariam shows care and support for her, which ultimately is what friendship is all about. Not only does Mariam often times struggle with constantly being mistreated by Rasheed, but she also struggles with getting pregnant. Mariam’s pregnancies don't last long. She miscarries every child she expects to give birth to. The days when Mariam is pregnant and expecting a child, she makes dozens of articles of clothing by hand; she ends up never having a use for the petite clothes for her own child, however, she does give the cloths to Laila to use for her daughter, Azizia: “‘The cloths are lovely.’ ‘I had no use for them, Mariam muttered’” (Hosseini 248). When Mariam gives Liala the baby clothes, the two’s friendship truly falls into place. After Mariam gives Liala the cloths for Aziza, Mariam starts playing the second mother roll in Aziza’s life. This supports Laila in an abundance of ways. The two bond together through Aziza which makes them connect and have an unstoppable friendship. Having the friendship they do helps them endure the brutal life they face by taking their focus off the hardships in their life and supporting each other when the time is

Her quality of existence deteriorated from there: she got betrayed by Jalil, her mother committed suicide, and Jalil’s wives forced her to marry a wicked widow, Rasheed.

Firstly, in order to ensure Aziza’s safety, Laila sacrifices her future and the idea of true love. After living with Mariam and Rasheed for a few days following the bombing, Laila receives news that Tariq has died. After hearing the news of Tariq’s death, Rasheed suggests that Laila marry him and live with him and Mariam. Rasheed explains, ““These days, times being what they are, a woman needs a husband. Haven’t you noticed all the widows sleeping on the streets? They would kill for this chance.” … “He wants an answer by this morning.” Mariam said. “He can have it now,” the girl said. “My answer is yes.”” (Hosseini, 216) By choosing to marry Rasheed, Laila has thrown away all opportunities of finding another true love to marry. Upon hearing of Tariq’s death, Laila is heartbroken because she was in love with him and wanted to spend her life with him. Now

Kristen Lewis’ article, “Malala the Powerful” was about how a girl as shot in the head by the terrorist group, the Taliban because she was using her voice to stand up and say everyone deserves an education, especially girls. In Pakistan, the religion is strict therefore the Taliban decided to control the government, that made life for women and girls brutal. The Taliban ordered that girls were not allowed to attend school. Malala completely disagreed so she used her voice on the internet incognito to bring awareness about what was happening. The Taliban was out of control, Malala’s family was forced to move South. With all the commotion she revealed her identity, making her well known world wide. Once news broke on who she was, the Taliban

Laila also has to endure many hardships in life, like her family’s death, Tariq leaving, and living with Rasheed. All these factors start to break her and she becomes more depressed and starts making bad decisions. First, Laila survived injuries from a nuclear rocket explosion after being saved by Mariam and Rasheed (Hosseini 193-200). This explosion killed both of her parents forcing Laila to alter her plans for the future. After Laila moves in with Rasheed and Mariam, Rasheed tells Mariam about how he wants to propose to Laila and “Later, in the dark, Mariam told the girl. For a long time, the girl said

However, Mariam changes after Laila comes into her life. At first, her hatred towards Lails shows Mariam’s change, her beginning to understand that she is allowed to fight against injustice. She asks Rasheed not to take her in that “in all her years this was the one thing she asked of him.” (?) The fact that Mariam asks at all depicts her growing courage to stand up to her abusive husband. She also defends herself against this injustice of Rasheed marrying Laila, loving Laila over her, by demanding her authority over the younger girl. However, it is when Mariam and Laila become companions that Mariam’s understanding truly alters. This is because she begins to love Laila and the children that Laila have. Laila has provided her the one thing that “she

But that wasn’t all of it, she was dying because she was being suffocated by Tamlin, who was so controlling that he wouldn’t let her leave the house. So controlling that he locked her inside the house where she finally broke down.

In the article, Malala the Powerful by Kristen Lewis, she described how Malala and other people ruled by the Taliban around 2007, had to follow many harsh rules ordered from the Taliban. Many people perished because of not following the religious rules. Malala stood up to the Taliban while they ruled. She did not listen to the Taliban when they said that school was banned. She courageously stood up to the Taliban but yet still got shot. She crazily survived the shooting and is still alive and going to college today. Though the Taliban created huge challenges for Malala, she survived because she stood up to the Taliban with her great courage, and is getting a better education today.

Lena is finally brought to a moment of healing. Through Ezol, she discovers that her grandmother may have been involved in corruption that led to the demise of the Miko Kings and the death-by-fire of Ezol. She then comes

At the beginning of the book Mariam marries Rasheed against her will, which was another obstacle Mariam had to face. “Then the mullah asked Rasheed if he indeed wished to enter into a marriage contract with Mariam. Rasheed said, ‘Yes’” (Hosseini 52). “’Yes,’ she said shakily” while looking at Rasheed and being frightened by his appearance (Hosseini 53). After the ceremony is complete Mariam and Rasheed hopped on a bus and went directly to Kabul, where Mariam spends the rest of her life. At first Mariam is not very comfortable in Rasheed’s home, but eventually makes it her home too. The house really starts to feel like home to Mariam when Rasheed showed kindness towards her. When Mariam first gets settled into Kabul Rasheed buys her presents to make her transition to her new home easier and to show

Mariam and her mother ‘Nana’, reside in a kolba (hut) outside of Herat. Her father was a successful businessman named Jalil who was a polygamist and had nine children. Mariam disobeyed her mother’s wishes and hiked into town to see her Father. Mariam returned to her kolba to her mother’s suicide – forcing her to live with Jalil until he insisted an arranged marriage with Rasheed who was thirty years elder. Once in Kabul, Mariam discovered her infertility complications. Rasheed became angry towards his wife’s inability to carry a child – in particular a son, so he became extremely abusive. Laila grew up in Kabul with Tariq who eventually became romantic despite the boundaries between unwed men and women. War took over Afghanistan and Tariq’s

The king at last remembered Talia and went back to her house to see if the lovely lady was perhaps still asleep. Driven by lust, he told his wife he was going hunting. Once he entered Talia’s house, he saw the girl and the two toddlers and told her who he was and what had happened. As they continued speaking to one another, their friendship and love grew. When it was time for him to leave again, he promised her he would come back soon and knew he was madly in love. He dreamt of the girl and of his children often and called their names in his sleep. The queen was enraged by hearing him call out these strange names and became suspicious. She told the king’s secretary to look for Sun. Moon and Talia. If he would betray his king, he would get all the money he wanted, but if he didn’t, she would have him killed. The poor man decided that his life was more valuable than his loyalty and so he told the queen what the king had told him in confidence.

Isolde, cold and bleeding in Camelot’s Throne Room, lay dying in her lover, Tristan’s, arms.

Walter was a king who loved his freedom dearly (40). On a day that Walter was least excepting, the delegation of lords came to Walter and told him to seek a woman to be wed to. Walter was rushed into setting a date even though he didn’t know who his wife was going to even be yet. The day of the wedding and everything was set up. Walter has still yet to choose his bride. Nearby there was a poor man, named Janicula. He who had a beautiful daughter named Griselda. Griselda then came to wed Walter that same day they met. Griselda made a promise to always obey his will and to do so cheerfully even if it caused her pain. Griselda’s kindness and virtue grew adequately. Her fame was spread throughout the land. People came from all over just though be with her and her virtue. Soon after the marriage Griselda gave birth to the king’s daughter. This was not acceptable, and the people knew that she was not to bear a girl but to bear a son that would soon be king one day. Even though the baby was sucking on its mother’s breast still, it was to be taken away by courtiers to be terminated. The king’s agents arrived and took the child and Griselda did not say a word. She didn’t want to show a loss of love in her husband (41). The days have passed and Griselda gave birth to her husband’s son. The town’s folk were in shock to hear that the heir to the throne was born. A few years have passed and