Mariam's Character Analysis

Mariam was a very strong , Courageous, woman. Her childhood was really rough. Jalil, her father, abandoned Nana, Her mother, when he impregnated her. Jalil was ashamed of this , so he decided to vanish Nana. Throughout Mariams life, Jalil visits her every Thursday. Eventually, Mariam was forced to live with Jalil. But his wives did not want her there, so they found him a wealthy man. His name was Rasheed. He was great at first, But became really abusive. Laila, Then come into the scene when Mariam and Rasheed

Christina Moreno is a young girl who is one of the main characters in the movie, “Spanglish”. She is the daughter of Flor Moreno, another character in the movie who plays as the mother. Throughout the beginning of the film, we see how well-mannered and self-mature she is and does not disobey her mother at all. Later on, its detected that she has an easily influenced mind when the Clasky family comes in. She automatically becomes spoiled and manipulated by Deborah Clasky the minute she steps into their world. Flor is very defensive of her and wants her daughter to be in her life and stop being influenced by Deborah’s life style, which she worries about. In conclusion, Christina is a young girl who comes from a strict background and disobedience is not part of her guidelines. She is smart, pretty and takes care of herself very well at her age.

The key to unlocking and understanding Marisol by Jose Rivera is in recognizing and examining the 3 different worlds Marisol works her way through over the course of the play. The main character, Marisol Perez, dies in the very first scene and spends the rest of the play trying to pass onto her impending afterlife. Additionally, Marisol is a play about Puerto Rican culture and religion and how it affects not only the life of an individual, but also the death of our main character.

By beating Rasheed with a shovel and killing him with it, Mariam reveals that she has finally decided to stand up to Rasheed for Laila and herself. Because Mariam stood up to Rasheed and killed him, now Mariam and Laila have lifted a huge burden off their shoulders and Laila can live with Tariq and her children. Mariam learns that if she wants to be happier in life she has to make her own decisions, like killing Rasheed. If she had not defended Laila, Rasheed could have killed Laila, and Mariam would have continued to live a stressful life. Throughout the book, Miriam endures on-going violence and abuse and she begins to make poor choices; she also begins to act out violently as means of learning to cope with her surroundings. Her actions drastically changed the course of her life for herself as well as others for worse and for better.

Mariam struggled often with the constant rigor of her daily housewife work. As a child, Mariam encountered many horrific adversities and obstacles that she had to fight through. She lived with her mother, who she refers to as Nana. Nana was a very strict, bitter, and nasty woman. Mariam was the only thing she had in her life and she constantly treated her as dirt. She referred to Mariam as a harami, which translates to a sinner and/or a bad person in our culture. Her mother’s source of bitterness derived from the fact that Mariam’s successful father Jalil

The relationship between Mariam and Laila grows overtime into an unbreakable love. Mariam is a vulnerable character that experienced hardships and negativity throughout her life. Her reliance on faith and religion gave her hope. Laila however, has had a positive upbringing from modern parents. Her education is what made her a strong and intelligent girl. Their personalities contrast to bring the best out of each other. However at first, in fear of being overshadowed by Laila, Mariam says “If [Laila] thinks [she] can use [her] looks to get rid of me, [she is] wrong. [Mariam] was here first. [She] won't be thrown out” (225). As Mariam has never been a priority to anyone in her life she was very defensive over her role in the house. As jealousy embarked upon Mariam,

The second trait that makes a hero is selflessness. Being selfless means having little or no concern for oneself, especially with regard to fame, position, money, etc.; unselfish. Having gained a new found courage, Mariam demonstrated selflessness through her recent actions. When Rasheed was trying to kill Laila, she did the unexpected and lunged at him. “Mariam clawed at him… She bit them” (Hosseini 347) Mariam never once talked back to Rasheed so she would never try to hurt him but when she saw Laila was on the verge of being killed, she immediately tried to save her, despite what Rasheed would do to her next. Moreover, Laila also demonstrates that she is selfless by helping Mariam. When Laila starts crying in front of Rasheed, he immediately finds blame in Mariam. However, Laila tried to stop him before he does anything rash. “Wallah o billah, I’ll go down and teach her a lesson… ‘Dont! No! She’s been decent to me.’” (Hosseini 229) Even though Mariam has not exactly been welcoming to her, Laila still protected her from Rasheed since she knew she did not do anything and Rasheed was quick to resolve to violence. Both Mariam and Laila show selflessness by trying to protect each other. It does not matter what happens to themselves as long as the other is safe. Nevertheless, Mariam affirms to be more selfless of the two. Laila always fought with Rasheed to try and keep Aziza safe. When Rasheed had punished Mariam, Laila and Aziza for trying to leave him, he was relentless on

I'm sorry it took me so long to answer but Maria was a little under the weather I was waiting to see how it would develop.

And yet she was leaving the world as a woman who had loved and been loved back.” (Hosseini 371). Mariam has had a tough life to say the least. She's been beaten, abused, mistreated, and taken advantage of. Yet she isn't filled with rage at the end.

She likes to make up her own moves and just like Maria this shows how much imagination she really has. Even with similarities these two girls also have some unique differences in their character traits. These girls may have some in common but their character traits are quite different from each other. Maria is brave because she didn’t make the carpet that was assigned to her instead she made one with a kite. She is also Independent because at the beginning of the book she kept to herself and didn’t speak.

The character Mariam changed throughout the novel in many incredible ways. At the very start of the novel, Mariam was a happy, rather innocent girl with no understanding of what she really was considered to other people. She was eventually exposed to the realities of life and learned how cruel it could be when she was forced to marry Rasheed, altering her emotions to pure hatred and selfishness. Lastly, when Laila became a part of their household, Mariam didn’t take it so well, but after years of living together, she began to accept and even love her and the children she could never have. These changes are what shaped Mariam to become and perform the unselfish act of sacrificing herself for others to live.

Laila grew up learning and always being told by her father to never stop exploring. When her parents die and she marries Rasheed, she is submissive at first, but eventually starts to stand up to Rasheed. Mariam learns from her, therefor showing that, while she grew up being taught to be submissive to whatever Rasheed wants, Laila teaches her to stand up for herself and that she is somebody. Laila’s circumstance at first what with marrying Rasheed and having his will imposed on her, had an affect on her confidence and will. But as it got to be too extreme where nothing she did ever seemed to please him, she came to a realization.

Another person that affected Mariam’s life immensely is her mother, Nana. When Mariam was born, all she had was her mother. Jahlil, her father popped his head in now and then but never was a father figure to her. Jahlil was the one who provided the Kolba for Nana and Mariam to live in and he would bring food to them. Nana despised Jahlil for various reasons hence she continues to convince Mariam that Jahlil was no good. Mariam would never listen to what she said about her father because Mariam idolized him and stood up for him. Nana was jealous that Mariam liked her father more and for this reason, Nana was very cruel to Mariam. As a mother, they should nurture and love their child. Putting down and calling their child awful names is not motherly. Nana often did this to Mariam and she never argued or said anything back to her mother. One day, Maria told Jahlil what she wanted for her birthday which would require her to go to Herat where he lives. Nana was furious with this idea and was not going to have it. Mariam and Nana bickered over the situation and it triggered Mariam to finally speak on how she felt. She said, “You’re afraid I might find the happiness you never had. And you don’t want me to be happy. You don’t want a good life for me. You’re the one with a wrenched heart” (Hossieni 28). Mariam saying that, took a lot of courage and strength to finally tell her mother how she feels. Her mother always called her names, put her down for unnecessary reasons and Mariam continued to take the bullets without complaints. Mariam was strong for being able to stand up to her mother. Another situation where she perseveres with strength is when she left for Herat. After Jahlil had left, Mariam and Nana discussed her birthday wish to go to herat with her father, Nana threatened to kill herself if Mariam really leaves for Herat for her birthday. Mariam thought she was just being dramatic and did not believe her. No person expects their mother to literally kill them self because their child disobeyed her. Unfortunately, Nana did mean it. After Mariam’s horrific journey to Herat and heartbreak from her father, all she wanted was to come home to her mother and admit she was wrong but instead, she returns home to a dead

Hermia & Helena is an initially confusing, yet rather unassuming independent film that initially follows a translator, Camila, about to leave New York City to go back home. She prepares Carmen to take her place and after that, we view the world through Carmen’s perspective. We follow Carmen through present day and flashbacks in order to get a complete view of her life. It is through this that we watch Carmen struggle as she works on her project, her intricate love situation, and finding her biological father. The movie does include a seemingly insignificant scene when Camila’s former ‘postcard-pal’ drops by even though Carmen is now the new resident; this scene with this new character, Danièle who the movie seems to put an emphasis on

In book five of The Odyssey of Homer translated by Richmond Lattimore, Zeus speaks about the journey of Odysseus back to his homeland of Ithaka. Line 28 of this book says, “He spoke, and then spoke directly to his beloved son, Hermes:” from this line we are able to see that Zeus was addressing the group as a whole, but then singles out Hermes. The author’s use of the word “beloved” attached to Hermes name suggests an extremely strong tie between the two, Homer also makes a point to include that Hermes is Zeus’ son which solidifies the bond between them. Line 29 then begins to quote Zeus saying “‘Hermes, since for other things also you are our messenger,” in this line Zeus is sure to include the fact that Hermes isn't just a messenger. The god shows that Hermes does many other things besides being a messenger which in turn makes him seem important, and more revered, as opposed to just being the messenger of the gods. After Zeus includes this he delivers what Hermes’ message is asking him to, “announce to the nymph with the lovely hair our absolute purpose:” here the author’s use of the word “announce” has a very strong connotation attached to it. By using the word “announce” Zeus is displaying his power over the nymph, and declaring the god’s purpose to her. The author also makes a point to write about the nymphs “lovely hair” characterizing her as a beautiful figure even to a god as powerful as Zeus.