Chapter 5

This chapter sort of contradicts what previous chapters stated. Atiq decides to stay in the jail because he doesn't want to face his wife after their argument, but earlier in the book he said that he hated the jail and went for a walk just to get away. This made me think about how much he really didn't want to face his wife because he's willing to stay in a place that he hates just so he doesn't have to see her. While he's there, Nazeesh shows up and asks if he can stay there too. He lost his sons in the war and hurt his foot somehow. He tells Atiq a secret while he is there though. He gets really sneaky about it though and constantly looks around to see if anyone is around that could hear. Once he decides that it is safe he tell Atiq that he is going to leave Kabul when his foot heals. He said that he had his stuff ready to go and that he was just going to walk until he reached the water. Atiq doesn't believe him because he said the same thing before, but something is always physically wrong with him. In a sense I think Atiq is jealous that he can't even plan to leave because of his sick wife, but then again he might be upset that Nazeesh is going to abandon their hometown in its time of need. I think Nazeesh is smart though. If I were him I would want to leave because he lost his children and there is nothing left in the town. I would want to move away and start fresh somewhere else.