Wednesday, February 6, 2008
Chapter 6
This chapter reveals more of Mohsen and Zunaria's marriage. It explains how they met and how beautiful Zunaria was. All the guys wanted her and wanted her to choose them, but she chose Mohsen. In present day, Mohsen wants to take a walk through town with Zunaria. She doesn't want to go though because the Taliban roams the streets, and in order for a woman to be seen in public she must wear a burqa which covers her entire face. Zunaria doesn't want to wear the burqa because she feels it is degrading and she feels inhuman. She also doesn't want to go out because she has so many strict rules to follow and she has to put herself in an inferior position to her husband. I don't blame Zunaria at all. I wouldn't want to degrade myself by silencing my voice and covering my face to only be in the presence of a man. I think it is unfair in so many ways and today is a new age where women and men are (almost) equal in (most) every aspect. In the end, however, Zunaria decides to go with Mohsen on the walk because he argues that so many things have changed and he just wants to do the simple everyday things that they did together before the war.
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I don't think that Mohsen and Zunaira really love each other all that much. I think they feel more obligated to each other than anything. It might have just been the fact that every man wanted her and she chose him, so he had to marry her just to say that he got her. It all seems kind of pathetic to me.
They are a neat couple. Much different than your normal Kabul natives. They are both educated, which makes a big difference.
You wrote:
"I think it is unfair in so many ways and today is a new age where women and men are (almost) equal in (most) every aspect."
You are using America's standards to judge on other cultures. Islam and the Koran, the fastest growing religion on the planet say otherwise. They preach that women are inferior to men. So when you say modern times, you have the Koran working against your claim.
This story should make you realize how good you have it growing up here in America! You can speak your mind in front of men and don't have to cover. Hundreds of millions of Muslim women don't enjoy that right, and their numbers are growing faster every day.
Enjoy it while it lasts. ;-)
Mr. Farrell
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