Nana Flashcards
1
Q
chapter 1
“lazy eye”
Nana
A
- Nana’s lazy eye could represent the suffering she has been through in her life, which has been passed town to Mariam (the cyclical structure of suffering)
2
Q
chapter 1
“Like a compass needle that points north, a man’s accusing finger always finds a woman. Always.”
A
- Preparing Mariam for the injustice she will face later in her life
- repitition of “always” shows how there is no escape from how hard life for an Afghani woman is
- Forshadows Mariam’s death when she is executed for Rasheed’s death
3
Q
chapter 3
“Women like us. We endure. It’s all we have. Do you understand?”
Nana, Mariam
A
- Nana has nothing left in her life other than to carry on living and “endure”
- Rhetorical question - Mariam doesn’t have to understand now, as she is inevitably going to when she gets older
4
Q
LACNTPN, AMAFAFAW. A.
A
“Like a compass needle that points north, a man’s accusing finger always finds a woman. Always.”
5
Q
WLU. WE. IAWH. DYU?
A
“Women like us. We endure. It’s all we have. Do you understand?”