Prose: ATSS- Chpt 46-END Flashcards
46- What does Laila fear in this chapter?
That Rasheed has killed her
46- What do Mariam and Laila do after realising the gravity of the situation?
Move Rasheed’s body to the tool shed so Zalami and Aziza wont see.
46- What does Mariam plan that Laila initially agrees to, before finding out her true meaning?
Mariam plans for Laila, Aziza and Zalamai to all run away with Tariq to start a new life, however, in turn Mariam plans to turn herself in and held herself responsible for Rasheed’s death.
47- What is Mariam’s expierences like in prison?
She is in Walayat women prison, which is enclosed by a larger males prison, so quite ironically, the prison is keeping them safe. She becomes a kind of celebrity in the prison, as all the other women have committed crimes such as stealing or running away from home, not murder.
47- What happens at Mariam’s trial?
she declines her right to witnesses and the middle judge says he feels compassionate for Mariam, however, but that only Allah can forgive sins.
47- The final moments of Mariam’s life
she begins to cry in the wagon transporting to the stadium for her death sentence, and the solider accompanying her comforts her., She wishes for more of live and for a chance to watch Aziza grow up, however, she dies with no regrets. She says a short prayer before she is shot.
48- How does Laila’s life change when she leaves the kolba?
We skip to present day, showing how their whirlwind travels are so positive, they al roll into one, unlike the tortured abuse she suffered at the hands of Rasheed. We see Tariq, Laila, Aziza and Zalamai all living happy in Pakistan, and learn that Laila and Tariq got married on their first day there together. Laila informs Aziza that Tariq is her biological father, in which Aziza adjusts quite quickly, however, Zalamai is a lot more resentful of this change, takes longer to warm to Tariq and at the beginning, constantly asks when Rasheed is coming to see him.
49- As the four of them begin to adjust to each other and learn to embrace this change, what international event occurs?
Whilst working at the hotel, hey see a large crowd gather round the TV in the Lobby, tuned to the BBC, so they decide to join the crowd, and see the Breaking News of a plan crashing into the 2 World Trade Center Tower in New York. A few days later President Bush declares war on Afghanistan.
49- What statement does Tariq make that makes Laila initially mad, however in her heart she knows he is speaking the truth?
That Afghanistan could benefit from the removal of the Taliban.
49- What evidence does Hosseni provide to show that the 4 of them become more like a family s time goes on?
When Zalamai wakes up ill in the night, Tariq jumps up and goes to comfort him, and Zalamai accepts it.
50- What does Laila decide?
That she would like to move back to Afghanistan
50- On her way back to Kabul, where does Laila stop off?
In Herat, the birthplace of Mariam
50- What does Laila discover on her detour?
She finds out Mullah Faizullah died many years ago, and always hoped Mariam would come back, she then has a tour round Mariam’s kobla, and we see her perspective, which is more alike the reality than Mariam’s infantilised dream version of it. She feels connected to Mariam there. On her way back, Mullah Faizullah’s son, Hamza, gives her a box that Jalil left her there many years ago, and Mariam takes it back to the hotel room with her, and iside discovers a VCR tape of Pinochio, the Western film Mariam wantwd to watch at Jalil’s cinema all those years ago, a letter in which Jalil apologises and discusses how in the sack attached there is Mariam’s portion of inheritance from him, although it’s too little, too late. When Tariq and the kids return, she shares the letter with Tariq and weeps.
51- How does the landscpae of Kabul change in this chapter?
-The drought has ended; the river now flows full again
-there’s greenery
-the schools are open
-houses are being fixed
51- What sign is there that there is still some injustive in Kabul?
On there way to school, Lail and the kids almost get run over by a former warlord’s truck, showing how people who have caused destruction still get to live their life freely.
