Religion/ Hope Flashcards
“The burqa she learned to her surprise was also comforting. It was like a one way window. Inside she was an observer.”
-comfort in religion
-comfort in anonymity
-simile of a one way window shows how she does not need to endure scrutiny
“Ramadan came in the fall that year”
-opening sentence of chapter 12
-symbol of hope and comfort
“The two Buddhas were enormous, soaring much higher than she had imagined”
-enormous and soaring show the power they hold and represent the strength of the country
-later destroyed by the taliban
-symbol of religious hope and comfort
“Her eyes were still adjusting to the limited grid like visibility of the burqa… stikl she found some comfort in the anonymity that the burqa provided. She wouldn’t have to watch the surprise in their eyes… at how far she had fallen at how her lofty aspirations had been dashed”
-burqa as a symbol of Rasheed’s control (negative description “limited” “perpretual fear”
-burqa as a symbol of comfort that religion brings
-hyperbolic language “dashed” “how far she had fallen” : shame
“The summer of titanic… everyone locked their doors and reaped tears for jack and rose and the passengers of the doomed ship”
- titanic is a symbol of defiance
-doomed ship represents Afghanistan and its turmoil
“The sky was a translucent gray and gusts of a clammy cold wind kept rattling screen doors… The Taliban planted TNT in the crevices of the giant Buddhas and blown them apart”
- pathetic fallacy of misery
-destruction of the Buddhas is metaphoric for the destruction of Lailas hope
“Laila likes Murree’s cool foggy mornings… she likes the souvenir shops… Laila watched Tariq sleep.”
-switch to present tense shows that Laila has escaped her past life of violence and is now in a happy place with tariq