You have done something bad at least once in your life, and so have I. It could’ve hurt others or yourself, but now think about what got you past the event? I will take a guess that it was forgiveness, acceptance, and understanding. Khalid, the Caliph of Khorasan, kills a new wife every dawn. One of these unfortunate women is Shiva, Shahrzad's best friend. Shahrzad vows to avenge her best friend's death and stop Khalid from stealing another girl's life away from her. As the story goes on Khalid knows what he is doing is wrong. He has to kill a new wife every dawn for reasons undisclosed to his kingdom. Shahrzad is convinced he is a terrible person with no remorse for others. She learns that this is not true. Their love and acceptance towards
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In The Wrath and The Dawn, Khalid and Shahrzad both reach a mutual state of peace and acceptance once they learn to forgive themselves and each other for their wrongdoings in the past through accepting what has happened, which leads to the ceasing of deaths and restores peace in …show more content…
"’You're lying to me. She reached up and wrapped soft fingers around his wrist. What's wrong?’" (Ahdieh 330). I think when Shahrzad shows empathy towards Khalid it is some of the first steps towards the big change to come. It's almost as if the author is giving us bread crumbs to follow. These small words and actions are patches of the quilt which will cover Khorasan in peace and tranquility finally.
To achieve peace and a better Khorasan, both of the main characters must be able to forgive themselves and each other first by letting go of the past and accepting all that has passed. At times forgiveness is like a quilt. Sometimes the process of forgiveness is a gradual one, but eventually leads us to something greater than we started out with. We've all been in situations like Shahrzad and Khalid. I think this book gives the reader a piece of advice for the future. Perhaps if we learn from Khalid and Shahrzad's mistakes we can avoid all the painful events that took place before the happy
In The Wrath and The Dawn, Khalid and Shahrzad both reach a mutual state of peace and acceptance once they learn to forgive themselves and each other for their wrongdoings in the past through accepting what has happened, which leads to the ceasing of deaths and restores peace in …show more content…
"’You're lying to me. She reached up and wrapped soft fingers around his wrist. What's wrong?’" (Ahdieh 330). I think when Shahrzad shows empathy towards Khalid it is some of the first steps towards the big change to come. It's almost as if the author is giving us bread crumbs to follow. These small words and actions are patches of the quilt which will cover Khorasan in peace and tranquility finally.
To achieve peace and a better Khorasan, both of the main characters must be able to forgive themselves and each other first by letting go of the past and accepting all that has passed. At times forgiveness is like a quilt. Sometimes the process of forgiveness is a gradual one, but eventually leads us to something greater than we started out with. We've all been in situations like Shahrzad and Khalid. I think this book gives the reader a piece of advice for the future. Perhaps if we learn from Khalid and Shahrzad's mistakes we can avoid all the painful events that took place before the happy