At a young age, just as Mariam, Laila marries Rasheed for the sake of safety for herself and her child of Tariq. She now becomes another possession of Rasheed. After a disagreement between Laila and Rasheed, the narrator states, “Rasheed didn’t say anything. And, really, what needed saying when you’d shoved the barrel of your gun into your wife’s mouth”. The quote powerfully concludes the amount of power Rasheed has over Laila. Laila disagreed with the idea of her daughter, Aziza becoming a street beggar therefore, she voiced her opinion to Rasheed and suffered the consequences of near death because her response was not to his liking. Rasheed’s easily triggered anger is easily unleashed consequently leading Laila to tolerate his choices discarding her own thoughts and opinions to satisfy Rasheed. Laila and Mariam being under the household of Rasheed, both suffer damaging consequences due to Rasheed 's strong belief in the Religious views of the
At a young age, just as Mariam, Laila marries Rasheed for the sake of safety for herself and her child of Tariq. She now becomes another possession of Rasheed. After a disagreement between Laila and Rasheed, the narrator states, “Rasheed didn’t say anything. And, really, what needed saying when you’d shoved the barrel of your gun into your wife’s mouth”. The quote powerfully concludes the amount of power Rasheed has over Laila. Laila disagreed with the idea of her daughter, Aziza becoming a street beggar therefore, she voiced her opinion to Rasheed and suffered the consequences of near death because her response was not to his liking. Rasheed’s easily triggered anger is easily unleashed consequently leading Laila to tolerate his choices discarding her own thoughts and opinions to satisfy Rasheed. Laila and Mariam being under the household of Rasheed, both suffer damaging consequences due to Rasheed 's strong belief in the Religious views of the