Laila

A) Laila awakens at Rasheed and Mariam’s household where she is given news of Tariq’s death. Rasheed marries Laila for her youth, and Laila agrees because she is pregnant with Tariq’s child. Laila gives birth to her daughter, Aziza, and Rasheed shows resentment because he wanted a son. He is abusive to Mariam and Laila. Mariam resents Laila because she stole her husband, but after connecting with Aziza, and seeing how Rasheed treats Laila, they both realize “that they were not enemies any longer,” (p. 224). Liala plans to run away, and lets Mariam in on her plan. They both run away, but sadly it was unsuccessful because they got caught on the bus. Two and a half years later, the Taliban put restrictions on how men and mostly women should act in society. Liala gives birth to Rasheed’s son, Zalmai. Rasheed favours Zalmai. Rasheed is out of work and decides Aziza should go to an orphanage because of their financial issues. Mariam calls Jalil to ask for money, but discovers that he died back in 1987 when he tried to visit her. Tariq visits Mariam, and it’s revealed that Rasheed paid someone to lie about ‘Tariq’s death’. Rasheed is furious about his visit and starts to become violent, but Mariam murdered him to save Laila. Mariam is sent to prison where she is given the death sentence, and Laila …show more content…
Rasheed pays someone to lie to Laila about Tariq’s death because he wants to marry her. He treats Laila with love and kindness, exclaiming, “God help me, I think I love you,” (p. 197). He was also very excited for the baby, but after Laila gave birth to a baby girl, Rasheed’s true colours showed. He started to treat Laila the same way he treated Mariam, without any respect. They would constantly fight and “Mariam could hear Rasheed shouting now. The girl’s voice, underneath his, was tentative and shrill,” (p. 215). Rasheed’s affection for Laila disappeared that moment he was given a