Cognitive development is the construction of intellectual aptitude including identification, investigation, exposition, sensitivity and judgment, from childhood through adolescence to adulthood. Nature of intelligence mainly involves the intellectual practicalities, psychological sequences (thoughts), and eminences of intelligent entities. An individual develops a certain level of intelligence through the several cognitive developmental phases at different stages of life. The primary stage of cognitive develop starts from the earlier stage after the birth of an infant, then the individual gradually …show more content…
The story of the novel discloses Sana’s life from the age of nine, when a tragic incident happens in her life which alters the whole pattern of her life. The character of Sana is an emblematic appearance of a child, who has a strong bond of attachment with her father, and then faces repercussion of its disruption through separation, dispossession, and bereavement. The sturdy bond of affection with a parental figure or sense of attachment is similarly a motivational and behavioral system that directs the child to seek proximity of guidance to cultivate a successful social and emotional development, and in particular for learning how to effectively regulate his or her feelings.
Zuberi’s character “Sana Shah” was born in Karachi where she lives with her family including her father, mother and her younger brother of four years, according to her perception, her family was a perfect happy family until that tragic incident happened to the family. Her father was in Foreign Services and her mother was a typical house-wife whose only concern was to take care of her household. The protagonist enunciates, in the opening chapter of the novel, about the substantial role of her father in her upbringing and his prominence in her existence. As she