Rasheed and Laila were an unlovong, harsh relationship. They were only married because her house got hit by a stray bomb. Her parents were killed by this bomb and Laila had no other choice. If she did not get married to Rasheed, she could not stay at his house. “[She would have] no food, no water, not a rupiah in her pockets, bullets and rockets flying everywhere”. She would not have lived long on her own. “Pummeling her chest, her head, her belly with fists, tearing at her hair, throwing her to the wall”(305) describes one of the times Rasheed beat her. Another way the reader knows that Rasheed and Laila do not share a love for each other is because Laila had a plan to run away. She asked Mariam to run away with her and Mariam said yes. They set off to Peshawar, but the man, Wakil, turned out to be a traitor and snitches on Mariam and Laila. Laila basically risked her life to get away from Rasheed, so there was definitely no love between
Rasheed and Laila were an unlovong, harsh relationship. They were only married because her house got hit by a stray bomb. Her parents were killed by this bomb and Laila had no other choice. If she did not get married to Rasheed, she could not stay at his house. “[She would have] no food, no water, not a rupiah in her pockets, bullets and rockets flying everywhere”. She would not have lived long on her own. “Pummeling her chest, her head, her belly with fists, tearing at her hair, throwing her to the wall”(305) describes one of the times Rasheed beat her. Another way the reader knows that Rasheed and Laila do not share a love for each other is because Laila had a plan to run away. She asked Mariam to run away with her and Mariam said yes. They set off to Peshawar, but the man, Wakil, turned out to be a traitor and snitches on Mariam and Laila. Laila basically risked her life to get away from Rasheed, so there was definitely no love between