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The start of this segment answered the question I’ve had since the start of reading this book. Mariam was in court for killing Rasheed. She made a full confession to it and got sentenced to death but she got Laila and the kids away from danger and they went with … More Post 7: Everyone’s Happy

A lot happened so far in my book. To recap, Mariam was forced into a marriage with Rasheed when she was 15. Then like 10 or 15 years later Laila their neighbor’s daughter who was 17 and turned into an orphan by an artillery cannon(her parents exploded) and Rasheed forced … More Week 6: He’s NOT Dead But That Guy Is Now

As a recap there are 2 main characters, Mariam and Laila, they’re living together and are both married to Rasheed, Laila is around 17-20, Mariam is in her late 30s, and Rasheed is in his 60s. Both Mariam and Laila were basically forced into marrying him in one way or … More Week 5: Starvation and Dehydration

So far in this book, there’s been relationships, heartbreaks, and people getting blown to literally pieces by artillery fire. This part of the book was no different. Mariam and Laila the two main protagonists are about 30 ish and 17 respectively. The reading for this post started off with Laila … More Week 4: More Chunks of People Flying

So picking up where last week left off, the new character Laila had what was just described as a gun pointed at her face, she was 9 at the time I think. Turns out it was neighborhood kids with a water gun filled with pee pointed at her that she … More Week 3: A Bunch Of Wars

So as a recap, the book focuses on the main character Mariam who was forced by her father who was absent for most of her life to marry a man who was 45 when she was just 15. Beginning shortly after that, we get to what I started reading this … More A Thousand Splendid Suns Week 2 Post

So the beginning of this book is starting out slow but I like it. It feels like it’s just trying to build a background for the main character Miriam and showing why she’s going to be the way she’s going to be later in the book. There was even a … More A Thousand Splendid Suns Week 1 Post

This book is a book about Afghanistan and its past over the last two decades or so. I chose it: 1. Because Mrs. Johnson told me to 2. Because it looks pretty interesting and 3. Because I’m curious about the Middle East and the history contained there. I’m looking forward … More A Thousand Splendid Suns

Fear: Many people were motivated by fear in The Crucible. One example of this is Abigail threatening to kill all of her friends if they tell anyone about what they did in the forest because she knows she’ll be accused of being a witch(Miller 20). Another is Mary Warren’s confession … More The Crucible Emotional Motivation Assessments

De Las Casas, Columbus, and Red Cloud all wrote works surrounding cultural encounters. Red Cloud and De Las Casas both aimed to impact their audience with their work showcasing injustices committed by white people against a certain culture, while Columbus aimed to showcase the new world he was discovering and … More Did these 3 accounts change the audience?