Week 2 Post B

Mariam Jo's life is going straight downhill at this part of the book and the sad part about it is she didn't really do anything that wrong to deserve all of this. All she did was go into the city to visit her father and everything went wrong after that, just like her mother had warned her. However, even I, from my viewpoint believed that it was ridiculous of Nana to ask her not to go to the cinema with her father. Nana told Mariam that if she left her, not only would Nana be killed but Mariam's live would become "worthless." Mariam thought that her crazy mother was just making another crazy remark, however Nana's crazy remarks turned to reality when she left for Herat. Mariam went to Jahil's mansion and was told by his butler that Jahil was out on a business trip. Mariam then walked into Jahil's magnificent garden, but to her utter dissapointment she saw Jahil looking out of his bedroom window. He had lied and betrayed Mariam. He told her that he would bring her to the cinema and didn't show up and even worse prettended like he was on a business trip and left her on the cold street for the night. Mariam was heartbroken by this. Later, the butler brought her back to Nana's house and discovered Nana hanging from the end of a rope. Mariam Jo didn't break into tears until she was resting her head on Mullah's lap, who is the priest of the town, which is the only person that Mariam Jo can now trust. Mariam was then asked by Jahil to stay at his house and she reluctantly accepted, since it was her only choice. And even more to her despair they have found her a suitor, and she is only 13. I hope she is able to get through all of this and start a better live, which she deserves.