Week 5 Post A

Vocab:

contentiousness: causing or involving in an argument or controversy.

conspiratorial: an evil, unlawful, treacherous, or a surreptitious plan formulated in secret by two or more persons.

Figurative Language:

1. "It made a sound like dropping a rice bag to the floor. She hit him hard"(267). This is a simlie since it compares Laila's punch to the sound of a rice bag drooping to the ground.
2. "What's happened to you? {...} I married a pari, and now I'm saddled with a hag"(271). This is a metaphor since Rasheed compares Laila to a "hag," without using like or as.
3. "His eyes glittering with murderous, kicking until he couldn't anymore"(272).

Quote:

"I swear you're going to make me kill you, Laila"(272).

This shows how absurd Rasheed is and what torture it would be to have to live with him. First Mariam had to deal with him, then Laila and now her children must deal with him as well.

Theme:

A theme that is obviously present in this book is tragedy.