Week 7 Post A

Vocab:

permeated: to pass into or through every part of.

rife: abundant, plentiful, or numerous.

Figurative Language:

1. "Like a compass needle that points north, a man's accusing finger always finds a woman. You remember that, Mariam"(323). This is a quote that Mariam remembers Nana once told her. Nana uses a similie to say how men always blame their misfortunes or troubles on woman, which is true of Rasheed.
2. "His smile was patient"(324). This is a personification in which Mariam personifies the judges smile, to describe it as sympathetic.
3. "Only at dusk did the winds die down. And then if a night breeze blew, it did so timidly, as if to atone for the excesses of its daytime siblling"(326). Mariam personifies the wind, by saying that it is "timid" as in it blows lightly, not aggresively.

Quote:

"Though there had been moments of beauty in it, Mariam knew that life for the most part had been unkind to her. But as she walked the final twenty paces, she could not help but wish for more of it"(328).

To me this quote struck me hard, because it makes you feel for Mariam a lot. She sacrificed her life for the well being of others, but the thing is she doesn't deserve to be punished at all for her actions, and her whole life was unfair.

Theme:

A final theme for this book is how unfair life can be. Clearly, this is shown by Mariam being sentenced to death, having live a completely "unfair" life.