Just finished reading the novel on the plight of two women in Afghanistan; really, I am shocked, profoundly moved by the material. Really puts into perspective the meaning of equality. How twisted it may get when placed infront of different looking glasses; how interpretations of ancient doctrines dictate every inch of a woman's freedom and force it deep into the soul, unexpressed and deeply repressed. The inherit right of a male to beat his woman as if another animal in his herd. Any machismo thoughts in my head quickly dissipated when I saw how soon the ideas of reputation and honor are pushed into a girl's life (and how they are not in a boy's). She gets married at 15? to an oaf who basically pays for her? pays to beat her? because her real father does not want to see his bastard child, harami, wow. mother hangs herself b/c she has been outkast to the woods. finally, she is executed because she killed the man that beat her everyday and was in the act of murdering his other wife? wowee.
Hosseini's writing style, the way the plot leaves you at a loss for words, and the notion that this is reality in many locales around the globe leave me speechless, confused as to what i can do... if anything.
I really do hate this feeling, but see the brick wall that we all see; this is a culture, a religion, a LARGE part of the world. can you change all of that simply for the sake of some Afghani women?
i really hope so.
Hosseini's writing style, the way the plot leaves you at a loss for words, and the notion that this is reality in many locales around the globe leave me speechless, confused as to what i can do... if anything.
I really do hate this feeling, but see the brick wall that we all see; this is a culture, a religion, a LARGE part of the world. can you change all of that simply for the sake of some Afghani women?
i really hope so.
