Blog #3

Part two of the book changes character. The new character is a nine year old girl named Laila. She lives in Kabul with her mother and father. She’s close neighbors with Mariam. This switch caught me off guard. I was really hoping I would find out what Mariam was trying to tell Rasheed when he shoving the rocks in her mouth. I really hope we get back to her. Her mother has fallen into depression when her two oldest sons, Noor and Amhed had left to war to fight the Soviet Union. She only fell deeper when she found out that both her sons had died. Laila had a childhood friend named Tariq who helped her through it all. She began to see him in a new light. Tariq had lost a leg to a landmine. Because Mariam’s mom spent most of her time locked in her room, Mariam did partially everything in the house. I can’t really feel bad for Laila. She isn’t going through anything out of the ordinary like Mariam. She is getting her education, so besides her loony mom and a couple struggles here and there might even consider her lucky.