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A THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS: NOVEL ANALYSIS

CHAPTER 36: Laila

Summary

One spring morning in 1994, Laila becomes convinced that Rasheed knows about Aziza not being his child. So after he goes to work, she awakens Mariam and says they are leaving in a half hour. They take a taxi to the bus station. Laila sinks low into the seat of the car, fearful that Rasheed is out there, while Mariam mutters prayers. It is the second time she has been out of the house counting the day before when she had pawned her wedding ring to have money for bus fare. She sees the consequences of the war which frighten her. She reaches across the seat of the taxi to grasp the softness of her daughter’s arm.

At the bus station, it is first important that Laila find a man willing to accompany them on the trip as it is forbidden for women to travel alone. Secondly, once they reach Pakistan, because that country has closed its border to Afghanis. But the border is porous and Laila feels they will find a way in once they get there. Eventually, Laila spots what...........

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This is a tragic setback for Lalila’s hopes for freedom from Rasheed. In every instance, like Nana had once told..........


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