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A THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS: SHORT SUMMARY / NOTES
CHAPTER 45: Mariam
Summary
After Rasheed learns from Zalmai that Laila had been downstairs alone with Tariq, he sits back and allows himself to relax. For a few brief moments, he appears merely thoughtful, like a ship captain informed of imminent mutiny taking his time to ponder his next move. Then he sends Zalmai upstairs, and on the boy’s face, Mariam sees alarm. Rasheed has to take the boy by the elbow and force him up the stairs. He comes back down with his belt in his hand. Without a word, he begins beating Laila. Laila fights back, but he swings the weapon again and again. Her fingers claw his face, chipped nails digging into his jowls and pulling at his hair and scratching his forehead.
Then, he lets Laila go and approaches Mariam. Before he reaches her,
Mariam sees what a fool she has been. She wonders what...........
Notes
This is the ultimate example of decisions made after years of abuse.
Mariam finally makes a decision about her..........
CHAPTER 46: Laila
Summary
The chapter opens with Rasheed’s throttling of Laila as seen from Laila’s
point of view. She is dimly aware of his face over top of her, all teeth
and tobacco and foreboding eyes. She sees the cobwebs in the corner of
the ceiling and the crack that has never been repaired. The ceiling begins
to shrink in size and Rasheed’s face becomes a sunspot. She sees blinding
lights, bizarre geometric forms in the light, worms, egg-shaped things
moving up and down, sideways, melting into each other. Voices are muffled
and distant. Then the darkness begins to...........
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The death of Rasheed is a relief, but it is also a major problem. How
will they ever get away.........
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