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"I felt as if I were tangled lika a small fly in a web of a cunning spider." She's saying that she feels like she has been caught in a mess. She is being forced to do everything becuase of her mother in law.

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"My parents needed money for the doctor and money to take Hari to Varanasi. They believe the Ganges is his last hope. A dowry was the only way they could get the money. It was not I who was wanted at all. It was the money. I felt as if I were tangled like a small fly in the web of a cunning spider." Koly was hinted many times that the marriage was not arranged because of her, and this justifies that even more. Koly may have felt sympathy for Hari but knew the rest of the family only cared for his health and if Hari did die, there would be no reason for Koly to be there anymore and she could be abused or become a slave.

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"Husband was too serious a word, and it would have been unseemly of me to call him by his name." Koly must feel as if the wedding was not proper and she did not know the groom well enough to even call him by the proper alias as her "husband" or even his own name. Koly does not know how to address the person she is married too, which says that her relationship with the family is awkward and she treats the members with a very formal attitude.

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"I turned one way and the other to show off my splendor, but to my disappointment he began to cry. "She is dressed like a woman, but she is only a child," he said." Koly is not ready to be married. She is still young and unexperienced. She did this to help her family but she is not ready for it and her father notices this. Koly is presenting herself as a woman but she is still showing curiosity, growing, and learning.

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"What are you doing here, girl! Get off Hari's bed! Why have you stolen the honey?" Hari's Mom is irritated by Koly. She specifically told Koly to stay away form Hari, but Koly disobeyed her. Hari's Mom can't just assume that she stole the honey. Although I can see both sides of the stories.

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Unknown word: Tuberculosis
Definition: A serious infectious disease caused by bacteria which affects the lungs.
This is a disease which is very serious and should be watched carefully. Treatment from a doctor is needed to rid of the bacteria. Such a disease may have been included to add more reason on why Hari's family is using Koly's for money.

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Unknown word: Red Muslin
Definition:  Muslin fabric is often as the backing for a quilt. Home decor.

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Hari took three spoonfuls of the honey and ginger. After a few minutes, when the coughs grew fewer, he smiled at me. “Tell me about your home,” he ordered.
This makes me think that Hari thinks that sense he is the husband in the relationship. Another thing that I can kind of learn from this quote was that Hari was a demanding person who only cared for himself and thought that he could get what ever he wanted out of Koly from the dowry.

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"I longed to beg my parents to take me home. I would promise to eat very little and work very hard. But I could not ask such a thing. To refuse to go through with the marriage would bring dishonor on my family." Koly was not ready for the marriage. However, she knew her family was struggling and the marriage may benefit them. Koly wanted to help her family and believed she would be accepted in her new one, and she could not disappoint either.

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"“I’ll be right back,” I said, and fled the room. Part of me wanted to escape Hari’s shocking words, and part of me wanted to find a way to help him. I remembered how my maa had given me honey and ginger when I had a bad cold. I found a ginger root to grate. Hari took three spoonfuls of the honey and ginger. After a few minutes, when the coughs grew fewer, he smiled at me."
I feel that Koly is a kind person and even though she doesn’t like how she was being treated poorly. I also think that think she really just wants to have a good relationship with her husband and wants him to live through his sickness.

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"What have I done to deserve so disobedient and willful a dautgher-in-law ?" Just because Koly is standing up for her wrights doesn't mean she is being disobedient. I think it is reasonable for Koly not to trust these people because they lied to her parents.

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Unknown word: Baap
Definition: A Indian way of saying father

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Unknown word : Bullocks
Meaning : another name for ox.

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"What do you mean no learning?" Maa asked in a cross voice. "You can cook and keep a house, and you embroider as well as I do." I think Maa is very kind mother to her daughter. She complments her becuase she knows Koly want to learn but that is forbiden so she want to make her feel good about what she can do.

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. I heard Hari’s voice and then his maa’s and his baap’s. Everyone was shouting. When Hari began coughing, his maa began to cry.
Suddenly there was a loud crash. I jumped. “What was that?” I asked Chandra.
“It’s only Hari throwing something. He always does that when he doesn’t get his way.” “Do your parents allow such behavior?”“They never scold him. They let him have his way because he is their only son and he is so sick.”
Hari is a very spoiled brat who would throw fits if he can't get what he wants. This also shows that he does this frequently and his parents don't scold him because he's sick. This is also a sign of bad parenting because they don't want to confront him because they didn't want any agruments.

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Unkown word (Sari): a garment consisting of a length of cotton or silk elaborately draped around the body, traditionally worn by women from South Asia.

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"As I lay there in a strange house, I felt like a newly caged animal that rushes about looking for the open door that isn't there. " The author uses a simile here.

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Described on page 2 that most women are almost under control after getting into a arranged marriage. For example "Koly when you have a husband, you will have do as he tells you. You won't sit and daydream as you do now. " After getting put into a arranged marriage, Koly would be in a situation where she is almost a slave to the other person. It isn't equal that she would get treated differently because she is a women.

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"He has a younger sister" Maa said, "So you will have help with the house-hold tasks". This is saying that if you are a woman you have to do the house chores and you won't be able to do anything else. Even when her husband has a little sister she has to do all the work which is unfair.

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"It will be of no use to you after you are married " Every child has a right to have access education. When she is married what is she supposed to do all day? Cook and clean ? Or Nothing ? Its not fair for her to stunt her education to get married to a person she doesn't even know. She should still have access to education even when in a arranged marriage.

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Unknown word (Tamarind Tree): a tropical leguminous tree (Tamarindus indica) with hard yellowish wood and a fruit with an acid pulp

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Unknown word Rupees
Definition: Its the basic monetary unit of India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Mauritius, and the Seychelles.

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"Koly, when you have a husband, you'll have to do as he tells you. You won't sit and daydream as you do now." It seems as if it not a marriage it like the husband would own her. Whatever he says for her to do she has to do which is not right. And if the parents knew that the marriage would be like this why would they want her to have to go through that.

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"There were days when maa took only a bit of rice for herself so that the rest of us-my baap, my brothers, and I might have more."
It seems that her maa (mom) seems very selfless she is does not eat as much as she should be eating just so her kids and husband don't go hungry. It seems that maybe they are poor and dont have enough money to buy a lot of food.

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Unknown word Dowry
Definition: Property or money brought by a bride to her husband on their marriage.

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" Though there ways schools for girls I did not go there. I had begged to go, promising I would get up early and stay up late to do my work, but Maa said school was a waste for girls. "it will be of no use to you after you are married."." It seems like Maa Koly's mother does not even care what Koly wants Koly wants a education. She does not want to be just a house wife to a husband. I wonder If her Baap(Dad) thunks the same that school is just a waste of time for girls.