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Thematic Pattern  "Like a compass needle that points north, a ma's accusing finger always finds a woman. Always. You remember that, Mariam" (7).

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Thematic Pattern  "Like a compass needle that points north, a ma's accusing finger always finds a woman. Always. You remember that, Mariam" (7).

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This quotes comes form Mariam's mother who has suffered all her life due to men. Being placed where she is now is due to Jalil. Men causing problems becomes a common them throughout the novel for Mariam.

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Thematic Pattern "She understood then what Nana meant, that a harami was an unwanted.... love, family, home, and acceptance" (4)

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Thematic Pattern "She understood then what Nana meant, that a harami was an unwanted.... love, family, home, and acceptance" (4)

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Loneliness is a common theme throughout the novel. Mariam is not wanted by anyone in her family or as friends. This is a constant theme throughout because all Mariam wants is o feel loved.

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Setting  "Nana was wrong about Heart too. No one......or agenda, without shame" (30-).

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Setting  "Nana was wrong about Heart too. No one......or agenda, without shame" (30-).

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In the busy city of Herat Miriam feel like a normal person. She doesn't feel judged like Nana said she would be. She realizes that being outside the kolba she is just an ordinary girl in the world. She sees many new things and is filled with awe at at the city. The city feel feels her with hope and promise for a new family with Jalil and feels brave to go see him at his house.

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Setting "For the first time,... to look at him." (38).

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Setting "For the first time,... to look at him." (38).

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With seeing Nana dead when she got back to the kolba, Mariam now starts to think of how Nana has always been right about Jalil. Now sitting in the car with him she sees how "fake" he is being towards her and sees him for his true self.

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Setting "They sat across......she'd been summoned" (45).

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Setting "They sat across......she'd been summoned" (45).

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This setting the Miriam is put in is to patronize her into doing what the wives of Jail want her to do. Instead of asking her to marry they tell her she is going to marry. Miriam feels helpless because the wives do not treat her as a nuisance.

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Setting "Mariam loved having visitors at the kolba" (20).

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Setting "Mariam loved having visitors at the kolba" (20).

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When Mariam has visitors at the kolba she gets happy because it is usually just her and Nana there all the time by their selves. With visitors around she gets excited since there is other people there to talk to besides always getting yelled at by Nana.

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Symbol "The film playing on the screen is Walt Disney's Pinocchio" (404).

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Symbol "The film playing on the screen is Walt Disney's Pinocchio" (404).

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Pinocchio is a symbol for Mariam and her growth the novel. In the beginning on the novel Mariam wanted to go to the theaters to watch a film. The film was Pinocchio. The film appears throughout the novel to relate to Mariam and how she is growing.

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Symbol "Jalil brought clippings from Herat's newspaper.....with him to the kolba" (23).

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Symbol "Jalil brought clippings from Herat's newspaper.....with him to the kolba" (23).

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The newspaper resembles the connection that Miriam craves to see the outside world. It symbolizes a line for Miriam to see what is going on outside of the kolba.

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Symbol  "The boys sat by the stream and waited as Mariam and Nana transferred the rations to the kolba" (14).

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Symbol  "The boys sat by the stream and waited as Mariam and Nana transferred the rations to the kolba" (14).

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The stream symbolizes a border between Mariam's life and life she wants to live. Its a separation for her. She has not been into the city, but craves to go and her brothers cannot cross the stream which shows that they are not in her life.

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Character "I'll die if you go. The jinn......Please stay. I'll die if you go" (27)

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Character "I'll die if you go. The jinn......Please stay. I'll die if you go" (27)

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Despite all the mean and hateful things Nana says to Miriam Nana genuinely loves Miriam no matter what. She fears that Miriam will leave her and never come back leaving her alone. This scene shows the readers how deeply Nana cares for Miriam.

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Character " Mullah Faizullah listened to stories as...... that Mariam didn't dare tell Nana" (17).

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Character " Mullah Faizullah listened to stories as...... that Mariam didn't dare tell Nana" (17).

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Mullah Faizullah is a kin human being and one of the only gentle souls in Miriam life at this age. Miriam knows she can trust Faizullah. He is like a grandfather to Miriam. We can tell from him visiting Miriam and teaching her every week that he genuinely cares for her well-being.

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Jalil tries to make himself feel better from having done Mariam and her mother wrong by not standing up for them and sending them away. He does things himself instead of sending servants and he visits Mariam each week to give her happiness.

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Character "Jalil didn't have the dil either, Nana said ,to do.....she'd been living, and sent her off" (7).

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Character "Jalil didn't have the dil either, Nana said ,to do.....she'd been living, and sent her off" (7).

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This shows that Jalil doesn't have the courage to stand up to his own family. He lets others make decisions for him. Jalil lets others control his life and tell him what to do and how to live instead of deciding for himself.