How Does Harami Affect Mariams Sense Of Identity In A Thousand Splendid Suns

In A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini Mariam's Mother, Nana, calls Mariam “An heirloom-breaking, clumsy little harami.” This comment from Nana impacts Mariams sense of identity and self-esteem because it makes her think of herself of just a bastard and so far throughout the book she looks at herself as a burden to the people around her. For example she's a burden to Jalil and his wives because shes uneducated and is a reminder of Jalil's mistake. So they marry her off to Rasheed who she is also a burden to because she can’t have a baby and her presence seems to bother him. Mariam also knew that a harami wasn’t a good thing and she thought of herself like this “... a harami was an unwanted thing; that she, Mariam, was an illegitimate