Laila's Character Analysis
How does Laila feel about being pregnant with her second child (Zalmai) at the beginning of section 4? Why does she feel this way? What does she contemplate about?
Laila grows up with the constant feeling that her mother is very caught up with Laila’s brothers’ lives, and lacks the playing role of a mother in Laila’s life. This is evident when Laila states, “People shouldn’t be allowed to have new children if they’d already given away all their love to their old ones.” Laila adores Aziza, her newborn daughter who after all, is Tariq’s child. However, when she becomes pregnant with Rasheed’s child she contemplates whether abortion is a better option in this case. I think the reason Laila contemplates such a thing is not because of her character
Laila grows up with the constant feeling that her mother is very caught up with Laila’s brothers’ lives, and lacks the playing role of a mother in Laila’s life. This is evident when Laila states, “People shouldn’t be allowed to have new children if they’d already given away all their love to their old ones.” Laila adores Aziza, her newborn daughter who after all, is Tariq’s child. However, when she becomes pregnant with Rasheed’s child she contemplates whether abortion is a better option in this case. I think the reason Laila contemplates such a thing is not because of her character