Mariam And Rashed Relationships

The characterization Mariam shows are through the different relationships that she has throughout the book and the lack of relationships she goes through. Mariam and Rasheed have a toxic relationship with each other. He physically and verbally abuses her then he tries to make peace with her by apologizing. She had an estranged relationship with her father, he would never claim her as his own, but he always claimed his other children. When she left to move in with Rasheed he tried to get her to stay, but Mariam told him that this is the last and final time you will hear and see from me. Mariam and Laila had an awkward relationship, when Laila was hurt Mariam would take care of her, but as soon as she got back on her feet she told Laila that she wouldn’t be her servant anymore. As the story continues Mariam starts to warm up around her and
He would from kicking, slapping and punching on Mariam to trying to apologize to her. Mariam lives in fear every day when she is around him. She is self-conscious about herself and she is trying to do the best she can at being a wife at a very young age. Rasheed thinks that men are in charge and women are no good. He wants her to be his ideal wife who will cook, clean and give him what he wants, but she is unable to do so because she doesn’t know how to because of her young age. He made Mariam chew and eat pebbles because he said that’s how her food tasted. “Now you know what your rice tastes like, now you know what you’ve given me in this marriage bad food and nothing else” (Hosseini 104). When she tells him that she is unable to have children he starts to get very irritated and annoyed with her so he takes his anger out on her. Towards the end of the story, Rasheed is fighting with Mariam and Laila and she ends up killing him because if she didn’t kill him, he would’ve killed her and