As sometimes the author hints, their lives are not their own, but their path in life is what their family and society directs. As with the teaching certificate that Leila is trying hard to obtain, the more she got into the Afghan bureaucracy, the harder the process is, until it become almost improbable.
Selerstad offers the perspective of a world in which women and children have no or little say in their lives. What surprises is not the rules or customs that the Afghan Islamic world has, but the passivity of women, in this case. Although aware that things could and should be a bit more different, they do not act against the current because it is too hard. It seems that not only a sort of courage is missing here, but also a more common vision for the women in the Khan world for example. When a situation becomes more and more difficult, the women in Leila's family do not encourage her or help her in her courageous desires, but pull her back into the burka world. As Leila joins an English class, she discovers that in her class there are many boys. Her fear of talking without permission in public, her ingrained sense of humility makes her doubt her own capabilities and English knowledge. This, alongside with the pulling back mentioned before, make her quit another dream that she had.
One of the things that the author points in the book regarding family relations, with a strong effect on the societal relations, is therefore the weak or non-existent support that girl or young boys receive from family members. As Leila encounters a young man that also believes in her dreams of continuing education and working, her family does all that they can to push her away from a different type of life than the one inscribed on her. Mansur, her brother, works together with her mother, Sharifa, to push the young man...
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