The Sentence I Chose: Chapter One

"A little burn of envy seeps through me. I don't know how Aisha does it, but she always cheers up my parents."

I chose this quote because I think it lays out the fact that Nadira and her family think she will never be as good as Aisha. "A little burn of envy seeps through me." I don't think the envy is just because Aisha can cheer her mom up and she can't (or at least at the moment). I think there is much, much more behind the envy. Aisha knows what it's like to be close, to be the center of attention, to be loved. I don't think Nadira has ever known true, deep, love, love that goes to the core. Personally, I think the only love Nadira has ever felt is the love of a family that has to love her because she is family.