"The both of us? I think"
Of course the both of you! The thing that bothers me is that even though all of the academic focus is on Aisha, does Nadira really think that her parents think she cant go to college? I mean, who does that?!? Is her self esteem really that low? This sentence popped out of the page for me, it is as if Ali Uncle is the only person who thinks of them as equals. He sees no difference between Aisha and Nadira. To him, they are merely two smart sisters who are scared for their parents, parents who set money aside for BOTH of their college education.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
Nadira's self esteem, or more accurately, lack of anything remotely like it, is rather alarming. Nadira really does seem to be so thoroughly under the impression that Aisha, and ONLY Aisha will be the one who does something special with her life. As though Nadira just expects to... but that's just it. Nadira doesn't expect to do anything. I like Ali Uncle's character for his perspective as well. Good job really going into detail about something small.
ReplyDelete