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1. "There are no women in the third world."
- Only the burned and the silent stay in the country
- narrative method'associational e,g,
2. the relations between the public (nation) and the private (women)?
3. "There are no women in the third world." -1. In law, women can not bear testimony.
- Only the burned and the silent stay in the country
The genealogy of this family:
Dadi--p. 3 religious
the goal p. 5
a recognizable loneliness 6
more good in women 7
smelling death 8 |
father--a rebellious son 7; later devout Muslim
Welsh mother--killed |
Sara
Ifat -run away to get married , killed in a car accident
Tillat
Irfan'born in England, serious, refuses food
Shahid |
- narrative method--associational
4. the relations between the public (nation) and the private (women)?
- causal, b. parallel, c. allegorical, d. alternative'national history marked by cooks, marked by personal changes, esp. Dadi's
the middle years--Dadi's loneliness
Bhutto's regime--trying times: Dadi' complaint about being lifted by Shahib (1971)'Dadi's conflagration
Zia's regime -Dadi forgets to pray
- knowing, p. 10 or indifferent p. 2 Dadi
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