Overall I really liked this book. I liked how the affects of one person had such an impact on a lot of women living over there. The beauty school changed so many of their lives by better the ability these women had to get a higher paying job. It also gave an insight to the way the women live their lives everyday and how they are treated. I really wish the lives of all the people over there were so much different and that they would see the example that is set by the people who go over there to help and try to follow it to make their lives better.
My favorite part of this book was when Sam finally decided to tell his father that he and Miss Debbie were married. It was my favorite part because this was the most important and loving thing that Sam could ever to for her and he finally did it and it meant the world to her not only because it showed his affection for her but also because Miss Debbie's father died when she was little and she found this as way get to know what it was like to have a father.
My least favorite part of the book was when the Afghan women tell the stories of their lives. It was my least favorite part because I felt so bad for how all these women were treated on a regular basis. I feel that no women should ever be treated so badly and that every women no matter where they live should all the same rights as a man.
Sunday, May 18, 2008
Kabul Beauty School Chapter 10
If I would have been those girls at the beauty school who Shaz gave the cell phone number to I would have been so upset. In my opinion I think they should have turned her into the police for doing that because the text messages and calls that man made to all of those girls were horrible. Plus if their husband were to find out I could only imagine the beating they would go through because their husbands could think that they were cheating. I wanna know why she thought that by giving him the numbers to the girls that would make him love her more when he was basically just using her to get to them. If I were her I would not have done that at all because it would basically be like saying to her that she is not good enough.
I am so happy for Miss Debbie when Sam's dad finally knows that they are married. I would have felt the same way she did their entire marriage. That Sam was ashamed of it or something. When Papa Sam and Miss Debbie talk and he tells her that he is so greatful that she has married his son and they have a happy life together surprised me because Sam made it sound like he would hate her and that he would not approve of the marriage. I do not understand why if Papa Sam knew about the marriage since it first happened why he never said anything. You think he would have because he would want to voice his opinion not wait three years to have them tell him.
I feel really bad when the government shuts down the beauty school that she worked so hard to make happen. But I guess with the times they have over in Kabul it was bound to happen it was only a matter of time before they had a good enough reason.
I am so happy for Miss Debbie when Sam's dad finally knows that they are married. I would have felt the same way she did their entire marriage. That Sam was ashamed of it or something. When Papa Sam and Miss Debbie talk and he tells her that he is so greatful that she has married his son and they have a happy life together surprised me because Sam made it sound like he would hate her and that he would not approve of the marriage. I do not understand why if Papa Sam knew about the marriage since it first happened why he never said anything. You think he would have because he would want to voice his opinion not wait three years to have them tell him.
I feel really bad when the government shuts down the beauty school that she worked so hard to make happen. But I guess with the times they have over in Kabul it was bound to happen it was only a matter of time before they had a good enough reason.
Kabul Beauty School Chapter 9
If I had male neighbors that were threatening to kill me I would have been scared. I would have never had the guts to go over to their house with a gun and threaten them back. I would be to afraid they would just up and kill me right there. I don't see how her husband doesn't get upset or mad that she does this. If I were him I would be worried for her life because these men are basically raised to disrespect women and they aren't used to women acting out in this way. I do think however that it is the right thing for her to do because by her acting this way it gets the police to finally come and do something about these mens behavior. This resulting in them finally changing the way they act and leaving all the tenants on the street alone.
I really don't understand why the women attending the beauty school treat Robina they way they do. I mean she is trying to better her life just like all the women there. It is not her fault that she has to live by herself with out a man so I do not think that these women should treat her like she is a whore because she lives with her sisters. It isn't like she has been proved to be a whore and will disgrace the school like Hama had done.
I'm happy that Bahar's husband had finally got some medical treatment to help him so he does not act the way he did by mistreating Bahar. This should go to show the all of Miss Debbie's effort have improved the life of the women over there because if Bahar had not attended this school and been able to get a higher paying job she would have never been able to save the money to get her husband the help he actually needed.
I really don't understand why the women attending the beauty school treat Robina they way they do. I mean she is trying to better her life just like all the women there. It is not her fault that she has to live by herself with out a man so I do not think that these women should treat her like she is a whore because she lives with her sisters. It isn't like she has been proved to be a whore and will disgrace the school like Hama had done.
I'm happy that Bahar's husband had finally got some medical treatment to help him so he does not act the way he did by mistreating Bahar. This should go to show the all of Miss Debbie's effort have improved the life of the women over there because if Bahar had not attended this school and been able to get a higher paying job she would have never been able to save the money to get her husband the help he actually needed.
Kabul Beauty School Chapter 8
If I were Miss Debbie I would feel really disrespected if my husband was having another kid to another wife after we were married. I know the customs are different for them but still he knows she is American and is trying to change some of his ways to accommodate her. I would also be scared like she is because so far his other wife had done nothing but bear him daughters and over there they want sons. Then she finds out that she finally gives him one and could lose him to his other because she does not want to have anymore children. What I don't get is that Miss Debbie already has two sons of her own. So, why can't her already having two sons still count? Like is it because they aren't his by birth? Like they still treat each other the same way.
It would be hard over there to be a women and having the men over there control you all the time and have all the say in what happens in your life. That would frustrate me so much not to be able to make my own decisions on what happens to me. If I was Mina i would just take my son and run away. But if she did that they would most likely die so I can see why she wouldn't. It would be hard though to have to take all the beatings she gets and the fear of losing her son to her awful husband all the time. I would not be able to stand this and I don't see how the women over there do. I also don't understand why there families let the men treat their daughters like that. Wouldn't their daughters getting beat and mistreated all the time make their family look bad?
It would be hard over there to be a women and having the men over there control you all the time and have all the say in what happens in your life. That would frustrate me so much not to be able to make my own decisions on what happens to me. If I was Mina i would just take my son and run away. But if she did that they would most likely die so I can see why she wouldn't. It would be hard though to have to take all the beatings she gets and the fear of losing her son to her awful husband all the time. I would not be able to stand this and I don't see how the women over there do. I also don't understand why there families let the men treat their daughters like that. Wouldn't their daughters getting beat and mistreated all the time make their family look bad?
Kabul Beauty School Chapter 7
If I were Miss Debbie I would be very frustrated with always having my sponsors having to take back some of there funding. It would also have to be really hard for her to make the money herself to support her school after losing part of her funding. Like I know she and some graduated students work in the beauty shop to raise money but what I don't get is how are their supporting their own families when they are working here all the time to raise money for the school. Some of these women are the primary supporter to their families and if they are spending all their time there who is supporting theirs? I know they get money in tips from the western women who can afford it but in my opinion I don't think the tips would be enough to support their whole house holds.
I used to feel really sorry for Hama and the life she had been living the whole way through the story up until now. Now I think she is a pretty lowly character. Miss Debbie goes through all the trouble to try to get her a better life over in America by calling one of her friends over there and and asking if she can go over and live there so she can get away from her said to be uncle but he really isn't so he can't rape her anymore and all Miss Debbie told her to do was stay away from him. Instead Hama continues to go with him and let him treat her like this. If I was Hama I would be so greatful of Miss Debbie's offer and I would do everything I could to listen. I would not keep seeing him and let him disrespect me in that way. Miss Debbie's son even has interest in her and is willing to have a form of an arranged marriage to save her from this but she still continues her behavior. Finally Miss Debbie makes her choose between her and the beauty school or Ali. I would have done the same thing as Miss Debbie because with Hama's behavior she was getting a name for herself and it was not a very good one and with her attending the beauty school it was giving them a bad name so I believe Miss Debbie made the right choice.
I'm very happy that Sam and Miss Debbie work out their relationship problems. I like how in the story their relationship kinda breaks the barriers between the two different ways and combines them into one almost. It shows that everyone can if they want to form their lives so everyone in the world have the opportunity to unite.
I used to feel really sorry for Hama and the life she had been living the whole way through the story up until now. Now I think she is a pretty lowly character. Miss Debbie goes through all the trouble to try to get her a better life over in America by calling one of her friends over there and and asking if she can go over and live there so she can get away from her said to be uncle but he really isn't so he can't rape her anymore and all Miss Debbie told her to do was stay away from him. Instead Hama continues to go with him and let him treat her like this. If I was Hama I would be so greatful of Miss Debbie's offer and I would do everything I could to listen. I would not keep seeing him and let him disrespect me in that way. Miss Debbie's son even has interest in her and is willing to have a form of an arranged marriage to save her from this but she still continues her behavior. Finally Miss Debbie makes her choose between her and the beauty school or Ali. I would have done the same thing as Miss Debbie because with Hama's behavior she was getting a name for herself and it was not a very good one and with her attending the beauty school it was giving them a bad name so I believe Miss Debbie made the right choice.
I'm very happy that Sam and Miss Debbie work out their relationship problems. I like how in the story their relationship kinda breaks the barriers between the two different ways and combines them into one almost. It shows that everyone can if they want to form their lives so everyone in the world have the opportunity to unite.
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Kabul Beauty School Chapter 6
Nahida has to be one of the bravest and most ambitious women I have read about. The way she sticks up for herself and does not give in to her husband no matter how much and how hard he beats her is amazing. She has big dreams and doesn't stop until she accomplished them and did whatever it took to do it. If I were her I don' t think I would be able to have stood up to him and taken all the beatings he gave her.
If I would have been Miss Debbie and found out that one of my girl maids was sexual harassing my students I would have fired her on the spot and not have just kept warning her. I think thats wrong. I mean seriously its bad enough the men mistreat the women but for the women to mistreat each other will just make all of their gender problems even worse. Like the guy Grabbing Miss Debbie's butt repeatedly while she was shopping with Roshanna. Especially after her telling him not to and punching him the face you think he would have got the message but clearly the men over there are to bright to gestures. Then I think it is extremely wrong that she goes and takes him to the police after he insists on doing it and all he gets is hit with a stick. Now if this would have been a women she would have been thrown into one of those horrible prisons. Now how is that even remotely fair at all?
I didn't know that they had earthquakes in Kabul. That was kinda interesting for me to find out.
If I would have been Miss Debbie and found out that one of my girl maids was sexual harassing my students I would have fired her on the spot and not have just kept warning her. I think thats wrong. I mean seriously its bad enough the men mistreat the women but for the women to mistreat each other will just make all of their gender problems even worse. Like the guy Grabbing Miss Debbie's butt repeatedly while she was shopping with Roshanna. Especially after her telling him not to and punching him the face you think he would have got the message but clearly the men over there are to bright to gestures. Then I think it is extremely wrong that she goes and takes him to the police after he insists on doing it and all he gets is hit with a stick. Now if this would have been a women she would have been thrown into one of those horrible prisons. Now how is that even remotely fair at all?
I didn't know that they had earthquakes in Kabul. That was kinda interesting for me to find out.
Kabul Beauty School Chapter 5
I felt really bad when I read that the house she had grown up in and spent most of her life living in had burnt down. My reaction when my house burnt down however was much different from hers. I was devastated by it. She just seemed to accept it and move on.
I feel really bad that her and her husband had to live so far away from each other for like three months. I know she wants to stay in America to be with her family and her children but I don't get why she just don't move her family over seas so she can live with her husband and teach more at the beauty school? I also don't see why she does not tell her family that she got remarried. I think that is something pretty important and her family deserves to know. I also wonder if her mother knows or not that there is something going on with her and her new husband or not. They never really say. I so know that she has heard their phone conversations and is kinda curious. I kinda feel bad that Miss Debbie has to deal with the fact he has another wife because of an arranged marriage. I mean I know she knows that he don't love her and it wasn't his choice but to me that would still be hard to live with.
I really can't stand the way men treat women over there. Some of them just treat them like a piece of meat and women aren't. Its also said that these men are supposed to have the most respect for women and they do until they marry one then some of them are just awful and I think thats wrong that they should keep the respect for women.
I would have reacted the same way Miss Debbie would have if they would have told me they weren't letting me back into the school and I could not even get all the donated supplies out. I don't see why the womens ministry won't let Miss Debbie teach I mean all she is doing is trying to help all these women so they can make and income and support their own families. I don't see at all how that is a disgrace to their culture.
I feel really bad that her and her husband had to live so far away from each other for like three months. I know she wants to stay in America to be with her family and her children but I don't get why she just don't move her family over seas so she can live with her husband and teach more at the beauty school? I also don't see why she does not tell her family that she got remarried. I think that is something pretty important and her family deserves to know. I also wonder if her mother knows or not that there is something going on with her and her new husband or not. They never really say. I so know that she has heard their phone conversations and is kinda curious. I kinda feel bad that Miss Debbie has to deal with the fact he has another wife because of an arranged marriage. I mean I know she knows that he don't love her and it wasn't his choice but to me that would still be hard to live with.
I really can't stand the way men treat women over there. Some of them just treat them like a piece of meat and women aren't. Its also said that these men are supposed to have the most respect for women and they do until they marry one then some of them are just awful and I think thats wrong that they should keep the respect for women.
I would have reacted the same way Miss Debbie would have if they would have told me they weren't letting me back into the school and I could not even get all the donated supplies out. I don't see why the womens ministry won't let Miss Debbie teach I mean all she is doing is trying to help all these women so they can make and income and support their own families. I don't see at all how that is a disgrace to their culture.
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