Sunday, May 18, 2008

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.

1 comment:

Irish said...

Wow, fantastic amount of detail. Now this is the sort of stuff I'm after. I like how you explain the character's problems and the strain between Hama & Miss Debbie.

Your post also has a neat message behind it too.

Mr. Farrell