Chicks On Lit discussion
Archive 08-19 GR Discussions
>
The Pearl That Broke Its Shell Chapter 36 through 53 July 25th Book Talk
date
newest »
newest »
message 1:
by
Irene
(new)
Jul 13, 2015 08:22PM
For those who read ahead.
reply
|
flag
Q1 What passages strike you as insightful, even profound?
I suspected the King would be spiteful and have Agha Baraan marry Shekiba.
The insanity continues. I get so mad every time there is violence against the women. That drives me crazy.
Q2 How can each character's moral stature be defined?
Mod
I don't think it was the king's doing. I was thinking that the King knew nothing about it, but that Agha Baraan felt guilty about his lover getting stoned and Shekiba almost getting stones because of him so he offered to marry her.
I also think his wife might be infertile (since it said they had no children in their house) and he needs offspring, so he brought Shekiba in as a second wife to get a son (which she bragged she came from a long line of women that only produce sons) and with her disfigurement she wouldn't be as threatening to his first wife. But I could be wrong...haven't read any further that this section. :-)
You are right Sheila, the King never knew who it was that had the affair with his concubine.
Irene, The quote I liked it was the one about even when a typhoon comes you still have to stand.
I thought Agha Baraan offered to marry her to rescue her from death. He realized that she was an innocent victim of his crime. He could not save the woman he loved, but at least he could do this little thing.
Irene wrote: "Q2 How can each character's moral stature be defined?"A2: Most of the characters in this book, as most of us do, align their morals with their own self-interests. Perhaps Khala Shaima is exempt from this; she tends to work for the good of her nieces, but her work aligns with her own moral attitudes and beliefs that women shouldn't be sold off and traded. The husbands tend to align their morals in ways that elevate their position, the women align their morals to safely survive their men. At least, during this section...
