Outside reading Post A

I've been reading Kabul Beauty School by Deborah Rodriguez.

VOCABULARY

1. errant (p. 17)- (adj.) straying from a regular or proper course.

2. divulged (p.13)- (v.) to have made something private or secret known.

APPEALS

1. "Whether they shared the fanaticism that had propelled the 9/11 terrorists to kill three thousand people in New York City or whether they feared it even more than we did"(33). This would be a logical appeal because it is more factual and states the date of 9/11 and an estimated number of people that were killed.

2. "I must say that, in all my time in their country, I've never met a rude Afghan. Even when they're pointing a gun at you, they're polite"(33). This is an emotional appeal. People could disagree over this statement. Rodriguez is stating an opinion and it mentions a gun being pointing at you.

3. "A live sheep was tied up next to it. As we rolled by, I imagined that the live sheep was hoping that everyone would fill themselves on his dead, dried up, fly-covered brother"(35). This is an emotional appeal. Here in America, we do not butcher animals on the side of streets in public. This quote gives the sheep feelings and tells the reader more about their culture.

QUOTE
"I wipe my fingers back and forth on the handkerchief, then hand it to her. 'Here's your virginity,' I tell her"(30). In Afghanistan a woman must be a virgin on her wedding night and then must show blood as proof. Rodriguez's friend Roshanna was not a virgin and she saved her friend embarrassment (and possibly death) by clipping down her fingernails and helping her fake her virginity.


THEME

One emerging theme in this novel is culture; the Afghanistan culture is so different from our American culture.