Week 2, Post A

VOCABULARY
Flanked (47)-gaurded on both sides. (v.)
Gingerly (40)- carefully, warily, with caution. (adv.)

APPEALS
1. "Inside, there were about 150 people milling around, eating cookies and introducing themselves, passing out business cards and telling one another about the projects they were involved in" (38). This is a logical appeal. Debbie feels inferior compared to the 150 accomplished people in the room.

2. "'We're so glad you're here!' said the woman who got to my side before any of the others" (39). This is an emotional appeal. Debbie is relieved when the women express the need af a good salon in Kabul. This is the turning point of her night and purpose in Afghanistan.

3. "I planted my feet and stared back. 'Have you taken a good look at the Afghan women? They wear a lot more makeup than I do'" (43). This is an emotional appeal. Debbie takes her first stand against one of her accomplished colleagues. She believes he has no right to tell her how to look.

QUOTE
"Daud and Muqim would let themselvesfly off the swings at the high point, timble on the grass, and joke about who had gone the farthest. I'd have to laugh, remembering that these were the scary Afghan men that half the world was afraid of" (p. 41). Debbie is trying to prove that the stereotypes put on Middle Easteners are very rarely true. The world is not as dark and terrible as people may think.

THEME
A theme in this novel is that everyone one has a talent and can use it to make the world a better place; Debbie thought that she was a useless hairdresser at first and now she realizes how important and needed she can be.