Quote: Chapter 6 (pages 45-46)

"'There are two kinds of people in the world, Nadira.' Auntie tells me. 'Those that hear bad news and want to run away and those that dig their feet in and want to fight.' She laughs. 'Taslima, she was put on this earth to be a thorn in her father's side. Because she will always fight. Fight, fight, fight, even when it's time to run." This really stood out to me as a strong description of people in one characters point of view. As she said, there are two kinds of people in this world. I think that even though no one realizes it, Aisha seems like someone who would run away. She seems like the kind of person who sees the world as thinks it will happen just like that. Then when it often doesn't work out, she seems like the kind of person who would loose confidence of ever finding truth even though they would keep hoping; the kind of person who would run away. Nadira on the other hand seems like the person who would fight back. She said she would stay low but that isn't the kind of fight back that I was thinking of. Instead of fighting other people, she seems to be fighting herself in a battle to find who she is, how she can help with her family's troubles, and more. People aren't easily put into categories, you have to find a way to include them even though that isn't always how it is first put into perspective.