Claudia de Paulis

Nabi has fell in love with the wife of the man he works for, Nila. As she gets confident with him, she reveals to him she cannot have children. Nabi decides to propose his brother in law to give his daughter to her so that the family could survive with the new baby coming.  Nabi […]

Mr. Wahdati is a wealthy man living in Kabul. Nabi is his personal driver and cook too. Nabi is the one who is always with Mr. Wahdati in the house, or driving him somewhere. This character is a very quiet and reserved man. He doesn’t have any occupation and he spends most of the day […]

Abdullah’s sister Pari has just been sold to another family. Abdullah’s family couldn’t afford to maintain both of them in addition the the new step- brother. Now Abdullah is alone and wanders in the places were his sister and him used to play. I can see him crying and thinking about Pari. I can see […]

And the Mountains Echoed is written by Khaled Hosseini. All his stories take place in Afghanistan, his fatherland. In this book, Abdullah, his father and sister have been walking for two days to arrive at Kabul for his father’s job. There Abdullah’s uncle is waiting for them, “…[He] had never been to Kabul. What he […]

In the Novel’s opening, the narrator (one of the characters, we don’t know who he or she is) is telling a story to Pari and Abdullah, a little sister and her brother, before they fall asleep. The first line of the book is the narrator’s words, “So, then. You want a story, and I will […]

Abdullah and his Father are in the house of a rich friend of Abdullah’s uncle. The father and the uncle are having a conversation, which the father hopes will help him find a job. I predict that the father’s hope won’t happen. In fact the rich man says “… Some say [Kabul] is progressive,… but […]

My life seemed to face a happy change, but things turned differently in the end. I planned to escape to another city to finally live in peace with my family. Everything was organized: the day of the departure, the ship… everything was perfect. But then my husband, Chillingworth, not yet satisfied of all the bad […]

For the first time ever in many years, I feel relief. For all these years I’ve been living seeking for God’s and people’s forgiveness. I spent my days paying for the terrible sin I committed and trying to do everything I could for being forgiven. I was patient and willing to accept the punishment that […]

I can see Evelyn (the main character) sitting with her best friend Susan eating in a pub. On the table I can see hot pastrami, oysters, French fries, sliced tomatoes, and cole slaw. Other two girls, who are not friendly at all, came into the pub and joined Evelyn and Susan without invitation. I can […]

Sewing my punishment- ch.2-4 If you are visiting Boston today, you will probably see a woman walking along the streets with the only company of a beautiful girl. Nobody else is talking to them, nobody walks or stands near them, but avoids the woman and her child whispering and staring at them badly. This woman […]