What I enjoyed most about this
section was the important role Manju plays in the classroom as the teacher.
With the activities to learn English words and the game of “Heads-Shoulders-Knees-and-Toes,”
it kind of made me forget their conditions. It brings back the idea of
innocence and a care-free, safe learning environment. In this minute moment, Boo
is able to depict a positive flash of reality not being so miserable.
Boo gives more detail of females in
this society by informing readers of this harsh reality: “Young girls in the
slums died all the time under dubious circumstances, since most slum families
couldn't afford the sonograms that allowed wealthier families to dispose of
their female liabilities before birth” (76). In a way, it made me believe that
this was a way to cope with and get over the loss of Medina since she was a “burden.”
Also, the lie Fatima told about being in the toilet while Medina was drowning
implies that she and her mother had actually conspired to kill her right?
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