Book Club Blog Post #3

I was grateful as a reader to find that Sultana managed to escape marrying a man exactly like her farther and brother. Although Kareem is not the ideal man, he might just be the ideal Saudi Arabian man. Throughout this novel, the oppression that Sultana has experienced through the men in her life is starting to wane. With her husband's progressive thinking Sultana will be able to continue her education and live a life with Kareem that shows some compassion, despite the darkness that still surrounds her life in the Saudi Land. One passage that stuck out to me was when Sultana was describing her visit to London and having to admit to people that she would actually get to meet her fiance before their wedding, which was unaccustomed. Then the book reads, "Those who are fee cannot fathom the value of small victories for those who live on a tether." I have always prided myself on finding happiness in the little things in life, but I never considered what those little things could mean to someone else. Something so precious in life is the idea of marriage, committing yourself to one person your whole life. While living in America, I have that luxury to choose and unchoose who I want, where for Saudi Arabian woman that is a fantasy that they cant even imagine. The facade of marriage in Saudi Arabia is more like slavery for the women; they are chosen, bargained for, and aren't even guaranteed monogamy  in their matrimony.