Blog assignment #4

In "A Thousand Splendid Suns" Mariam is referred to as a "harami"(a bastard child) a few times throughout the book. "You are a clumsy little harami. This is my reward for everything that I've endured. An heirloom-breaking, clumsy little harami"(pg.4). How do you think the environment Mariam grew up in affected her in the long run? Was it a positive effect or a negative one? Do you think that Mariam was able to grow stronger from the fact that her father wasn't really in her life or did she make herslef the victim from the adversity she was forced to endure?