Mythology of Hinduism #3

Allan Watts seems overly intellectual. How he said that if we could dream any dream we wanted to is very stupid, because i can already do that! What if I don't want to rescue princesses from dragons? I already think things are real when i dream forgetting that i am actually dreaming, so asking what if is sort of pointless! Plus i am not God! So thinking if i was him is complete crap. And when he said "And so this is the basis of the hindu view of the universe and man" I didnt even understand what he said it was, so how am i supposed to know the basis of the hindu view of the universe and man!!!! The metaphysical and mythological levels of hinduism is dumb also. Metaphysical isnt always negative, nor is mythological always positive. Illusion is a plauge??? A stage plauge? Something that ill be drawn into and ill be caught in it, but if im not pursuaded then how is it a plauge? I like how he compared dancing and music to be the nature of the world, playful and not serious. Even though i liked it I do not agree with him. The world is not playful, if it was, wouldnt you think that the people would be more light hearted... We have to face it, the world is not a very nice place. Plus he skipped aroud so much, expecting me to follow him. It drove me completely insane!

Mythology of Hinduism

This would not work for me! very frustrating

Final Reflection

This was a pretty good book. It made me a lot more aware of how women are treated in Afganistan. They have practically no rights at all and they can get executed for just being suspicious for something random. I also learned things about the taliban. At first, I knew nothing at all, but I learned that they are a controlling group of people who put strict laws on the people of Afghanistan. I liked the storyline and how the two couples joined together. It was a different way, but i liked it. This book also had an end which is a good change of pace from my other books. It didnt keep me thinking, except about how good I have it in my own life. My favorite character was Zunaira. She stood up for herself when she needed to even though she was a bit stubborn. I also liked Musarrat the way she loved Atiq enough to let him go. I did not like Atiq, he was crazy. I also didnt like Mohsen, he seemed a little distraught and he changed a lot since the taliban took over. I guess the people were forced to change though. All in all this book gets a thumbs up.

Chapter 15

Musarrat and Zunaira switched places. Then when Atiq thought he was in the clear, Qassim asked him to join him at the stadium, where many public executions were taking place, along with his wife. I felt bad for Atiq when he was pressured into taking his "wife" to the stadium. Musarrat was killed while Atiq was at the stadium and it was sad the way the author described it. At the end of the ceremony, Atiq was trying to find Zunaira and he couldnt. He searched for her and found blood. So hurt he screamed out her name. I feel soo bad for him! He lost both of the women in his life. Atiq then was a nobody who wondered the streets after he was haunted by a crazy dream. Then he went to the cemetary to sit by his wife's grave, but i think he was mourning both his wife and Zunaira. Then he went crazy, thinking that he was seeing Zunaira, not being able to accept the fact that she was dead. Atiq pulled the burqas off of women searching for her. In the process, stones and sticks are thrown at him and his clothes are ripped off. Then he dies. I pretty much figured he would go crazy.

Chapter 14

Musarrat is a very respectful woman. She sees that her husband is slumping around and she tries so hard to snap him out of it, but every time she gets near Atiq, he runs away from her. Finally they had a conversation after she realized his heart was into Zunaira. She told him to go to her and let his heart talk. To tell her that they could make it over the mountain before sunrise. Musarrat is amazing in how she could tell what was bugging her husband and that she would do anything to make him happy, even if it means not being with him. Atiq fell asleep so he didnt go and run away with Zunaira, but he woke up to Musarrat in her Burqa. She told him that she was dieing and that the few days or weeks that she had would be of pure suffering. Musarrat told him to switch her and Zunaira. She would hide in his office till she was stoned. What a noble thing! She is willing to go through so much pain. I respect Musarrat soooooo much!

Chapter 13

Atiq finally talked to Zunaira and he realized that she is innocent. Even though, she was sentenced to be publically excecuted. Atiq gets himself so wrapped up in this. He even goes to Quassim Abdul Jabbar and told him she was innocent with no evidence to back him up. Well he did say that she told him she was innocent, but when i thought about it, how can you trust a prisoner? Whenever his wife tried to talk him out of it, his temper revved up like a racecar. He grabbed her by the neck and shoved her against the wall. I've come to the conclusion that i do not like Atiq. He doesnt respect anyone especially his wife. He got so mad whenever she told him that he was acting crazy! Two words for him ANGER MANAGEMENT. Then whenever he opened the door so Zunaira could leave, she wouldnt budge. She said she had no where to go. She told Atiq that everyone here has already been killed and I believe she is right.

Chapter 12

I feel very bad for Musarrat, but she is not jelous or mad at all. She is just happy that somebody made Atiq feel with his heart. He was so mesmorized by Zunaira that he missed morning prayer. He even bought her food from the market and watched her for hours. Why can he not see this beauty in his wife? I think it is because he has been with her for so long. Atiq explains how Zunaira is the first woman he has seen the face of for a long time. Her beauty leaves him austruck. I can not believe he told Musarrat about her, he must really love her and want to tell her the truth, unlike other men from Kabul who have many wives. Musarrat brings up the question, "Why is she being executed?" This comes as a shock to Atiq because he didnt even think about it. Then Musarrat tells Atiq that she will make rice for Zunaira and Atiq is puzzled because he thinks she should be mad. Musarrat tells him that she would do anything to make Atiq happy. She is a very faithful wife and she loves her husband dearly. I respect her greatly.