The Pearl That Its Shell

Bacha Posh On the other hand, there are people who believe that bacha posh is strictly a negative practice. By practicing bacha posh girls are not able to enjoy the best part of the youth, which is to fall in love with a boy. Even Rahima, who did enjoy playing the role of a boy fell in love with one of the boys she went to school with and the negative effects were profound. In the book The Pearl That Broke Its Shell, Hashimi states, “Abdullah and I stayed close together, in our circle of friends, we had something different. Something a little more. His arms across my shoulder, he would lean past me and tease Asharaf. I was a bacha posh but it had gone on too long, like a guest who had grown too comfortable to leave.” (Hashimi 85). This quote proves that even Rahima was enjoying being a boy, at this point Rahima wanted to end with the practice of bacha posh and became a girl, and have the opportunity to fall in love with

Rahima was falling in love with Abdullah, but the practice of bacha posh is becoming strictly negative at this point, Rahima started to notice the negative results of practicing bacha posh. In the book The Pearl That Its Shell, Nadia states, “I looked up and saw Abdullah’s handsome grin as he, victorious yet again, straddled me and laughed. ‘Rahim!’ I hear my mother’s voice sharp and horrified. I saw her gundy dress out of the corner of my eye.” (Hashimi 86). At this point the struggles started for Rahima; Marda-jan was upset because she finds out that Rahima was in love with one of the boy she went to school with, called Abdullah. The privileges of being a boy began to end for Rahima. In the book The Pearl That broke Its shell, the author said, “I didn’t want to be around while Marda-jan’s anger festered. He kept me busy until the evening and I came home to find that Marda-jan had not saved me any food.” (Hashimi 87). This is an example of the negative results of