Nila Waahdati Analysis

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Nila tries her best to dig out the inner layers of her Mom who is depressed and a mystery to her. She loves a French boy Julien and wants to marry him but her Mom doesn’t like her to marry Julien because she herself loves the boy very much. Nila has observed that her Mom led a lonely and desperate life after the suicide of her her father. In spring of 1977 she married Julien against the wishes of his parents. There marriage ceremony was very simple only attended by her friend Collette as witness. Julien’s father was a rich banker; a money loving guy who would give loan to her son to finance the marriage ceremonies. Pari tells him that she is an adopted child and even tells Julien that she plans to take him to Kabul. But soon she becomes pregnant:. …show more content…

I am sorry to say this, but this is why it ended with us. She is astonishingly vindictive.” (Mountains Echoed 159) Nila Wahdati is both bold and beautiful in French society. She gives an interview that horrifies her daughter Nila. Nila Wahdati has strange revelations about her past, her love affairs, her lies about her husband and her father made Pari sick and restless since she couldn’t believe that her mother could be a woman with double faces. The story of Nila Wahdati is very traumatic; she enjoyed sexual liberty and her immoral attitude brought her bad reputation in Kabul and in Paris. Nila Wahdati confesses …show more content…

Julien dates with Pari and this awareness upsets Nila Wahdati who in desperation committed suicide. Pari feels guilty all the time and feels responsible for the death of her mother. Pari blamed herself for the tragic death of Nila wahadati.. One day Pari meets Eric brought by Julien. Pari portrays Eric

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