#shabanuquotes

1. Page #    201

   Word/Phrase/Passage     "Every morning Mama and I massage jasmine oil sparkling with golden powders ... into Phulan's skin ... At night she weeps when we massage her hair with sandwood paste and mustard oil ... Every morning she lines her eyes with black kohl and massages the soft gold powder into the creases of her lids. "

   Reason for selection    I chose this passage because the wedding preparations serve to turn Phulan into a more beautiful object for Murad's consumption. 

   Questions    The author uses imagery to portray the scene of Phulan getting pampered in preparation for her wedding

2. Page #       208

      Word/Phrase/Passage       " With long, merciless strokes, she untangles the hair ... She outlines my eyes ... she puts rouge on my lips ... You do have a choice, my little quail, she says softly."

       Reason for selection        Sharma counsels Shabanu to use her good looks to    control her future husband, Rahim-sahib, because she offers the possibility that beauty can be used as a tool for a woman to get what she wants. 

       Questions        The author uses imagery to describe the scene when Sharma gives advice to Shabanu about her worries with Rahim-sahib

3. Page #     240

   Word/Phrase/Passage    "The secret is keeping your innermost beauty, the secrets of your soul, locked in your heart, Sharma's voice whispers in my ear."

   Reason for selection    Sharma's words gave Shabanu great wisdom about power and resisting power because when society attempts to force someone to do something against his or her will, they could always resist and great power resides in this kind of resistance.

1. "My heart quickens with the realization  I've been disobeyed and left Phulan alone" (pg 153)

This phrase tells that Shabanu cares for her sister and when the author states that Shabanu's heart quickens says that she gets into reality and thinks deeper into the situations she comes across

2. "Immobilized with fear" (pg 155)