Blog number 3

In my reading, Mariam was told that she had a husband waiting for her. When she her this, she couldn't believe. Mariam was being told that she was to marry him the next the day. Even though this is already strange, it gets even weirder. Mariam is only nine, and her to be husband is FOURTY FIVE. It is weird to me because the wives of Jalil play the difference of ages off like it is no big deal. To me, it is as big of a deal as the age difference between Mariam and her soon to be husband. When i was reading this, i immediately thought of Nectar in a Sieve. The main character in the book get married off to a man that she doesnt even know, at a young age, and the man in a lot older than she is. Also, in Nectar in a Sieve, they go to a city where they see a lot of new things and have no where to go. Mariam also does this in the book i am reading. She has never left her little hut in her whole life, and now she left it to go to the city where her father lives. Sadly, when she gets to her dad's house, people refuse to let her in. I predict that in my book, Mariam will hate living with her new husband. I think one night, after a couple of years, she will leave his house when he is sleeping, and she will never go back.