The Swallows of Kabul Chapter 10

Mohsen spends his a lot of the time in his days at the nearby cemetery. He just goes there and wanders through all the gravesites. When he goes home, Zunaira runs to her room. She refuses to speak to him or even look at him. She even decided that she will never again take off her burqua, even in the comfort of her own home. She is still punishing Mohsen for the terrible act that he committed in Kabul's town square. Zunaira has been doing this ever since they went out into the streets together, and she has not spoken to him in ten days. One night, Mohsen decides to confront her about it, and follows her behind the curtain to her room. They get into a HUGE fight, and she says that she never wants to see Mohsen again. The fight gets violent when Mohsen starts to shake and almost choke Zunaira, and keeps saying that she doesn't ever want to see her husband again, and that things can never be the same between the two of them. Mohsen tries to rip of Zunaira's burqua, but she won't let him. She starts to bite and scratch him. This almost flips a switch in Mohsen and makes him really mad, and he hits her across the face. When Zunaira gets up and tries to run away he tries to follow, and she turns around and rams him into the wall. Mohsen hits his head off of something, and he is killed instantly. This is not how I thought this chapter would end. I expected it to be Zunaira to die, not Mohsen. I thought it was kind of odd to see this fight happen because women are just supposed to be there as a sort of slave, to do things for the men. It was weird to see this woman taking control of her life. It was like a totally different world behind closed doors.