Eden, because they had fallen victim to the devil’s tactics. Unfortunately, a minor detail gets overlooked, God gave women a harsher punishment compared to men. Specifically, the women were punished more severely by the pains of labor in baring a child. On the other hand, Adam wasn’t punished as severely as
much purpose they have. Mariam has a mother who continuously calls her names and tells her how worthless she is, “It was the way Nana uttered the word… that made Mariam feel the full sting of it. She understood then what Nana meant, that a harami (bastard) was an unwanted thing; that she, Mariam, was an illegitimate person who would never have legitimate claim to the things other people had, things such as love, family, home and acceptance” (Hosseini 4). Mariam needed to find strength in herself in