Soraya

Soraya

1. Physical descripton

   • "a slim hipped beauty"
   • "coal black hair"
   • "gracefully hooked nose of a princess from old Persia"
     • metaphor
   • "thick black eyebrows that touched in the middle like the arched wings of a flying bird"
     • "her eyes flew away!"
   • "sickle-shaped birthmark on the smooth skin just above her left jawline"
   • "her eyes, walnut brown and shaded by fanned lashed"
   • birth mark above her left jaw

2. Behaviour

   • nervous
     • "...held for a moment, flew away"
   • "she was alone, reading"

3. Contrasts with Amir

   • teaches her servant to read
   • doesn't seek her fathers approval but instead looks to speak the truth
   • she's open about her past
   • takes the chance redeem herself