The Crucible Quotes With Page Numbers

1. Before Babi takes Laila to school and goes to work, Mammy fights with him “ferocious[ly as she is] . . . pacing and ranting, [whereas] Babi sit[s and] . . . nod[s] obediently” (108).
2. When Hasina tells Laila and Gita how to fend off a suitor, Laila does not her about “how proud she was of [Babi’s] regard for her or how determined she was to pursue her education” (114-115).
3. When Mammy invites neighbourhood women over for gatherings, Mammy says, “‘His students loved him . . . because he wouldn’t beat them . . . [and] they respected him . . . because he respected them’” (120).
4. During the day of the fatiha for the deaths of Ahmad and Noor, Laila “sat beside Mammy and dutifully mourned [their deaths], but, in Laila’s heart, her true

When the leadership council elects Rabbani president, the factions make accusations and “the Mujahideen, arm to the teeth [and find] . . . the common enemy in each other” (172).
5. Two weeks after Tariq and Laila had sex, Laila lies on the living-room couch as she battles handling “guilt on one side, partnered with shame, and [also] . . . the conviction that [the sex] . . . was not sinful” (186).
Literary Devices
1. At Tariq’s house, when he responds with distaste to Laila missing him, Laila realizes that boys “treat friendship [like] . . . the sun: its existence undisputed; its radiance best enjoyed, not beheld directly” (133). ANALOGY
2. When Mammy lies in bed and tells Laila how she feels about losing Ahmad and Noor, she says, “‘Some days . . . I can’t breathe then, like someone’s stepping on my heart’” (143). SIMILE
3. When Babi comes home with news that the Soviets will leave in nine months, Mammy says, “‘Najibullah is the Soviets’ puppet president. . . . The war will go on’” (153). METAPHOR
4. When Laila, Babi, and Tariq go to the Red City fortress with a driver that tells a story about Genghis Khan, the driver finishes with, “‘[That] is the story of our of our country, one invader after another. . . . Macedonians. Sassanians. Arabs. Mongols. Now the Soviets’” (146).