I Am Nujod Age 10 And Divorced Analysis

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Individuals face new challenges everyday, whether it is about making the right decision or reconsidering an action that has been made. The way individuals approach challenges they face is examined in the novel, I Am Nujood, Age 10 and Divorced by Delphine Minoui. Minoui, a recipient of the Albert Loudres Prize, has been encountering complications in Iran since 1997. During her life changing experiences in Iran, she met 10 year-old Nujood Ali, a girl with horrifying news that no 10 year-old should ever experience. Minoui talks about Nujood Ali's disturbing story of her marriage and subsequent divorce by the age of ten. Ali believed her family would make the best decisions for her, however her parents were unfortunately unable to fulfill her …show more content…

Nujood conflicts all began with her father, arranging a marriage for her at the age of 10. After, her husband decides to exceed the promise, Nujood started to have physical fights with her husband. This ended up causing Nujood marriage an abusive marriage, as her new family puts her to work and treats her harshly and her husband breaks his promise not to toucher her until she is older and rapes her. Not only were Nujood conflicts were internal, but at the age of 10 she had to absorb words about how horrible she was for bringing dishonor to her family. As a reader, the conflict that was most crucial was how Nujood was facing her internal and external problems with her husband and her parents. Although her husband was three times her age, it did not direct her future into the wrong direction, as Nujood decided to battle the conflict on her own with no ones moral support. It directed Nujood into how to handle the situation on her own instead of getting know how the people around her would react and this lead her to be confused as she was unsure of how to go about fixing, when she knew in her heart was wrong. Nujood was not able to follow the right direction on her own, she needed someone that would lead her into the right pathway and the only person that stood beside Nujood was, Shada Nasser because without her help and guidance, think about where Nujood life experiences would have lead her. In today’s society, Nujood Ali has fell into the right pathway as Hillary Clinton has called Nujood “one of the greatest women I have ever

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