Settings - Identify the physical settings (when/where) of the book. How do these settings affect the characters' moods or emotions? The setting of the novel is Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan, under the harsh rule of the Taliban. The Taliban govern most of the country and impose strict restrictions on the Afghan people, especially women (P.7 “She was not supposed to be outside at all. The Taliban had ordered all girls and women in Afghanistan to stay at home. They even banned girls from going to school." The setting of the novel influences the emotions and mood of the characters, who are depressed and stressed, because the setting takes place in a violent situation. where houses are continually bombed and landmines are embedded everywhere. in the city (P.16 “There were bombed buildings all over Kabul. Residential and business areas were turned to bricks and dust. Kabul was once beautiful.”) Parvana and her family live in a house in one piece after moving several times for safety reasons, resulting in congestion of everything in one place. It's difficult for anyone in Parvana's family to be alone, which sparks tension between them. The setting of the story takes place in a nation plagued by war and chaos, which depicts the main character, Parvana, as depressed and deeply emotional.TensionDescribe how tension is integrated into the novel. Discuss how this growing tension affects you as a reader. Tensions begin to rise when four Taliban soldiers arrive at Parvana's apartment, ransack their house and capture their father in prison. Parvana becomes anxious and worried about her father (P.35 "Where was her father? Did he have a cozy place to sleep? Was he cold? Fatana (Parvana's mother) desperately wants her husband back (P.37 " We don't have time to wait for tea. Parvana and I are going to get your father out of prison." Parvana and her mother started looking for their father at the prison. When they arrive, the guards push them away and beat them. . Parvana and her mother return home bruised and beaten (P.46 “Her mother's feet were so bad from the long walk that she could barely enter the room. Parvana was so preoccupied with her own pain and pain. her exhaustion that she had given no thought to what her mother had endured." Parvana's mother is weak and languid because of her husband's family struggling to provide for her; prohibits women from leaving their homes and there is no man to help earn money for the family (P.