In Afghanistan, "bacha posh" directly translates to "dressed like a boy" for children who are born female. The families may choose to raise their daughters as bacha posh to ensure safety and a better quality of life.
During their childhood, bacha poshs are allowed movement to run errands, escort sisters, go to school and get an education, and even play sports. The parents give much freedom to bacha poshs. Once she reaches puberty she is expected to switch to a conservative women's lifestyle; to marry and have children. The parents behavior towards their daughter during and after the bacha posh phase is contradictory - the relationship towards their daughter is the complete opposite afterwards.
An example is “Belching smokestacks and the smell of rotting garbage.” He goes to great lengths to prove his point of how terrible it was live back then. Another example is when he describe the slaughtering if a hog in chapter three. The scene is very disgusting and is made in to a point.
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that the poem is a sonnet
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