Khadija's Hatred

Her anger for everyone in general was nothing compared with the feelings of jealousy and resentment against Aisha that she had packed into her breast. She hated her happiness. Most of all she hated Aisha's attempt to hide her happiness. She hated her beauty, which to Khadija's eyes appeared to be an instrument of torture and oppression. In much the same way, a man stalking prey finds the glistening full moon oppressive. She hated life too. It held nothing for her but despair. The progression of days only added to her sorrows as the presents of the bridegroom were brought to the house along with little tokens of his affection. While the house was filled with an atmosphere of unadulterated delight and happineses, she found herself in a forlorn isolation that was as fertile a breeding ground for sorrows as a stagnant pond is for insects. p 238

This passage uses pathos to effectively describe Khadija's hatred for the beauty of Aisha. Throughout the book you get a glance at how much Khadija disliked Aisha for her beauty but now it you get to fully understand how strong this hatred is. The author uses word choice to best describe how much Khadija hates Aisha. Words such as resentment, torture, oppression, and hated clearly show a picture of what goes through Khadija's mind. These words infect Khadija's mind with complete anger.
Descriptive detail is another element the author uses to get this hatred across to the readers. Khadija describes Aisha's beauty as "an instument of torture and oppression" (238) just as the same way "a man stalking a prey finds the glistening full moon oppressive." (238) With this one sentence you get can picture the intense brightness of the moon shining above a man as he tries to sneak through thick grass to kill his prey. But because the moon is oppressive, the prey is able to get away after seeing the man.