The following information can be found on CNN. The article was written by Masoud Popalzai. An Afghan woman with the last name of Gulnaz had the choice of either staying home or being sentenced to jail after she had been raped by a family relative. The rapist, or the attacker, was her cousin's husband. Because she had not reported her attack immediately, she has to face the consequence of being sentenced in jail for twelve years. I had found this article interesting because it is a form of adultery, which we are also familiar with in the book The Scarlet Letter.Gulnaz now has to face the struggle of raising her child in jail. Another similarity between Gulnaz and Hester from The Scarlet Letter is that they both are being "shunned" from society. They are both being looked down upon. Gulnaz can choose if she would like to marry the "father" of the child so she will not go to jail, but she refuses to do so. The president's spokesman said, "If Gulnaz tells the justice minister today that she would marry the man and wouldn't have any problem after release or if she presents any other way that she could live without any risk to her life and her daughter's, then the Justice Ministry will issue a statement today announcing her release."
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