our class also read the short story "beheading the cat". i really enjoyed reading this book and knew that the "women" he was talking too was some sort of spirit, ghost. the spirt ends up being his aunt who wants to match him up with a wife. the way the aunt explains the wife was not like a wife but more like a servant or slave. She kepts saying that your wife will do whatever you want her to do. i thought that it was sad how the aunt was demeaning women, isnt she a woman, was she not demeaning herself? Abdul is having trouble dealing with traditional arranged marriages, but values his aunt comments.i really liked how nadine played the part opposite of what hte aunt was trying to convince abdul to marry. Nadine was confident and knew what she watned.