How would you feel if you were bounded by religion to do exactly what your parents wanted you to? If you were very restricted to what you could wear? Would you have the courage to stand up to your parents and your religion? In the short story "Forbidden Clothes", that is Nasreen's situation. She is restricted to what she can wear and do. Yet, she still had the courage to stand up against what she was raised to believe. Even though Nasreen got beaten for her actions, nothing made her falter, not even her own self-guilt against her parents. Her actions against what she does not want to do also inspire others in the same situations to do the same. This rebellion is not a sign of betrayal, but rather a heroic feat. Nasreen is a heroic figure for standing up for what she believes in, achieving this by combating her parents and religion.
Nasreen comes from a country where everybody is obedient to religion, and she moves to a place not bound by this. Nasreen learned this very quickly,......
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