Character Analyzes for "Not without My Daughter."
... father’s. She has to grow up extremely fast during the time she is in Iran because of the information her mother trusts with her. She is told many times, “Don’t tell Daddy.” She never does tell. Even when she is taken from her mother, later in the book, and interrogated by family members, she never tells of her mothers plan’s to leave the country or of the people who are trying to help. Mahtob struck me as a very mature girl for her age. She knew many things that shouldn’t be trusted with a five or six year old. For example she knew that her mother went to the U.S. interest section of the Swiss Embassy without permission. She also knew that her mother used Hamid’s phone. These are things that could have cost Betty Mahmoody her life and Mahtob never told anyone. She found herself thrown into an adult world and managed very well for someone so young. One thing tha...