Response to Kavitha and Mustapha

The opening of this story was very descriptive as a good story opening should be. You can start to feel excited and anxious as soon as the author begins to describe what Kavitha was thinking after the train stopped in the middle of nowhere. Right away you understand that trouble is near and that Kavitha knows this as well. Shortly after the narrator decribes one of the men from the group of four who have hijacked the train and entered the berth where Kavitha was with her husband and a few other people. The narrator begins to slowly introduce us to the strangers sitting in the berth with Kavitha and the first thing that I thought was "I wonder which one is Mustapha". At first I was hoping that one of the bandits was Mustapha and that he would somehow rescue Kavitha from her boring marriage and take her away to a life full of adventure and risks. I'm very happy with the way the story ended either way but I really enjoyed using my imagination to wonder what part each character had in this story.