An Emotion of Great Delight
An Emotion of Great DelightTahereh Mafi
Characters in An Emotion of Great Delight
3 characters, main characters first.Main characters
Shadi
Iranian American teenager named for joy but weighed down by grief, illness in her family, and a broken heart, who copes by silencing her own pain.
Supporting characters
Ali
Older brother of Shadi's former best friend Zahra; he and Shadi share a deep, romantically charged bond kept apart by tension within the friendship.
Zahra
Shadi's estranged best friend, a fellow Iranian American, whose resentment of Shadi's bond with her brother Ali deepens the rift between them.