Significance of The Servants’ Dishware

Amal contrasts the servants’ metal dishware with the Khans’ china dishware and thinks that Parvin and Omar eat from the same dishes as her family although they too live as servants in her household. The servants’ low-quality dishware therefore represents their socioeconomic inferiority to the Khans. These dishes indicate that the Khans believe their servants are undeserving of any luxuries. While Amal’s family perceives their servants as equals, the Khans employ dissimilar dishware to draw a clear distinction between their lowly servants and themselves.