What are the motifs in Year of the Elephant: A Moroccan Woman's Journey Toward Independence, and Other Stories by Layla Abou Zayd?

Zahra spoke often of betrayal. Naturally, the central betrayal of the narrative was her husband Mohammed's sudden proclamation of divorce. There had been little in the way of warning signs that Mohammed would take this drastic action. And of course Mohammed was well aware of the devastation divorce would cause Zahra, making his action a true betrayal in several senses of the word.