Perseverance In The Kite Runner

Khaled Hosseini is the most famous Afghan in the world according to Time Magazine. He was born in Kabul, Afghanistan where his mother taught history and Farsi at a local high school, and his father worked as a diplomat. His family moved to The U.S. seeking better living conditions in 1980. After deciding he wanted to write in addition to medicine, he wrote The Kite Runner, A Thousand Splendid Suns, and And The Mountains Echoed. All of these works reflect his experiences and express his admiration for Afghanistan. In A Thousand Splendid Suns, Hosseini develops the themes of suffering and perseverance, female friendship, and love.
Hosseini's development of suffering and perseverance recognizes it as a normal part of life that most Afghan women deal with. Hosseini wrote, "When NGOs offer money, the Taliban turn them away. Or they funnel the money to the places that cater to men" (Hosseini 290). The doctor's explanation of the medication shortage, before Laila's caesarean delivery, opens the reader's eyes to how
He used Tariq to convey this message, "So she sat beside Manny and dutifully mourned Ahmad and Noor, but, in Laila's heart, her true brother was alive and well" (Hosseini 140). In this statement, the degree of Laila's love for Tariq is not accurately described. Laila and Tariq were incredibly close, therefore, she felt very little from the loss of her brothers. Mariam and Aziza's relationship is another example of love, "And though her throat was parched with thirst and her feet burned with pins and needles, it was a long time before Mariam gently freed her finger from the baby's grip and got up" (Hosseini 244). Despite the pain Mariam was in, she did not pull away from Aziza because she finally felt wanted. She felt a sense of belonging, and as a woman who has never experienced love she wanted to remain in that moment. Amidst the anguish, these women were driven by