Stereotypes In A Thousand Splendid Suns

To say that society builds a person's character is like saying that bullying is ok. Society sets these standards for their people to follow and they all get hurt in the end. Society used to mean people coming together to uphold a more or less ordered community. Now it has turned into a very hypocritical state of negative affairs which affects everyone involved in it. It causes women to become less than the working class and kids and teenagers to become the face of eating disorders and suicide. But the men continue to be glorified like they are the most valuable gender. In A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini, Mariam is the minimized wife of Rasheed; an abusive man who sees Mariam as nothing but a possession. With Mariam being in a society where women can’t be without a man in public or else they will die, she will act like the housewife she is “meant” to be. In And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie, Thomas Rogers carries on his duties as the butler even though his wife has been murdered because it is expected of a man of his social status. It’s not surprising to notice how society hasn’t changed throughout time because it was always about the social status of
They are expected to clean the house, cook the dinner, and make their husband look like their God. Even if the women are not happy, it’s always about the reputation. After all, the women in the book, A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini, are forbidden to leave their homes unless accompanied by a male companion. Women are forbidden to show their faces and are required to wear a burqa in public at all times. They are not even allowed to laugh in public or else brutal beatings and threats for worse punishments are to come. A man even has the right to punish the women of his household how he sees fit without any interference from the law. "As a matter of policy, we do not interfere with private family matters,