“Thousand splendid suns” In this novel‚ Hosseini tells the story of the role and place of women in Afghan society. Hosseini has explicitly dedicated himself to examining the condition of women. Laila may be the beloved daughter of her father‚ but her brothers get all the attention of their mother. Laila is completely forgotten by her mother in her grief for the loss of her sons. Although Mariam lives in poverty‚ but she has the love of her mother. Both women’s lives change for the worst when they
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“ Nana said‚ ‘Learn this now and learn it well‚ my daughter: Like a compass needle that points north‚ a man’s accusing finger always finds a woman. You remember that Mariam” (Hosseini 7). In this passage from A Thousand Splendid Suns‚ Mariam’s mother explains to her what her father is really like. Through the begging of this novel‚ Mariam sees her father‚ Jalil‚ as the better parent and views her mother as the more strict one. Nana isn’t fond of Jalil because after he had got her pregnant‚ he denied
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Through “A Thousand Splendid Suns” Khaled Hosseini emphasizes the struggle in Afghanistan’s society between traditional beliefs and progressive changes‚ specifically as they relate to women’s rights. One aspect of the novel that highlights this struggle is its setting‚ as it takes place during four time periods each at a different stage in Afghan history. Throughout these unstable decades‚ the country’s government went through continuous upheavals with each new government advocating different ideals
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better way. That life is not all about wanting something it is about giving also. Some people don’t understand how sacrificing makes someone a stronger person and that when sacrificing something enhances us as a human and in life. In a thousand Splendid Suns a novel by Khaled Hosseini two girls with a different life background come together and go through harsh times that make them endure. To endure life with little freedom and stability in one’s world‚ it takes patience‚ friendship and sacrifice. Mariam
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Reflection on “a thousand splendid suns” “One could not count the moons that shimmer on her roofs. And the thousand splendid suns that hide behind her walls." Closing the book‚ I just feel real and hopeful. I will not say this story is a tragedy‚ and I hate when people generalise it as a book where everyone died except for Laila‚ Tariq and their children. Indeed‚ a depressing and melancholy mood is seemed to be perpetuated throughout the book‚ which has a large time frame spanning over
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explaining how life was devastating during the war; he exposes the government’s mistreatment toward women and how they‚ as the generations before them‚ allowed men to do unspeakable things to their wives and‚ probably‚ female children. In A Thousand Splendid Suns‚ the reader will follow two Afghan women that May or may not get through their May or may not get through their horrendous life alone. If I had to describe the life of the women in a few words‚ I’d have to describe their life as horrific
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from each other making conflicts or things around them show how they are. Many people in Afghanistan have different beliefs or characteristics based on political or religious beliefs‚ molding them on how they are now. For instance the book A Thousand Splendid Suns by shows how two characters that live in Afghanistan are different because of the political climate in their country. Afghanistan’s climate shapes out how Hakim and Rasheed have different and similar views or thoughts about political and religious
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Taliban; they also learn to endure poverty. Considering this‚ it is no wonder why Afghanistan is in the terrible position it is in now. Many Afghan cities like Kabul are filled with things like violence and discrimination‚ and the book A Thousand Splendid Suns‚ by Khaled Hosseini takes place in Kabul. This book follows the lives of two Afghani women‚ Mariam and Laila‚ as they suffer pain and discrimination received from the Taliban and their husband‚ Rasheed. The women are forced to clean‚ cook‚ wear
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which emphasizes the oppression and hardships the women faced. The hopefulness comes from the women’s actions and ability to continue to persevere towards their freedom. Women must endure much injustice in patriarchal Afghan society. In Thousand Splendid Suns‚ the book takes place in warfare. War is what destroys the soul of women in Afghanistan. War leads to women being oppressed in Afghanistan socially‚ culturally‚ and politically. The women in the novel are seen as oppressed yet hopeful
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to find the young girl with striking eyes whom he had taken a photo of many so years ago. Through a tough trip‚ they were able to find the Afghan Girl whose name was Sharbat Gula‚ her story in some ways relates to the story of Mariam in A Thousand Splendid Suns. Sharbat lost her daughter who only lived up to eight months before falling ill and passing away‚ Mariam though lost many babies about seven times with Rasheed. Both women in different ways suffered through their many losses. Sharbat lost
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