of “A Thousand Splendid Suns” by Khaled Hosseini Afghanistan‚ to many‚ is either the mysterious country in One Thousand and One Nights or “that dangerous cradle of terrorists one must never near.” However‚ through the eyes of two women‚ Hosseini pulls back the burqa and shows us the real Afghanistan—the political instability‚ the religious fanaticism of the Taliban‚ the sexism‚ and most importantly‚ how innocent citizens struggle to cope‚ taking us deep into the culture. A Thousand Splendid Suns
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The novel “A Thousand Splendid Suns” is divided into four parts. Part one is mainly about a girl named Mariam who later met briefly a cheerful young mother of two boys Ahmad and Noor‚ Fariba. The second part is introduced by Fariba’s daughter‚ Laila. Laila is an ethnic Tajik born in 1978‚ and is a very intelligent‚ beautiful girl with aspirations to finish school and be as her father‚ Hakim‚ who is a teacher and university educated. Everything changed when Laila’s brothers‚ who she did not even
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Bibliography: Hosseini‚ khaled. A Thousand Splendid Suns. New York: Penguin‚ 2007. Print.
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This novel is split into 4 parts‚ the first focuses exclusively on Mariam‚ the second and fourth parts focuses on Laila‚ and the third part switches focus between Mariam and Laila with each other chapter. This book is spanning from the 1960s to2003. Mariam who lives in the outskirts with her mother‚ Jalil who is her father who is wealthy with 3 wives and nine children. Mariam is an illegitimate daughter; she cannot live with her father. Her father visits her every Thursday and usually giving her
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unfathomable? Have you been caught in the darkest time of despair‚ and received no help from anyone else? Have you ever struggled through a life altering hardship‚ and only have yourself to fall back on? The women of Afghanistan as pictured in A Thousand Splendid Suns have. This novel written by Khaled Hosseini carries a theme of contrasting companionship throughout. Hosseini focuses on the beautiful and evil sides of companionship‚ and contrasts the admirable with the atrocious. These women presented in
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action-packed novel called A Thousand Splendid Suns. Khaled Hosseini‚ the author of A Thousand Splendid Suns‚ wrote this story to let us readers experience the discourteous and rancorous effects that happened in Afghanistan during the mid-20th century to the early 21st century. This story reveals how the Afghanistan population survived and suffered because of their rambunctious laws and men. In the following review of Khaled Hosseini’s work‚ A Thousand Splendid Suns‚ I will summarize the books contents
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Conclusion The theme in the novel “A Thousand Splendid Suns” by Khaled Hosseini is the inner strength of a women even in the darkest of times‚ which he has shown through symbolism‚ metaphors / similes‚ and irony. Both Mariam and Laila endure so much heartache in their lives because they are women‚ yet they continue the strength to pull together and persevere. Mariam was born in a world which turns their back on women. She has a father who refuses to acknowledge her existence‚ a husband who abuses
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Although the story of two women under oppression in Afghanistan during the Taliban’s rule may seem distant and irrelevant‚ Khaled Hosseini’s A Thousand Splendid Suns (418 pages) is a heart-wrenching historical novel that delves into the intertwined lives of Mariam and Laila‚ two women married to the same abusive husband‚ and the struggles they face. The novel takes place in Afghanistan‚ beginning in the 1960s with Mariam’s childhood and ending in the early 2000s with Laila and Tariq’s reunion. Poverty
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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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“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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