A Thousand Splendid Suns By Khaled Hosseini

Throughout world history women have been treated abysmally. Societies with male-dominance have abused and used women and continue to do so today. Women have been made vulnerable to a man due to the spread of cultural values and beliefs in society that condemn them from power. In Khaled Hosseini's novel A Thousand Splendid Suns, the two main characters Mariam and Laila develop an unconditional bond in which they become each others protectors. The immense inner strength of women from adversity has been exemplified through the growth of Mariam and Laila's contrasting relationship, the pain they endure from Rasheed which strengthens their bond and the courage within them that ultimately resolves their conflict.

Women are so oppressed in this Taliban lead society, that they hardly have any rights. Men are also oppressed as they are forced to do things like praying and growing a beard, but they are much better off than women in this society. Some even take advantage of this oppression, like Rasheed for example, Mariam and Laila’s husband. He had his suspicions about Laila’s daughter looking nothing like him, so he says to Laila, “I could go to the Taliban one day, just walk in and say that I have my suspicions about you. That’s all it would take. Whose word do you think they would believe? What do you think they’d do to you?” (282). He knows that women discriminated in this society and he uses this to threaten Laila. Another right that was taken away was their freedom to go outside, freely, without restraint. The Taliban said in their rules that if they were seen outside of their home without a man they would be beaten. When Laila tried to visit her daughter Aziza at the orphanage, Rasheed wouldn’t go with her so she would try to go alone and she was beaten every time: “Crossing the street, she was spotted by the Taliban and riddled with questions … If she was lucky, she was given a tongue-lashing or a single kick to the rear, a shove in the back. Other times, she met with assortments of wooden clubs,

In a nation brimming with discrimination, violence and fear, a multitudinous number of hearts will become malevolent and unemotional. However, people will rebel. In the eye-opening novel, A Thousand Splendid Suns written by Khaled Hosseini, the country of Afghanistan is exposed to possess cruel, treacherous and sexist law and people. The women are classified as something lower than human, and men have the jurisdiction over the women. At the same time, the most horrible treatment can bring out some of the best traits in victims, such as consideration, boldness, and protectiveness. Although, living in an inconsiderate world, women can still carry aspiration and benevolence. Mariam and Laila (the main characters of A Thousand Splendid Suns)

The novel A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Housseini tells the story of two Afghani women with completely different lives who are brought together by a series of unfortunate circumstances in an unpredictable nation. The two main characters, Mariam, an illegitimate child of a wealthy and powerful man, and Laila, a young girl who was raised with a loving family and faithful friend, are brought together through loss and heartache, mostly associated with the war in their city of Kabul. Mariam’s mother, Nana. Speaks to Mariam about the blame she was forced to endure and tells her, "Like a needle that points north, a man's accusing finger always finds a woman.

Khaled Hosseini presents the struggle Afghan women go through every day by discussing honour, marriage and the place of women in society in Afghanistan.

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Khaled Hosseini’s A Thousand Splendid Suns tells a tale of the life of an Afghani women, Mariam, who was enjoying her bus ride of life until it made a turn in the wrong direction. It was all downhill from there. Mariam’s mother, Nana, and her father, Jalil, were aboard her bus of life. Mariam lived with her resentful and stubborn mother. Jalil visited his illegitimate child, Mariam, once a week. She really wanted to live with her father and his family in Herat. When Jalil did not arrive to accompany Mariam to see Pinocchio for her birthday, she want to Herat despite her mothers wishes not to. Jalil never let her inside. When Mariam and the chauffeur return the next morning, she finds out that Nana has exited her bus. Mariam’s mother committed suicide. Mariam detours and is taken to live with Jalil at his home in Herat.

A Thousand Splendid Suns tells of the story of two Afghan girls living during the Taliban infestation. The author Khaled Hosseini uses style and point of view to present the hardship Mariam and Laila, the main characters, experienced throughout their lifetimes. Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See is also about two girls in 17th century China living in a patriarchal society. They have no rights of their own and they are not allowed to enjoy everyday things because they are considered ‘manly’. Their feet are bound because of myths that it makes intercourse more pleasurable and because women who do not move a lot are considered more desirable. However, they find a secret way to communicate and they find a home with one another. Both books explore the hardships of two women from very

Amir had many interactions that shaped him to be who he was by the end of The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini. Through life lessons, Amir could have walked a path of despair but each positive influence pushed him to hope and happiness. Although Amir’s father, Baba, didn’t provide positive influences, or receive maternal or paternal support, Amir is able to receive fatherly advice from Rahim Khan; love and maternal support from his wife, Soraya; and childhood dreaming and confidence from Hassan.

sin and forget about it. Amir then faced the long bumpy road to redemption. Khaled Hosseini’s

Growing up and living in Afghanistan as a woman has its challenges. Parents choose who can marry you and they choose everything for you. In this book, Laila and Mariam both show the struggles it is to be a girl, and how much disrespect they get in Afghanistan. Both Mariam and Laila are married to the same man, and he is abusive to both of them. They also live under Taliban rule, and the rules that they set are very unfair for women. In Khaled Hosseni’s novel, he has many different themes but the most prevalent one is of woman inequality, and that is shown through multiple accounts of abuse, disrespect, and unfairness.

Mistakes come with consequences that may follow one for the rest of their life. In the novel, The Kite Runner, Amir, the protagonist, makes rash decisions that come to haunt him and cause him to think twice about himself. After finding out that Hassan, his best friend and half brother had been shot by a Talib, he decides to save the last of his family in Afghanistan which is to find Hassan’s son, his nephew, Sohrab. Amir frees himself from guilt by straightening out his wrong doings and giving back to Hassan. The parallels in this well written novel used by the author, Khaled Hosseini, portray Amir’s journey of achieving redemption that he deserves.

For many years, women have been oppressed and treated as property. The opinion of a woman did not matter, being obedient to her husband was all that is required. Even if they were obedient to their husbands, women were property and only for the pleaser and likening to the husband. Mariam did all the her husband required of her, however there was one thing should could not. Which was give her husband, Rasheed, a son or any child. In the novel A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini, Hosseini reveals the social issue of physical abuse and mental abuse by his use of imagery, diction, and dialogue.

In the novel The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini, the main character Amir is a boy who’s cowardly actions and hunger for his father's attention lead him to a very destructive mind against his loved ones. Throughout Amir's time in Kabul he has countless times where he was jealous of Hassan his Hazara servant. Amir is tainted from the scene after the kite flying tournament; He finds Hassan in an alley holding the last kite proudly that Amir cut, but cornered with 3 other boys Kamal, Wali, and Assef. What happens here keeps haunting Amir of his cowardly actions and it spreads through him festering, and getting worse as Amir doesn't face it head on ,and keeps burying it deeper and deeper in himself. After that snowy night in Kabul, Amir is found drowning in guilt and constantly trying to gain redemption for his cowardly actions and thoughts.

The Taliban implemented laws restricting the movements and actions of women in Afghanistan in public places. While attempting to visit her child in a home for young girls, Laila is beaten within an inch of her life as a consequence of walking outside without a male escort (Hosseini). The extreme course of action, beating a woman for walking alone, demonstrates the illogical and unjustifiable actions the Taliban promotes the practice of in Afghanistan. The women and men have dramatically unequal rights.