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Gender Roles In A Thousand Splendid Suns

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Afghanistan has long been a war ravaged country, split by civil war and religious divide. A country ruled by harsh Sharia law and warlords. A country in which young girls are subject to child marriages and repeated beatings. The cultural identity of Afghanistan discriminates against women. In Khaled Hosseini’s, A Thousand Splendid Suns, Mariam’s moral traits and desires are shaped by the lack of gender equality and the poor, unforgiving environment in which she was raised
Mariam’s desires were developed from her surroundings in Afghanistan. Growing up her mother constantly told her there was no happiness for Mariam, “There is nothing out there for her. Nothing but rejection and heartache” (18). Mariam took this message by heart as she constantly

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