Summary Of ' A Thousand Splendid Suns Hosseini '

Nana and learns to think differently about her parents. She witnesses an Indian killed because

Laila also has to endure many hardships in life, like her family’s death, Tariq leaving, and living with Rasheed. All these factors start to break her and she becomes more depressed and starts making bad decisions. First, Laila survived injuries from a nuclear rocket explosion after being saved by Mariam and Rasheed (Hosseini 193-200). This explosion killed both of her parents forcing Laila to alter her plans for the future. After Laila moves in with Rasheed and Mariam, Rasheed tells Mariam about how he wants to propose to Laila and “Later, in the dark, Mariam told the girl. For a long time, the girl said

Mariam endured many long years living with Nana in their small house in Herat. Nana had a short-tempered personality and a very negative outlook on life, so she repeatedly verbally abused

At the beginning of the book Mariam marries Rasheed against her will, which was another obstacle Mariam had to face. “Then the mullah asked Rasheed if he indeed wished to enter into a marriage contract with Mariam. Rasheed said, ‘Yes’” (Hosseini 52). “’Yes,’ she said shakily” while looking at Rasheed and being frightened by his appearance (Hosseini 53). After the ceremony is complete Mariam and Rasheed hopped on a bus and went directly to Kabul, where Mariam spends the rest of her life. At first Mariam is not very comfortable in Rasheed’s home, but eventually makes it her home too. The house really starts to feel like home to Mariam when Rasheed showed kindness towards her. When Mariam first gets settled into Kabul Rasheed buys her presents to make her transition to her new home easier and to show

Zunaira actually attains her goal of becoming a magistrate, and thus, she experiences a greater sensation of loss. Mariam and Zunaira combat the oppression in different ways but they suffer the same pain and isolation. Oppression induces a negative change in both characters. In addition, the women have coping mechanisms to deal with the sorrow in their lives. Their ability to cope is affected by family members. Mariam remembers her mother's story, "where each snowflake was a sigh heaved by an aggrieved woman somewhere in the World. That all the sighs drifted up in the sky, gathered in the clouds, and then broke into tiny pieces…" (Hosseini, 91). Mariam is submissive in her abusive relationship because her mother has taught her by example, that Afghani women solely have to endure the pain and suffering in their lives. She makes no attempts to change her situation in her marriage because she lives by her mother's teachings. Perhaps, if Mariam were to stand up for herself or stir up chaos during one of Rasheed's beatings, Rasheed would not turn to violence against her so easily. Also, Mariam could have searched for alternatives to escape Rasheed before the Taliban implemented the harsh laws. Over the years, Mariam becomes increasingly helpless and miserable under Rasheed's rule, as she follows the model of her mother's teachings. Also, she deflects her anger and sorrow 2

Where Mariam gets married to Rasheed when she is 15 years old, and from then that was where Mariam had her life ruined. And Laila on the other hand, unexpectedly came to live with Rasheed and Mariam, and was forced to live so harsh with Rasheed. Both of the girls were hoping to escape from Rasheed seeking for a better

At one point in Mariatu’s journey, she is seeking refuge since she was starving and injured after leaving the rebels. A man notices her and gives

Nana is forced to live in a small house and raise Mariam all by herself after being deserted by Jalil, causing her to become bitter and resentful towards men. After working so hard, her daughter still desires a closeness to Jalil, and Mariam’s trip to see her father is most likely the final straw leading to Nana’s suicide.     The suffering that Nana and other

In the end, Mariam contradicts the expectations of women in her culture through her acts of courageousness and her endurance through hardships. Mariam never cam from a family that supported the prominence of women; she was an illegitimate product of an outcast. Realizing the power of her accomplice, Laila, she risked her own life because she

However, after Mariam encourages Mullah to ask her mother. Nana quickly reassures her worth after arguing "what sense in schooling a girl like you". During this excerpt Nana reassures Mariam of her title of "harami", suggesting that due to her illegitimacy (being a bastard) that her value

In the book The Nine Guardians by Rosario Castellanos, the character Nana plays an important role with the Arguello family. Nana is a native american that fled her home to seek a better life and serve the Arguello family as their nanny in Comitán. She is portrayed as the care giver for the little girl an his brother, children from the wealthy family and substitutes for their parents which seem to be too wealthy to care for their own children. For example, when the little girl gets cold and the parents aren't around “she draws [her] to her lap, as she always has done ever since [she] was born” (Castellanos 20). Instead of the parents, Nana is always there to support the children.

However, Nana represents the quality of both a bad and good mother but tries very much to raise Mariam despite her medical condition. Mariam, Nana and Laila go through extremes that justify their motherly care and concern for their children.

Cilla’s family life, chores, and her lifestyle. Main focus when it comes to family is Isannah and getting married which is supposed to be Johnny. Cilla works as a maid for the Lyte family and being Isannah caretaker. Cilla takes care of Isannah because their mother, Ms.Lapham doesn't think that Isannah is worth all the trouble and because takes much pride Isannah. She working to pay

From the moment Mariam was born she was considered worthless to society. Because she was born out of wedlock, she was a harami; something Nana, her mother, made sure she knew. “...Mariam, was an illegitimate person who would never have legitimate claim to things

Mariam is the first main protagonist the readers meet in the novel. Her first apparition is at the age of fifteen, she lives with her mother commonly known as Nana, in a small shack just out of Herat. Jalil is a wealthy man, also Mariam’s father who lives in Herat with his three wives and his kids. The main character has