Summary Of ' A Thousand Splendid Suns '

The five aspects of quest, which apply to every literary work, are the quester, a place to go, a stated reason to go there, challenges along the way, and the real reason to go there. The quester of A Thousand Splendid Suns was Laila. The place she was going was Pakistan and her reason was to escape the Taliban in Afghanistan. Along the way she faced many challenges including the death of her parents, being separated from Tariq, and being married to her abusive husband Rasheed. Her real reason to go to Pakistan was so she could be with Tariq once again and save the lives of her children.

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.

Khaled Hosseini’s A Thousand Splendid Suns relies heavily upon the juxtaposition between character and settings to highlight the vastly different and always evolving cultures that can exist in a small geographical location. The novel relies on the narration of Mariam an Laila, two very different women who are raised in different households and generations, but, nevertheless, find themselves in similar situations. Juxtaposition between Mariam’s childhood and Laila’s childhood is expressed implicitly throughout the novel, resulting in two women in the same situation with very different perspectives. The environment Mariam and Laila were raised in are near opposites. Mariam was raised in a hut outside a small village by her mother while Laila,

A Thousand Splendid Suns, written by Khalid Hosseini explores themes relating to hardships and family, especially having to do with the oppression of women. This novel follows the lives of Mariam and Laila, two Afghan women whose interactions arise from their forced marriage to Rasheed, and the abuse they face together. Mariam is the illegitimate daughter of Jalil, a rich businessman, and his former housekeeper, Nana. Struggling with the stigma surrounding her birth and guilt following her mother’s suicide prompts Mariam to be unable to stand up for herself. Laila is quite the opposite and grew up with the desire for an education and the knowledge that she could change the world. After her parents and Tariq’s deaths, Laila is forced to set

Khaled Hosseini’s critically acclaimed novel A Thousand Splendid Suns, follows two women whose lives intertwine and their fates become connected. Laila is a young girl who falls in love with a man who she cannot be with and is carrying his baby when she marries Rasheed. Rasheed’s first wife, Mariam, is a lovely woman who becomes Laila’s companion in their mutual hatred for the abusive Rasheed. With alternating perspectives, Hosseini gives insight into both women's lives and relays the cruelties they are forced to endure, and how the brutality they face affects their lives, specifically Laila’s, whose motherly instincts allow her to endure much more than otherwise.

In “A Thousand Splendid Suns” Mariam experiences loss, rejection, depression, and helplessness throughout her entire life. I can relate to her life in some aspects. Mariam experienced several deaths and whenever death is brought up it twists my stomach. Everyone is like a gallon of milk- we all have an expiration date that cannot be changed. I have experienced death and loss and it was a major event in my life. Mariam and I experienced similar emotions that both assisted in shaping who we are.

People in first world countries with privileges tend to overlook their good fortune and take everything for granted. Women in third world countries such as Afghanistan can only dream of the privileges and opportunities that would be given to them if one were to live in Canada, for example. Recently, media had been continuously trying to stress this concept of privilege difference to the Public. Attempting to amplify the amount of gratitude and thankfulness that people express for the good life they have been given. The novel ‘1000 splendid suns’ by Khaled Hossieni is a wonderful written example of this, as it explores the lives of two Afghan woman and their everyday struggle with oppressing forces in every aspect of their lives. Visual

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)

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

For Mariam especially, the novel was particularly hopeless with no justification in the end to the hardships that she endured. Within the first few chapters of the story Mariam’s mother committed suicide which uprooted her entire life. Mariam moved in with Jalil and was immediately married off to Rasheed at the age of 15. Rasheed constantly abused Mariam. One specific instance of his unnecessarily harsh abuse was when he forced Mariam to chew rock and compared them to her cooking. “ ‘Now Chew’ he said. Through the mouthful of fruit and pebbles, Mariam mumbled a plea. Tears were leaking from the corners of her eyes.”

When she does this readers see that she is not afraid to stand up for the innocent and revolt against the enemy. With these attributes she is almost a freedom leader at times in this novel. When someone’s past is full of stress, disappointment, and sadness, there is no better person in this novel to talk about than Mariam, because all of these emotions build up and are violently expressed in the future. Within the first five chapters readers see that Mariam’s future will not be entirely pleasant, as when she is brought home from Jalil's house she discovers that her mother, Nana, has commited suicide (Suns 36). Nana was already hard on Mariam from the start of the book but her suicide just added to the tons of stress to Mariam’s life.

When elephants are babies, they are small and easy to restrain. So, trainers will tie them to a post or tree, and at first, they will struggle, some fight against their restraints for days—yearning for freedom—until, gradually, the elephants give up and become complacent. Full grown elephants weigh tons and could easily break away from most constraints, but, despite their massive stature, trained elephants do not fight their trainers or yank against chains, because they have learned that attempts at escape are futile and they are powerless. Physical freedom is well within their grasp, but mental freedom is not; a Thousand Splendid Suns, the Catcher in the Rye, and Song Yet Sung all demonstrate the common theme that

Mariam had compasion on Laila and her daughter and was willing to help in any way possible. Mariam,s past is a devastating one. Her mother commits suicide therefore forcing her to stay with Jalil whose wives force her into marriage at a tender age of 15 years. She faces brutality because of miscarages. Her past teaches her to sacrifice and protect the people she loves.

In the novel A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini, main character Mariam is forced into exile after a horrific set of experiences. After her mother’s suicide, she is removed from her home and is later arranged to marry a random man she never met before. Before her departure, Mariam lived in a “kolba,” a small hut on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan. With no other place to go, she disapprovingly lives with her father for a short period of time before being shipped off to her new husband. Her encounter with exile is almost unbearable, yet she endures and grows into a hardworking and respectable woman. For Mariam, exile is both alienating and enriching; it illuminates how withstanding life’s challenges and learning to overcome them with love will ultimately be beneficial in the end, no matter what happens.

The authors Khaled Hosseini and Kurt Vonnegut write novels of critical acclaim. Hosseini’s A Thousand Splendid Suns explores the life of Mariam and her struggles with her husband and society, however, she finds reason to fight through a religious tutor. Vonnegut’s Slaughterhouse-Five examines the life of Billy Pilgrim who goes through the bombing of Dresden and is kidnapped by an alien species, the Tralfamadorians, who have him apply a new philosophy. Using traditional techniques, Hosseini constructs Mullah Faizullah, the religious tutor, as a wise mentor. The persona of a hermit guru was used by Vonnegut as a non-traditional guide in the form of the Tralfamadorians in Slaughterhouse-Five. Hosseini uses foreshadowing and a comforting