A Forced Marriage In A Thousand Splendid Suns

Over the course of the novel A Thousand Splendid Suns, Mariam learns how to endure being a woman in Afghanistan. Mariam endured a forced marriage, was subjected to criticism from Rasheed, and had to be subservient to her husband. By the end of the book she became a brave woman who stood up for herself and others. Miriam is forced into marriage by her father, Jalil. Mariam was 15 and the groom, Rasheed, was 45. “I don’t want to,”Miriam said. She looked at Jalil. “I don’t want this. Don’t make me” (Hosseini 47). Jalil’s 3 wives try to persuade mariam to get married because they wanted her out of their lives. “You can’t spend the rest of your life here.” “Don’t you want a family of your own?” “Yes. A home, children of your own?”(Hosseini