A Thousand Splendid Suns Character Analysis

A Thousand Splendid Suns Love, loyalty, trustworthiness, friendship, and compassion - all these traits describe what is needed to have a healthy and close relationship If a marriage does not have these qualities then there will be conflict and strife. Khaled Hosseini explores this concept in A Thousand Splendid Suns by providing examples of strong and poor marriages. Laila and Tariq have a very close relationship. They understand each other very well and they communicate very much even when they can’t see each other, “Well, his flashlight will be going off before you know it, Babi said, referring to Laila and Tariq’s nightly signaling game. They played it for so long it had become a bedtime ritual, like brushing teeth” (110). A couple who did not communicate very well was Laila’s parents Mammy and Babi. Unlike Tariq and Laila, Babi and Mammy argued all the time, “Downstairs. her parents were fighting. Again. Laila knew the routine: Mammy ferocious, indomitable, pacing and ranting… Finally, a door slammed. Pounding footsteps” (108). While in Laila and Tariq’s relationship there is no person who rules over the other, Mammy rules over Babi. She always scolds him and makes him feel bad, “Babi sitting, looking sheepish and dazed, nodding obediently, waiting for the storm to pass… Babi it seemed, would survive to see another day”
Hosseini shows how Laila and Tariq’s relationship grows while other’s dwindles. Since Tariq and Laila have love, commitment, compassion, and understanding, they always get through any troubles they have. Rasheed’s relationships with his wives differ from Laila and Tariq’s because Rasheed is violent has has no love for Mariam and Laila. Nobody else in the book can compare to Laila and Tariq when they are together. They have an inseparable relationship that will never be