A Thousand Splendid Suns Hope Analysis

During the course of this novel, there are various messages; the most important one being that one must never lose hope. Khaled Hosseini shows us that with hope you can overcome any situation. Laila had thought she had lost Tariq, yet she still had hope for a better life. At the end of the story she and Tariq reunite with their daughter and her son and she was able to get away from the cruelty and abuse that Rasheed inflicted on her. The characters in the novel have to remind themselves to have hope in dealing with their harsh realities, be it political or personal. Both Mariam and Laila suffer political and personal oppression. We see hope in the beginning of the novel when Mariam asks Mullah Faizullah if she can attend school as it
Laila’s hope relies on the possibility of being able to escape Rasheed. All characters in the novel have to deal with situations that at time can be hard in order to have hope for a better future. At times their expectations and hopes can be crushed but they soon renew their longing for a brighter future. This cycle of hope is what makes the reader continue to read, hoping that characters will get what they deserve, be it good or bad. The reader becomes emotionally attached to the characters and does not want to see their dreams crushed, or similarly see Rasheed get what he deserves. Not only is there hope for characters in the novel but also for the country as a whole. One hopes for Afghanistan to become a stable country where a new ruler will be open minded and allow the country to become free. Despite all the cruelties and hardships Laila has experienced from her country and from people it is her hope and her confidence that shows her a brighter future. The author overall tells the reader that we should never give up hope and that if we believe, it will
Mariam’s love for them was so powerful that she was willing to give up her freedom and her life for their safety. Mariam made the ultimate sacrifice and she paid for it with her life. She sacrificed everything for a person who was not blood related to her. However, Mariam was more of a mother to Laila than Nana was to Mariam’s mother, even though she was her mother by blood. The author created this emotion of sadness and content all mixed together because he makes us gravitate towards Mariam and we start to feel sorry for her right at the beginning when her mother called her a whore. This emotion was created right at the beginning of the novel and was present throughout the novel. This makes it very effective as we start off feeling sorry for Mariam and we end up feeling sorry for her as well. It is a great way to end the novel because our feeling of sympathy for Mariam never dies, it only