Quotes From A Thousand Splendid Suns
“I used to worship you . . . On Thursdays, I sat for hours waiting for you . . . I thought about you all the time . . . I didn’t know you were ashamed of me.”
(pg. 50 *Mariam’s last words to Jalil, her Father*)
In Part 1 of A Thousand Splendid Suns, Mariam is broken to pieces when she realizes her mother was right all along about Jalil being ashamed of her. He was scared that letting her into his normal life would affect his reputation which he did not want tainted. He did visit her occasionally though but would never bring her into town. This in turn lead to the death (suicide) of her mother and her being married to a man and sent far away by her dad’s wife's. Mariam brought dishonour to Jalil because of her Harami status. In a sense
(pg. 50 *Mariam’s last words to Jalil, her Father*)
In Part 1 of A Thousand Splendid Suns, Mariam is broken to pieces when she realizes her mother was right all along about Jalil being ashamed of her. He was scared that letting her into his normal life would affect his reputation which he did not want tainted. He did visit her occasionally though but would never bring her into town. This in turn lead to the death (suicide) of her mother and her being married to a man and sent far away by her dad’s wife's. Mariam brought dishonour to Jalil because of her Harami status. In a sense