The Role Of Women In Afghanistan
Two women coming to gether Although the two women differ greatly they share the same heartache, pain and tribulation of living in a country ruined by political oppression and war. The role of women in Afghanistan is an unjust and unreasonable position in which they are continuously denied many freedoms and rights.
Afghanistan than, did not believe in equality between men and women; men were superior whereas women were inferior. Hosseini identifies these inequalities and empathizes with the women of Afghanistan by narrating their struggles through the stories of Mariam and Laila. Afghan women like Mariam and Laila were seen as unintelligent, futile creatures whose only responsibility was reproducing and taking care of her husband's home."In
a few years, this little girl will be a woman...turbulence that washed over her." (355), this is one of many examples of a passage in which we see inequality of women. It predicts Mariam's future and all the sacrifice she will have to endure as she grows older. Hosseini explains that women, unlike men, are destined to a life of being obedient, sorrowful and oppressed. Afghanistan's men can dream of a future in which they make someone of themselves yet women are doomed to cooking and cleaning. The inequality between men and women is so great that women are actually blamed for the mistakes of men.Learn this now, and learn it well, my daughter: Like a compass needle that points north, a man's accusing finger always finds a woman. Always."(). In this quote, Nana tries to warn her daughter, Mariam, of men and their readiness to blame an innocent woman for their mistakes. Women do not have the rights and freedoms to argue or stop the inequality they face and so Hosseini writes in a way that readers sympathize with their struggles.
Mariam has two strikes against her from birth: she is female and illegitimate. Her own father will not take her to see a movie at his cinema. Her mother harps on the unreliability of men and the degradation of women. Laila is raised by both her parents. Her father pushes for her to be well educated and put off marriage as long as possible. When Laila finds out that she is pregnant, she decides to marry so that Aziza will not be labeled as illegitimate. These two women are from different backgrounds and are separated by an age gap. Both end up married to Rasheed, who becomes a bitter and abusive husband. Scrutinize the way each handles her situation. Present the key factors that determine how Mariam and Laila differ in their coping mechanisms.
Afghanistan than, did not believe in equality between men and women; men were superior whereas women were inferior. Hosseini identifies these inequalities and empathizes with the women of Afghanistan by narrating their struggles through the stories of Mariam and Laila. Afghan women like Mariam and Laila were seen as unintelligent, futile creatures whose only responsibility was reproducing and taking care of her husband's home."In
a few years, this little girl will be a woman...turbulence that washed over her." (355), this is one of many examples of a passage in which we see inequality of women. It predicts Mariam's future and all the sacrifice she will have to endure as she grows older. Hosseini explains that women, unlike men, are destined to a life of being obedient, sorrowful and oppressed. Afghanistan's men can dream of a future in which they make someone of themselves yet women are doomed to cooking and cleaning. The inequality between men and women is so great that women are actually blamed for the mistakes of men.Learn this now, and learn it well, my daughter: Like a compass needle that points north, a man's accusing finger always finds a woman. Always."(). In this quote, Nana tries to warn her daughter, Mariam, of men and their readiness to blame an innocent woman for their mistakes. Women do not have the rights and freedoms to argue or stop the inequality they face and so Hosseini writes in a way that readers sympathize with their struggles.
Mariam has two strikes against her from birth: she is female and illegitimate. Her own father will not take her to see a movie at his cinema. Her mother harps on the unreliability of men and the degradation of women. Laila is raised by both her parents. Her father pushes for her to be well educated and put off marriage as long as possible. When Laila finds out that she is pregnant, she decides to marry so that Aziza will not be labeled as illegitimate. These two women are from different backgrounds and are separated by an age gap. Both end up married to Rasheed, who becomes a bitter and abusive husband. Scrutinize the way each handles her situation. Present the key factors that determine how Mariam and Laila differ in their coping mechanisms.