A thousand Splendid Suns Essay
Theme- sacrifice
The characters in this novel have all shared a tragic tale with each of them sacrificing something for the better. For example, after Mariam is sentenced to death for killing Rasheed , in her final moments “Mariam wished for so much … Yet as she closed her eyes, it was not regret any longer but a sensation of abundant peace that washed over her. She thought of her entry into this world, the harami child of a lowly villager, an unintended thing, a pitiable, regrettable accident. A weed. And yet she was leaving the world as a women who had loved and been loved back. She was leaving it as a friend, a guardian, A mother” (329). This quote is important because all Mariams life she felt like she was not worth anything. But what was tragic was the fact that she loved this family so much she was willing to sacrifice her own life, happiness, and a chance to love again. Mariams realization before her death was sad, because the fact that she was about to face her end and the only thing she could think of was how one family made her believe that she was a person and deserved happiness and love. Additionally, when Mariam was at the hospital with laila, and laila was giving birth to her son zalmai, she didn’t scream once …”Mariam saw now the sacrifices a mother made. Decency was but one. She thought ruefully of nana, of the sacrifices that she to had made. Nana, who could have given her away, or tossed her in a ditch somewhere and run. But she hadn’t. Instead, nana had endured the shame of being a harami, had shaped her life around the thankless task of raising Mariam and, in her own, loving her” (256). This quote was meaningful because Mariam never really understood why nana did some of the things she did. she always questioned if nana really loved her, and if the things she did was in Mariams best interest. But here at this moment she realizes that nana did love her , and everything she did was for Mariam. Unlike jalil who wouldn’t claim Mariam as
The characters in this novel have all shared a tragic tale with each of them sacrificing something for the better. For example, after Mariam is sentenced to death for killing Rasheed , in her final moments “Mariam wished for so much … Yet as she closed her eyes, it was not regret any longer but a sensation of abundant peace that washed over her. She thought of her entry into this world, the harami child of a lowly villager, an unintended thing, a pitiable, regrettable accident. A weed. And yet she was leaving the world as a women who had loved and been loved back. She was leaving it as a friend, a guardian, A mother” (329). This quote is important because all Mariams life she felt like she was not worth anything. But what was tragic was the fact that she loved this family so much she was willing to sacrifice her own life, happiness, and a chance to love again. Mariams realization before her death was sad, because the fact that she was about to face her end and the only thing she could think of was how one family made her believe that she was a person and deserved happiness and love. Additionally, when Mariam was at the hospital with laila, and laila was giving birth to her son zalmai, she didn’t scream once …”Mariam saw now the sacrifices a mother made. Decency was but one. She thought ruefully of nana, of the sacrifices that she to had made. Nana, who could have given her away, or tossed her in a ditch somewhere and run. But she hadn’t. Instead, nana had endured the shame of being a harami, had shaped her life around the thankless task of raising Mariam and, in her own, loving her” (256). This quote was meaningful because Mariam never really understood why nana did some of the things she did. she always questioned if nana really loved her, and if the things she did was in Mariams best interest. But here at this moment she realizes that nana did love her , and everything she did was for Mariam. Unlike jalil who wouldn’t claim Mariam as