The Cycle of Hope and Oppression Fabiha Rahman ENG4U Wednesday‚ May 25‚ 2011 Ms.Thornton It seems that War has found a home in Afghanistan. The people of Afghanistan have seen three decades of Anti-Soviet Jihad‚ civil war and Taliban tyranny. They have lived through unimaginable horrors and now‚ their incredible stories of hope and oppression are being told. In A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini and The Swallows of Kabul by Yasmina Khadra‚ the women are oppressed by their husbands and
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mother. Laila is completely forgotten by her mother in her grief for the loss of her sons. Although Mariam lives in poverty‚ but she has the love of her mother. Both women’s lives change for the worst when they get connected to a brutal shoemaker Rasheed through marriage. Hosseini portrays the hypocrisy of the laws of Taliban whereby the girls are prevented from attending school; are forbidden to work outside the home even when the males are unable to support the family. Women and children’s health
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labourers to build the kolba‚ but he didn’t. His idea of penance" (Hosseini 10). This was his way of making Nana atone for their affair‚ even though they were both at fault. The most striking examples‚ however‚ occur near the end of the novel. Rasheed‚ who had tormented Mariam and Laila for years‚ finally met his end with the same brutality as he treated them. And lastly‚ the relationship between Mariam and her father‚ Jalil. Mariam always admired her father‚ so much so that she intended to leave
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The author who brought you The Kite Runner brings us a second action-packed novel called A Thousand Splendid Suns. Khaled Hosseini‚ the author of A Thousand Splendid Suns‚ wrote this story to let us readers experience the discourteous and rancorous effects that happened in Afghanistan during the mid-20th century to the early 21st century. This story reveals how the Afghanistan population survived and suffered because of their rambunctious laws and men. In the following review of Khaled Hosseini’s
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starts out by introducing Mariam‚ who is an unwanted teenager. In the story‚ she is forced to marry Rasheed‚ an abusive husband at age 15. Rasheed is a cruel man who breaks Mariam’s dreams and tortures her everyday. On the other hand‚ Laila is an attractive girl who lives just up the street from Mariam’s house. She is born to educated parents and enjoys the freedoms that Mariam is restricted from by Rasheed. She has a boyfriend named Tariq‚ but their plans to marry get destroyed when he has to leave
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that her father wants nothing to do with her. The author‚ Khaled Hosseini‚ uses this to foreshadow Mariam’s husband‚ Rasheed‚ blames her for not having a son and for not being a good wife. Not only Rasheed‚ but other men in this novel as well blame the women for their problems. Jalil blamed Nana for the birth of Mariam even though it was his fault for having the affair. Rasheed doesn’t always blame Mariam for everything‚ at times he blames his other wife too‚ Laila‚ for giving birth to a daughter
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Many people lead a happy life with secrets‚ which they feel that if exposed‚ they will be disgraced to the society‚ to their friends and family. When people are in this situation‚ they lose hope in themselves. Khaled Hosseini shows through The Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns that whatever happens there is always a second chance that fate gives you to make up for what you have done in the past. Hosseini shows that when family secrets are revealed it will lead to abashment‚ and results in
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the individual (Authier). The Taliban leaders demonstrated this by putting their cause of taking over the government before the lives of Afghan civilians. The Taliban also tears Mariam from her family: Laila‚ Aziza‚ and Zalmai. When Mariam kills Rasheed‚ she does it in self defense‚ and in defense of Laila. Mariam’s trial lasted 15 minutes‚ and it ended in a death sentence. There was no jury‚ no lawyer in her defense‚ no appeal‚ and no
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A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini takes place in Afghanistan‚ from the mid 1960’s to early 2000’s. It follows the life of Mariam‚ the illegitimate child of a rich businessman. A child bride‚ she is abused by her husband‚ and eventually attempts to flee her city‚ Kabul‚ during the Civil War and the regime of the Taliban. While the events of A Thousand Splendid Suns are not relatable to many people living in countries such as the United States and Canada‚ readers are able to connect the
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