One of the weaknesses of narrative therapy is that the focus on externalizing problems allows avoidance of deeper issues (Rasheed‚ Rasheed‚ & Marley‚ 2011‚ p. 322). In the case of the Michael’s family‚ this should not be as much of a problem. Due to the fact that the Michael’s were referred for grief counseling and the children are showing signs of grief and trauma‚ the concerns of not addressing deeper issues does not apply to the aspects of grief therapy. It may still apply to some of the aspects
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The Life Story‚ Struggle‚ and Self Sacrifice of Two Courageous Women 10. The driver who takes Babi‚ Laila‚ and Tariq to the giant stone Buddhas above the Bamiyan Valley describes the crumbling fortress of Shahr-e-Zohak as “the story of our country‚ one invader after another… we’re like those walls up there. Battered‚ and nothing pretty to look at‚ but still standing.” Discuss the metaphorical importance of this passage as it relates to Mariam and Laila. In what ways does their story reflect
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consideration Tess’ feelings. Following on in ‘A Thousand Splendid Suns’ Rasheed is introduced through his smell of ‘sweet cologne’ which ‘flooded Mariam’s nostrils.’ This sickening smell overshadows how Rasheed will overpower her during their marriage. He also has a ‘thick grunt’ and ‘breathed noisily’ which reinforces his arrogance through the use of unpleasant onomatopoeia and unattractive adjectives‚ ‘thick’ and ‘noisily’. Rasheed forces Mariam to wear a burqa and states‚ “Where I come from‚ one wrong
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social pressures‚ even though some of these pressures were already present through Rasheed‚ now Laila and Mariam have to face additional
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means having a hard and a recluse way of living. Even more‚ after dedicating her life to raise her daughter‚ when she thought she will lose her‚ she commits suicide. Another sacrifice made by a mother to her child is when Laila decides to marry Rasheed. She wanted to flee in Pakistan hoping to
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deaths of loved ones and an abusive marriage‚ Laila comes to realize that she does not always have to rely on herself in order to live by the moral standards and justices she swears by. Laila‚ since birth‚ was the antithesis of what the antagonist‚ Rasheed‚ looked for in a woman. Her father constantly told her that “society has no chance of success if its women are uneducated‚” instilling in her the idea that she deserved more than being subservient to a man (Hosseini 103). As she
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in my opinion it is worth reading. Khaled Hosseini style of writing that had moved me a lot. It was strong and powerful. It is where the Taliban ruled over Afghanistan‚ where there were loud sounds of gunfire and bombs in Kabul‚ where Mariam and Rasheed (her husband) lived. ”With passing of time comes Taliban rule over Afghanistan‚ the streets of Kabul loud with the sound of gunfire and bombs‚ life a desperate struggle against starvation‚ brutality and fear‚ the women’s endurance tested beyond their
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his housekeepers. She tries to force her father to acknowledge her as his daughter‚ but it leads to the heartache of her mother’s suicide and her own arranged marriage to Rasheed. She lives with him many years as an abused wife until Laila becomes his second wife. They establish a fast friendship and Mariam eventually kills Rasheed as he is choking Laila to death. She is executed by the Taliban for her crime. LAILA: She is a beautiful young girl with golden hair who is raised by a modern set of
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without a male or they would receive beating and lashes. When Rasheed tells Mariam “I will follow you to the ends of the world.” This shows the oppression that women weren’t allowed to leave a relationship they had to suffer and suck it up. This shows the misogyny and women shouldn’t be placed behind a male rather beside a male. Mariam was abused the most in this novel. She was physically beaten with belt‚ forced to eat rocks‚ and slapped. Rasheed controlled her physically but could not control her soul
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proves this point is Rasheed; he’s not a terrible guy at the beginning of the book‚ and when the war comes to Kabul‚ he slowly gets worse and worse. At the start of the novel‚ as the author writes‚ he’s shows that Rasheed isn’t perfect‚ but he tries to be a good husband. “Rasheed‚ who took up the window and middle seat‚ put his thick hand on hers‚” (Hosseini 56) wrote the author about the bus ride Mariam was taking to her new home with her husband. This quote reveals that while Rasheed isn’t the greatest
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