evident in both the novels‚ in thousand splendid suns Rasheed treats both Mariam and Laila in a cruel manner‚ he beats them up and especially Mariam because she could not conceive a baby also Rasheed used to make Mariam eat pebbles. Even now these events regularly happen in countries like Afghanistan. "Now you know what your rice tastes like. Now you know what you’ve given me in this marriage. Bad food‚ and nothing else." This is what Rasheed tells to Mariam after she could not give birth to a child
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of work as well as experiences has shaped family systems theory into what it is today. According to Rasheed‚ Rasheed‚ and Marley (2011) this all began in the late 1800s with the emergence of social work. There were studies done by social scientists to see how groups could influence an individual. From there Marriage counseling developed in the 1920s as well as the child guidance movement. Rasheed et al. (2011) also found that through Alfred Adlers collaborations with Sigmund Freud‚ he believed that
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world where injustice reigns supreme. This changes through her association with Laila. It becomes critical when Rasheed is about to harm Laila. At this moment‚ Mariam becomes a character who responds in a significant way to injustice. This happens on dual levels. Internally‚ Mariam experiences a type of epiphany which reveals how much of her life she had given in vain to Rasheed. She recognizes that the way he abused her in their marriage represents the essence of injustice. On another level
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help available by health and social care to people however accessing it can be frustrating and difficult. This barrier occurs for different reason‚ and there are different ways of accessing health and social care. (Cited in Hetherington A‚ Irvine J‚ Rasheed A‚ - BTEC first Level 2 Health and Social Care (Hodder 2012) ISBN 9781444111903 pg 283). Types of barriers to accessing health and social care. Number of factors contributes to the difficulty that occurs when trying to access services; some
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leading an abusive and unhappy married life. She unfortunately is not able to conceive a child which makes Rasheed more violent and angry towards Mariam. Rasheed is often agitated that she is not fertile and his ambition to have a son is not materializing. Her childless marriage to Rasheed eventually forces Mariam into a life of submission and misery. Mariam is under terriable adversity‚ that Rasheed is not worth loving and ulitamtly she is not able to have a child to love. All of Mariams sources of
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wearing Burka. The Burka usually has the net in front of the eyes to see‚ but this picture had iron bars which represents prison. The way I analyzed this picture was the girl represents Mariam or Laila because they both had to wear Burka according to Rasheed. The black color of the Burka represents sad girl hiding her face in Burka. We can see the eyes full of pain behind the bars and those eyes searches freedom someday. Basically‚ this picture gives us an idea that the life Mariam and Laila has is no
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Wilson 2 wives Mariam was not welcomes and had to leave. Jalil decided to give Mariam away and she was forced to marry a guy named Rasheed. Mariam was young and unsure of herself. She did not know how to be a good wife and never met Rasheed before which made her even more timid about moving so far and living with Rasheed. Rasheed was an old and abusive
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being a Harami. The step mothers‚ the eyes of society‚ wants Mariam to be married off‚ a social norm. Even though Jail’s heart may despise this idea‚ it is his duty‚ being a part of society and a decent family‚ to force her to marry Rasheed. Once married to Rasheed‚ Mariam
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In the novel‚ A Thousand Splendid Suns written by Khaled Hosseini‚ the main characters Laila and Mariam obtain personal strengths that benefit each other immensely. While these skills are excellent on their own‚ when they are brought together‚ they make both women invincible. Traits such as confidence‚ patience and selflessness are combined between both characters. These advantages contrast with one another to fill the emptiness and weaknesses that both Laila and Mariam possess. Throughout everything
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In the first part of "A Thousand Splendid Suns" I read about Mariam and her mother Nana‚ who live in a small village of Gul Duman. Nana called her a “harami” after she accidentally breaks an old family sugar bowl. Mariam is an illegitimate child of Jalil and Nana. Nana was Jalil’s housekeeper and the two had an affair‚ which resulted in Mariam. Jalil housed Mariam and Nana because he wanted to protect his reputation. Jalil has three wives and nine legitimate children in his house‚ in Herat. Jalil
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