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    raised to fully appreciate her education. Her father encourages her that marriage can wait‚ and education cannot. Her father tells her “Afghanistan is going to need you as much as its men‚ maybe even more” (Hosseini 103). Laila eventually gets married at a young age to Rasheed‚ after her parents die. She no longer pursues her education‚ but still remembers her father’s words. Eventually‚ she becomes a teacher at the orphanage. Rasheed owns a shoe repair shop‚ and is middle aged. His first wife and

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    Although the story of two women under oppression in Afghanistan during the Taliban’s rule may seem distant and irrelevant‚ Khaled Hosseini’s A Thousand Splendid Suns (418 pages) is a heart-wrenching historical novel that delves into the intertwined lives of Mariam and Laila‚ two women married to the same abusive husband‚ and the struggles they face. The novel takes place in Afghanistan‚ beginning in the 1960s with Mariam’s childhood and ending in the early 2000s with Laila and Tariq’s reunion. Poverty

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    Oppression Taslima Nasrin once said: “Those religions that are oppressive to women are also against democracy‚ human rights‚ and freedom of expression.” This quote also applies to a book called a thousand splendid suns by Khaled hosseini and Deepa Metha’s Film Water. A thousand splendid suns in a book about two women in Afghanistan with an abusive husband. They struggle for survival and for their human rights that have been overlooked by the Taliban and a patriarchal society. Water is a movie about

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    Conclusion The theme in the novel “A Thousand Splendid Suns” by Khaled Hosseini is the inner strength of a women even in the darkest of times‚ which he has shown through symbolism‚ metaphors / similes‚ and irony. Both Mariam and Laila endure so much heartache in their lives because they are women‚ yet they continue the strength to pull together and persevere. Mariam was born in a world which turns their back on women. She has a father who refuses to acknowledge her existence‚ a husband who abuses

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    The term “respect” is completely redefined in A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini. This is a heart wrenching tale of two courageous Afghan women‚ both entering adulthood already accustomed to the neglect and degrading treatment practiced in their society. The two share an immensely difficult relationship with an older man‚ and receive scar after wretched scar‚ all piling on to one long and agonizing life. The older woman‚ Mariam‚ is who we meet first in the book. Readers accompany her through

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    affects everyone involved in it. It causes women to become less than the working class and kids and teenagers to become the face of eating disorders and suicide. But the men continue to be glorified like they are the most valuable gender. In A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini‚ Mariam is the minimized wife of Rasheed; an abusive man who sees Mariam as nothing but a possession. With Mariam being in a society where women can’t be without a man in public or else they will die‚ she will act like the

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    The resiliency of Mariam in A Thousand Splendid Suns and Aminata in The Book of Negroes To many people‚ resiliency is the human capacity to face‚ overcome and be strengthened by the adversities of life. Such resiliency allows an individual to resume a previous state of normal functioning. In Lawrence Hill’s Book of Negroes Aminata’s resiliency is evident throughout her journey from being free‚ to being a slave‚ to being an abolitionist. Aminata’s resiliency unravels throughout the story as she deals

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    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 society. Mariam is passive and compliant while Zunaira is defiant and angry‚ yet both suffer the same pain and isolation. Initially

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    to protect his/her “untarnished” reputation in the eyes of the outside world. Such efforts also cause restricted freedoms for those around the person; they might be oppressed for reasons that they are not the cause of. The novel A Thousand Splendid Suns

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    Reflection on “a thousand splendid suns” “One could not count the moons that shimmer on her roofs. And the thousand splendid suns that hide behind her walls." Closing the book‚ I just feel real and hopeful.  I will not say this story is a tragedy‚ and I hate when people generalise it as a book where everyone died except for Laila‚ Tariq and their children. Indeed‚ a depressing and melancholy mood is seemed to be perpetuated throughout the book‚ which has a large time frame spanning over

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