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    A Thousand Splendid Suns Create questions you would ask the author and at least one of the people in the book. Include why you would ask each particular question‚ and connect the question to a specific event (quote with page #) in the book. If I were to ask questions to the author and characters‚ they would be about their experiences. The one question I would ask Khaled Hosseini is‚ All the characters in this book were granted poetic justice‚ but why not Mariam? Mariam did nothing monstrous

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    In A Thousand Splendid SunsHosseini establishes Mariam as a powerless‚ young woman‚ set to marry a cold‚ abusive husband to demonstrate the easy oppression against women in a man-ruled culture. While Rasheed‚ her husband‚ is seen as important in his own eyes‚ Mariam is treated as an object for him due to her social status as a woman‚ than as an equal to him. In the end Mariam breaks out of the social norms of by uniting with another woman to achieve what she most desires‚ freedom‚ and gives up

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    the novel A Thousand Splendid Suns written by Khaled Hosseini‚ the significant idea or theme that is portrayed throughout the novel is that sexism has devastating effects by negatively impacting the quality of life lived by “inferior” genders and causes oppression which crushes hope in some individuals and for other individuals‚ it creates a need to defy and escape this oppression. This is shown to us through the initial contrast of characteristics between Mariam and Laila. Hosseini develops this

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    bear his scorn‚ his ridicule‚ his insults‚ his walking past her like she was nothing but a house cat. But after four years of marriage‚ Mariam saw clearly how much a woman could tolerate when she was afraid.” (pg64). In the story A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini‚ he touches base with how life really is like in the Middle East and other countries. One topic that he touches on is Sexual Exploitation and Child Marriage. Girls are forced to marry men they don’t know who can be much older than

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    attacks that were so close that they could harm you? In Night by Elie Wiesel and A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini‚ two completely different people have to go through the similar‚ tragic problems. Even though times were rough‚ Elie and Mariam were able to use their love for their family‚ bravery‚ and determination to survive through a greater evil. Some similarities between the books Night and A Thousand Splendid Suns is that they both had to do with a struggle between a character and greater

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    Endurance is cruel‚ necessary due to preconceived notions of another person’s self worth‚ and lack of compassion. In Khaled Hosseini’s book “A Thousand Splendid Suns”‚ Hosseini highlights a greater understanding of what it takes for women in oppressive countries to endure their entire life hardship and isolation. In the case of Mariam and Laila‚ at very young ages‚ struggled to find their path in society‚ only to have their fate decided for them with many deaths and family members lost along this

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    Afghanistan. Men are respected‚ blessed with many luxuries‚ and are overall treated as kings‚ as for women‚ they are objects destined to serve and please. Inhumane injustices are the norm for a woman in Afghanistan‚ as discussed in Khaled Hosseini’s “A Thousand Splendid Suns”‚ Hosseini highlights the visible connection between politics‚ from the depart of Soviet Union forces to the arrival of the Taliban‚ and the distinguishable oppression of the nation of Afghanistan‚ notably the significant impact it had

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    can be heard...we cannot succeed when half of us are held back.” Malala Yousafzai. The world is ours. Only together we can make the world beautiful. “Men and women should own the world as a mutual possession.” Pearl S. Buck. A Thousand Splendid Suns is a novel by Khaled Hosseini where two women in Afghanistan experience lots of brutal obstacles from virtually every authority figure in their life. According to this book in the Afghan society religion played a vital role in the society to affect social

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    novel A Thousand Splendid Suns‚ Mariam learns how to endure being a woman in Afghanistan. Mariam endured a forced marriage‚ was subjected to criticism from Rasheed‚ and had to be subservient to her husband. By the end of the book she became a brave woman who stood up for herself and others.     Miriam is forced into marriage by her father‚ Jalil. Mariam was 15 and the groom‚ Rasheed‚ was 45.  “I don’t want to‚”Miriam said. She looked at Jalil. “I don’t want this. Don’t make me” (Hosseini 47).    

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    Preliminary Advanced English 2012 A Thousand Splendid Suns Khaled Hosseini God‚ grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change‚ the courage to change the things I can‚ and the wisdom to know the difference. A Thousand Splendid Sons by Khaled Hosseini portrays the courage within people to overcome change and accept the differences that life itself ultimately shows. Hosseini has written a strong climatic novel from the beginning of an accomplished civilized nation through to a war-torn

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