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    Title Significance: The title of A Thousand Splendid Suns is taken from a poem composed by Saeb-e-Tabrizi. In the poem‚ he compares Afghanistan’s beauty to “a thousand splendid suns.” It is somewhat ironic that this book had the title of A Thousand Splendid Suns when it was about the destruction of Afghanistan. Genre: A Thousand Splendid Suns is a historical fiction novel. Date of Original Publication: 2007 Author: Khaled Hosseini Setting: Herat‚ Afghanistan‚ Gul Daman‚ Murree‚ Pakistan

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    That life is not all about wanting something it is about giving also. Some people don’t understand how sacrificing makes someone a stronger person and that when sacrificing something enhances us as a human and in life. In a thousand Splendid Suns a novel by Khaled Hosseini two girls with a different life background come together and go through harsh times that make them endure. To endure life with little freedom and stability in one’s world‚ it takes patience‚ friendship and sacrifice. Mariam

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    Thousand splendid suns” In this novel‚ Hosseini tells the story of the role and place of women in Afghan society. Hosseini has explicitly dedicated himself to examining the condition of women. Laila may be the beloved daughter of her father‚ but her brothers get all the attention of their 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

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    always finds a woman. You remember that Mariam” (Hosseini 7). In this passage from A Thousand Splendid Suns‚ Mariam’s mother explains to her what her father is really like. Through the begging of this novel‚ Mariam sees her father‚ Jalil‚ as the better parent and views her mother as the more strict one. Nana isn’t fond of Jalil because after he had got her pregnant‚ he denied that he tried sleeping with Nana‚ “That [she] forced [herself] on him” (Hosseini 6). Mariam doesn’t believe this story. She feels

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    historical fiction novel flies off the pages in the dusty winds of Afghan wind. Set in the 1960s to 2000‚ Hosseini didn’t stop by explaining how life was devastating during the war; he exposes the government’s mistreatment toward women and how they‚ as the generations before them‚ allowed men to do unspeakable things to their wives and‚ probably‚ female children. In A Thousand Splendid Suns‚ the reader will follow two Afghan women that May or may not get through their May or may not get through

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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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    they also learn to endure poverty. Considering this‚ it is no wonder why Afghanistan is in the terrible position it is in now. Many Afghan cities like Kabul are filled with things like violence and discrimination‚ and the book A Thousand Splendid Suns‚ by Khaled Hosseini takes place in Kabul. This book follows the lives of two Afghani women‚ Mariam and Laila‚ as they suffer pain and discrimination received from the Taliban and their husband‚ Rasheed. The women are forced to clean‚ cook‚ wear veils

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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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    Within Hosseini’s ‘A Thousand Splendid Suns’ and Atwood’s ‘The Year of the Flood’‚ each modern novel’s societies present their central women characters as being enslaved. Whilst each society is entirely different as ‘The Year of the Flood’ is post-apocalyptic and on the other hand ‘A Thousand Splendid Suns’ follows the ever changing political situation in Afghanistan‚ they both suggest that women are enslaved. The term ‘enslaved’ is defined as ‘a state of subjugation’ in which the oppressor has control

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    is penance for the sins they have committed. The theme is introduced to us by Nana‚ Mariam’s mother‚ when she explains why she built the kolba by herself‚ "Jalil could have hired 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

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