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    What would you be ready to do for love? In “A Thousand Splendid Suns” written by Khaled Hosseinei in 2007‚ love is recurrent through the novel‚ despite the character’s instable life in wartime. In fact‚ the story relates the life of two Afghans women who will eventually meet and share a profound friendship during problematic times. A theme stands out: One is able to make tremendous personal sacrifices for one’s loved ones. First of all‚ one can abandon one’s future for the benefice of a family member

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    Looking at the novels title A Thousand Splendid Suns the reader would think it’s a happy novel‚ however there’s nothing particularly "splendid" one would assume about the novel. From the very beginning of the novel the author‚ Khaled Hosseini inserts hints and foreshadowing to aware the reader that it will be an unhappy story. This is evident in the following illustration when Mariam breaks the sugar bowl ‚ "It was the last peice that slipped from Mariam’s fingers‚ that fell to the wooden floorboards

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    As the novel A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini came to an end‚ the emotional turmoil never lessened. As both Mariam and Laila’s stories progressed‚ so did the tragic war in Afghanistan. The consistent combat changed both their lives in dramatic ways. I chose this novel due to my cousin being deployed to Afghanistan‚ and I am interested in the culture and daily life of those who live in Afghanistan. Previously‚ I had taken into consideration gender roles. This became a prominent part of

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    World Literature 4 September 12 A Thousand Splendid Suns Essay "Women like us. We endure. It’s all we have." Mariam‚ the child of a wealthy man and his house maid‚ lived by this quote all her life. The quote also applies to Laila‚ a woman who was raised in a modern household with education. An analysis of the hardships of women in Khaled Hosseinim’s‚ A Thousand Splendid Suns‚ would reveal that the injustices of society are coped with differently throughout several generations of women

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    diminished in the society of Taliban authority; they are banned to laugh loudly‚ to play sports‚ to even talk or shake hands with non-mahram males‚ and most importantly to study in schools or any other educational institution. In the novel‚ “A Thousand Splendid Suns”‚ Khaled Hosseni tells the lives of Mariam and Laila‚ presenting the heartbreaking reality of women in Afghanistan. Their story portrays the major issue of oppression of women. The men in Hosseni’s novel portray the extremes of the men in Afghanistan

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    equality in order to achieve a powerful state (O’Neil A-17).” The novel A Thousand Splendid Suns takes place in Afghanistan at a time in its history where fascism had an iron grip on the Afghan people and every aspect of their lives. The author‚ Khaled Hosseini‚ showcases the adverse effects of Afghanistan’s fascist governments. In the book‚ two women named Mariam and Laila fall prey to the fascist regimes in Afghanistan. Hosseini showcases his negative feelings towards fascism all throughout the book

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    The Deliberations: A Thousand Splendid Suns Emerald Shockley I: The Collection – Textual Passages • She turned to Jalil again. "Tell them. Tell them you won’t let them do this." "Actually‚ your father has already given Rasheed his answer‚" Afsoon said. "Rasheed is here‚ in Herat; he has come all the way from Kabul. The nikka will be tomorrow morning‚ and then there is a bus leaving for Kabul at noon." (Hosseini 57) • “You try this again and I will find you. I swear on the Prophet’s name that

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    to believe. At the same time‚ she was a good‚ smart‚ and innocent girl. “A Thousand Splendid Suns” is a bildungsroman. A bildungsroman is “a novel dealing with one person’s formative years or spiritual education.” The author Khaled Hosseini was actually born and raised in Kabul‚ Afghanistan. I will gather the information from the book‚ “How to Read Literature like a Professor” and compare it to‚ “A Thousand Splendid Suns” specifically: Chapter 3‚ “Nice to Eat You: Acts of a Vampire” and compare it

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    Book Review of A Thousand Splendid Suns 17th century Afghanistan poet Saib-e-Tabrizi wrote this commendatory poem after visiting Kabul. ‘Every street of Kabul is enthralling to the eye; Through the bazaars‚ caravans of Egypt pass; One could not count the moons that shimmer on her roofs; And the thousand splendid suns that hide behind her walls.’   In this world there are still many women say that they are suffering unfair treatment and demand for the right to vote‚ the right to manage. But

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    hope‚ strength‚ love and support from my family and friends to stay positive during my long recovery. Many people lose hope and get discouraged easily when life becomes hard‚ however‚ like Mariam and Laila‚ I did not give up. In Khaled Hosseini’s novel A Thousand Splendid Suns‚ Mariam and Laila experience physical and emotional pain. The women live in Kabul under the Taliban with no rights and little freedom. Additionally‚ they are married to an abusive husband named Rasheed. To endure a life with little

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