Powerful woman, there are many; A Thousand Splendid Suns written by Khaled, Hosseini is a book shared by two main characters, Mariam and Laila. The first part of the book is all about Mariam's desire to live with her father but her father almost sometimes seems to turn Mariam away. When Mariams desire gets out of hand her mother could not take it any more and hung herself only for Mariam to find when she returned home. Later on Mariam gets married and is treated horribly by her husband Rasheed. Which brings us to the next part of the book about Laila. Laila lives with her brothers and parents. When war breaks out in Kabul, Afghanistan which is where they live her brother go and have to fight the war and soon die. Soon her crush and best friend
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For example Miriam was going to kill Rasheed when she found “ she turned it so the sharp edge were vertical, and, as she did, it occurred to her but this was the first time deciding course of her life for the first time.”(341) this helps prove my thesis by saying that for such a long time she was controlled by Rasheed and others until she became strong enough to make her own life decisions. the way Mariam with able to leave her horrible life was a great step to another level of how powerful she was. From the book A Thousand Splendid Suns We found from the reason why she was not able to make her own decisions until the moment she was strong enough, a reason why she was not strong enough to stand for herself was because of her life with Rasheed. One of Rasheeds actions were, “ His powerful hands clasped her jaw. He shoved two fingers into her mouth and pried it open, then forced the cold, hard pebbles into it. Mariam struggled against him mumbling, but he kept pushing the pebbles in, and his upper lip soon turned into a sneer.”(102) This quote helped prove my thesis because Miriam was soon able to rise up against Rasheed and his wicked
For example Miriam was going to kill Rasheed when she found “ she turned it so the sharp edge were vertical, and, as she did, it occurred to her but this was the first time deciding course of her life for the first time.”(341) this helps prove my thesis by saying that for such a long time she was controlled by Rasheed and others until she became strong enough to make her own life decisions. the way Mariam with able to leave her horrible life was a great step to another level of how powerful she was. From the book A Thousand Splendid Suns We found from the reason why she was not able to make her own decisions until the moment she was strong enough, a reason why she was not strong enough to stand for herself was because of her life with Rasheed. One of Rasheeds actions were, “ His powerful hands clasped her jaw. He shoved two fingers into her mouth and pried it open, then forced the cold, hard pebbles into it. Mariam struggled against him mumbling, but he kept pushing the pebbles in, and his upper lip soon turned into a sneer.”(102) This quote helped prove my thesis because Miriam was soon able to rise up against Rasheed and his wicked