The book A Thousand Splendid Suns presents an alternative view of the American approach of marriage. In the American culture, people meet, fall in love, and then proceed to get married. In the book, love has no value in the act of getting married. Women are treated like property and are given to the man that the family believes is suitable. The American approach gives the couple time to learn each other's interests, thoughts, and feelings on the matters of life. It also gives them the time to discover the personality of that person and the positive and negative traits of that person. In the book, Rasheed and Mariam meet together for the first time before the ceremony and then are married. They have no chance of getting to know each other or
