A Thousand Splendid Sun's Tone Analysis

This passage provides a pessimistic tone, as Mariam's mother tells her all women can do in their world is “endure” when at the hands of men. Nana, Mariam’s mother, sets the tone for all the book, as she claims that their is no good from being a girl, all it brings is hardship. Khaled Hosseini epitomizes his tone through the character Nana, as she herself has faced nothing but despair and disappointment throughout her life. She then has an epiphany, believing that her fate will be the same for every girl in her society, and even her own daughter would have no escape. She however, was correct, her daughter faced many hardships: from losing her mother, being abandoned by her father, and forced to marry an abusive husband. All throughout the book, …show more content…
He critiques their way of doing, and believes they should exit his country and give them back their sovereignty. He was even fired from being a teacher after the communists took control. Ironically, he praises their policies on education, especially those on the education for women. Despite having all these grievances against the soviets, he gives them props towards something he himself is passionate about. One would assume that an anti communist, like Babi, would go against every decision they make. However, he understands the importance of education for both men and women, especially in a country filled with …show more content…
In the novel, Babi, recollects this very line of the poem when reminiscing about what his country used to be. This is ironic, however, because the book is named A Thousand Splendid Suns, taking place in a war torn Afghanistan, in which such beauty does not exist. From totalitarian rulers, to whole massacres, the remnants of what their country once was has been left in ruin by war. This demonstrates irony as Afghanistan epitomizes the cruelties this world has to offer, rather than showing the beauties the poem