It is safe to say that families have one of the strongest bonds in the world and with that bond comes the great struggles of having to make difficult decisions in order to keep them safe and happy. In his book, And The Mountains Echoed, Khaled Hosseini portrays the emotional theme of sacrifice with a family who would do anything for eachother. The family in this story consists of Saboor and his two children Pari and Abdullah. Saboor is the one who makes the sacrifice that changes the everyone's lives. In his situation desperate times called for desperate measures so he decided to sell his daughter to a wealthy women named Nila in order to have money to support his family. From this moment on nothing was ever the same. Saboor becomes extremely
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Since Saboor sold his daughter for money it shows that he values the lives of his children greatly. He sent Pari off to have a better life living with wealth and also gained money so that his family back home could survive. Unfortunately, he did not consider the amount of sadness he would be causing his poor children at the same time before he made his decision. On the other hand, Pari and Abdullah value each other over everything else. With a bond like theirs it is very hard to forget about one another completely and at the end of the book pari remembers,”A little red wagon with a squeaky wheel…”(246 Hosseini). It is the wagon they used on their trip to sell pari. After this she finally realizes she has a brother. Their bond is what helps them through life and also helps them find their way back to each other at the end. By having this sacrifice so early in the book, it helps to set the main theme. Saboor sacrifice sets the tone of the book helping the other sacrifices all fall into place. This sacrifice shows the extreme levels someone would go to in order to do what they think is right. The book is a very emotional novel that explains just how harsh and rewarding life can be. Sometimes making a sacrifice can cause great pain, but in the end it will all work
Since Saboor sold his daughter for money it shows that he values the lives of his children greatly. He sent Pari off to have a better life living with wealth and also gained money so that his family back home could survive. Unfortunately, he did not consider the amount of sadness he would be causing his poor children at the same time before he made his decision. On the other hand, Pari and Abdullah value each other over everything else. With a bond like theirs it is very hard to forget about one another completely and at the end of the book pari remembers,”A little red wagon with a squeaky wheel…”(246 Hosseini). It is the wagon they used on their trip to sell pari. After this she finally realizes she has a brother. Their bond is what helps them through life and also helps them find their way back to each other at the end. By having this sacrifice so early in the book, it helps to set the main theme. Saboor sacrifice sets the tone of the book helping the other sacrifices all fall into place. This sacrifice shows the extreme levels someone would go to in order to do what they think is right. The book is a very emotional novel that explains just how harsh and rewarding life can be. Sometimes making a sacrifice can cause great pain, but in the end it will all work