There is an art to getting by and enduring. Whether it’s mental or physical, it takes will to survive and keep moving forward. Not only is endurance difficult by itself, but by adding or subtracting different factors, surviving becomes a difficult struggle. In the novel A Thousand Splendid Suns, the author Khaled Hosseini introduces two characters who suffer, survive, and endure throughout the whole story. Both endure in their own way with different factors and situations. However, when that factor is the lack of freedom and stability, the characters are required to endure. All though it’s a struggle, Mariam and Laila have the right characteristics to endure and move forward. It takes patience, submissiveness, and strength to endure life
