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In the novel A Thousand Splendid Suns the author, Khaled Hosseini, portrays powerful messages through sophisticated linguistic techniques. He takes advantage of a popular rhetorical device called a Christ figure to strengthen his argument and cement his intended lessons into the reader. Christ figures are not always a mirror image of Christ himself, but do symbolize him in certain aspects. Khaled Hosseini conveys a message of hope in the direst situations through Christ figures such as Mariam, Tariq and Nana.
The author portrays a sense of hope in the most unfavorable circumstances through a Christ figure such as Mariam. As the first wife of an abusive husband she endures through years of loneliness and pain. She resembles a Christ figure …show more content…
The only reason Nana endured was to raise Mariam and prepare her for the real world. Nana gave up everything she knew to teach Mariam the “only one skill a woman needs in life…to endure” (18). Nana sacrifices herself by living in a rugged “kolba” and living in constant agony of seeing Jalil interact with her daughter. Nana also displays her Christ figure traits when she tells Mariam an aphorism. She says, “Like a compass needle that points north, a man’s accusing finger always finds a woman. You remember that, Mariam” (7). Dialogues like this between Nana and Mariam allow Nana to be a savior for Mariam. Eventually, Mariam will need this information to endure and survive in her husband’s hostile company. As Nana teaches Mariam about life as a woman, Mariam’s curiosity of the outside world and hope for what it contains grows. Nana provides Mariam a reason to leave the kolba as she dreads living with her mother and wants to explore the city in hopes of a purposeful future. Hosseini includes Nana as a tragic twist to a Christ Figure to indirectly portray hope in the direst conditions. Khaled Hosseini does not fail to imprint his intended messages in his novel A Thousand Splendid Suns. He conveys an inspiring message of finding hope within the most unfavorable situations through Christ figures. Hosseini uses Mariam and Tariq to inspire hope for Laila and her family while turning Nana into an unusual Christ Figure to keep Mariam’s future dreams strong. The author manages to tell a somber story in a personal fashion which ultimately leaves the reader with a sense of hope at the
In the novel A Thousand Splendid Suns the author, Khaled Hosseini, portrays powerful messages through sophisticated linguistic techniques. He takes advantage of a popular rhetorical device called a Christ figure to strengthen his argument and cement his intended lessons into the reader. Christ figures are not always a mirror image of Christ himself, but do symbolize him in certain aspects. Khaled Hosseini conveys a message of hope in the direst situations through Christ figures such as Mariam, Tariq and Nana.
The author portrays a sense of hope in the most unfavorable circumstances through a Christ figure such as Mariam. As the first wife of an abusive husband she endures through years of loneliness and pain. She resembles a Christ figure …show more content…
The only reason Nana endured was to raise Mariam and prepare her for the real world. Nana gave up everything she knew to teach Mariam the “only one skill a woman needs in life…to endure” (18). Nana sacrifices herself by living in a rugged “kolba” and living in constant agony of seeing Jalil interact with her daughter. Nana also displays her Christ figure traits when she tells Mariam an aphorism. She says, “Like a compass needle that points north, a man’s accusing finger always finds a woman. You remember that, Mariam” (7). Dialogues like this between Nana and Mariam allow Nana to be a savior for Mariam. Eventually, Mariam will need this information to endure and survive in her husband’s hostile company. As Nana teaches Mariam about life as a woman, Mariam’s curiosity of the outside world and hope for what it contains grows. Nana provides Mariam a reason to leave the kolba as she dreads living with her mother and wants to explore the city in hopes of a purposeful future. Hosseini includes Nana as a tragic twist to a Christ Figure to indirectly portray hope in the direst conditions. Khaled Hosseini does not fail to imprint his intended messages in his novel A Thousand Splendid Suns. He conveys an inspiring message of finding hope within the most unfavorable situations through Christ figures. Hosseini uses Mariam and Tariq to inspire hope for Laila and her family while turning Nana into an unusual Christ Figure to keep Mariam’s future dreams strong. The author manages to tell a somber story in a personal fashion which ultimately leaves the reader with a sense of hope at the