Women have had to struggle and work hard to prove themselves and while some countries have move forward with the issue regarding women’s rights, many have moved backward. A Thousand Splendid Suns, a novel by Khaled Hosseini, is set in the late 20th century and focuses on Afghan society under different regimes. The novel follows the life of two Afghan women, Laila and Mariam, who have had extremely different upbringings and views on life. Through this novel, we see how these different mindsets react to the restrictions and laws put into motion, under the Taliban regime. The Taliban was a strict regime that took over Afghanistan in the late 90’s. They were a religious group that made laws and regulation according the the Quran. This extremist
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Women were to follow the Taliban law, and stay at home at all times. Women were not allowed to wander the street or walk around under any circumstances. They must only leave the house in extremely dire situations with the accompaniment of a male relative. If women were caught alone on the street they would be beaten and then sent home. Women were also prohibited from running away or leaving their husbands or family members, no matter what the circumstances were. The portrayal of these laws can be seen when Laila and Mariam, along with Aziza try to escape from Rasheed and his abuse towards them. They all plan to board a bus with the assistance kind man who offers to let Mariam, Laila and Aziza be a part of his family until they leave Afghanistan, since travelling without a male relative is illegal. The man however, turns Laila, Mariam and Aziza into the authorities who are then escorted out of the bus and led to the police station near by where the policeman explains the law to them, “You do realize, hamshira, that it is a crime for a woman to run away. We see a lot of it. Women travelling alone, claiming their husbands have died. Sometimes they’re telling the truth, most times not. You can be imprisoned for running away”(265). This situation shows how tied down and restricted women were under the Taliban regime. Women in the USA, on the other hand were allowed to travel and wander wherever they
Women were to follow the Taliban law, and stay at home at all times. Women were not allowed to wander the street or walk around under any circumstances. They must only leave the house in extremely dire situations with the accompaniment of a male relative. If women were caught alone on the street they would be beaten and then sent home. Women were also prohibited from running away or leaving their husbands or family members, no matter what the circumstances were. The portrayal of these laws can be seen when Laila and Mariam, along with Aziza try to escape from Rasheed and his abuse towards them. They all plan to board a bus with the assistance kind man who offers to let Mariam, Laila and Aziza be a part of his family until they leave Afghanistan, since travelling without a male relative is illegal. The man however, turns Laila, Mariam and Aziza into the authorities who are then escorted out of the bus and led to the police station near by where the policeman explains the law to them, “You do realize, hamshira, that it is a crime for a woman to run away. We see a lot of it. Women travelling alone, claiming their husbands have died. Sometimes they’re telling the truth, most times not. You can be imprisoned for running away”(265). This situation shows how tied down and restricted women were under the Taliban regime. Women in the USA, on the other hand were allowed to travel and wander wherever they