Through Mariam's self-sacrifice, she was able to help Laila escape the life of mistreatment and submission. By giving herself up it also sets an example as to why this passage greatly illustrates Mariams defining moment whether through her actions or the deeper meaning behind her words.
In the novel A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaleo Hosseini, Mariam displays herself as an altruistic person showing an illustration of her defining moment by giving herself up for the betterment of Laila and her family.
Laila and Mariam could only take so much; with a fail of an attempt to escape Rasheed. If it's not one thing it's another, but in this case, it was Tariq that caused the gut-wrenching beating that soon followed the death of their “beloved husband”. …show more content…
After Rasheed found out about Laila meeting and having Tariq inside their house he took it upon himself to punish both of them to point where death was near. At this moment Mariam knew she had to make a decision, and fast. Laila’s life was on the line as Rasheed violently attacked Laila, Mariam made her way to the shed to grab a shovel that would soon end his life. This helps show Mariams defining moment because she chose to risk everything to protect Laila and by doing this it shines a new light on the type of person she is and all that time she spent serving him would be for nothing. This is important to Mariam because the Taliban would soon find out what she did and eventually kill her; which leads readers to believe that Mariam is exactly like her mom, selfless and kind-hearted. There was only so much they could do, having a constant war against Rasheed for the smallest of things but as they say “sometimes in war innocent life had to be taken. Her war was against Rasheed”(284). Mariam and Laila were in a constant battle tiptoeing around Rasheed because they knew his anger could get the best of him and whenever it got to that point he would always take his anger out somehow whether it was verbal abuse or physical. There was only so much more than they could take. Mariam was getting old, she gave up happiness when she first married Rasheed but now there was another life on the line, one that she cared about and would do everything in her power to protect their innocent lives.Weeks after the death of Mariam Laila, Tariq, and their family moved to Pakistan and had begun to restart their lives together but Laila would never forget Mariam as her thoughts often drifted to her, but because of Mariams sacrifice Lailas is able to live the life she never thought she would be able to have with her children by her side and her one true love. Aziza frequently asked if her
In the novel A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaleo Hosseini, Mariam displays herself as an altruistic person showing an illustration of her defining moment by giving herself up for the betterment of Laila and her family.
Laila and Mariam could only take so much; with a fail of an attempt to escape Rasheed. If it's not one thing it's another, but in this case, it was Tariq that caused the gut-wrenching beating that soon followed the death of their “beloved husband”. …show more content…
After Rasheed found out about Laila meeting and having Tariq inside their house he took it upon himself to punish both of them to point where death was near. At this moment Mariam knew she had to make a decision, and fast. Laila’s life was on the line as Rasheed violently attacked Laila, Mariam made her way to the shed to grab a shovel that would soon end his life. This helps show Mariams defining moment because she chose to risk everything to protect Laila and by doing this it shines a new light on the type of person she is and all that time she spent serving him would be for nothing. This is important to Mariam because the Taliban would soon find out what she did and eventually kill her; which leads readers to believe that Mariam is exactly like her mom, selfless and kind-hearted. There was only so much they could do, having a constant war against Rasheed for the smallest of things but as they say “sometimes in war innocent life had to be taken. Her war was against Rasheed”(284). Mariam and Laila were in a constant battle tiptoeing around Rasheed because they knew his anger could get the best of him and whenever it got to that point he would always take his anger out somehow whether it was verbal abuse or physical. There was only so much more than they could take. Mariam was getting old, she gave up happiness when she first married Rasheed but now there was another life on the line, one that she cared about and would do everything in her power to protect their innocent lives.Weeks after the death of Mariam Laila, Tariq, and their family moved to Pakistan and had begun to restart their lives together but Laila would never forget Mariam as her thoughts often drifted to her, but because of Mariams sacrifice Lailas is able to live the life she never thought she would be able to have with her children by her side and her one true love. Aziza frequently asked if her