“Pride and Prejudice” by Jane Austen, “Thousand Splendid Suns” by Khaled Hosseini, “How to kill a Mockingbird” by Harper Lee, “Sugar” by Bernice L. McFadden and “The Other Side of the Bridge” by Mary Lawson are five different books, where the plots are set in the 1800’s or 1960’s. Each book has a struggle the character must overcome, but the main character (s)’s family or friends had an influence on how their life goes. Since, a family had a major role in every main character (s)’s decision the associated theme is family.
The theme family was displayed in“How to kill a Mockingbird” by Harper Lee when the Finches have different meanings about who and what is family. For example, ‘Atticus 's voice was even: "Alexandra, Calpurnia 's not leaving …show more content…
For example, “She understood what Nana meant, that a harami was an unwanted thing; that she, Mariam, was an illegitimate person who would never have legitimate claim to the things other people had, things such as love, family, home, acceptance.” (1.1.6). Mariam was not raised in a good home because her parents ' relationship was forbidden and she was an accident. Knowing she is unwanted she realizes the family life is not for her. However, the older Mariam realizes family is worth everything regardless if others are getting harmed. This is proven when Mariam thinks to herself “Leaving Afghanistan had been unthinkable to her while Ahmad and Noor were still alive. Now that they were Shaheed, packing up and running was […] a betrayal, a disavowal of the sacrifice her sons had made.” (2.21.56). Even if her faithfulness to her family (sons) is acquiring pain for everyone around her, the love for her sons is stronger than anybody else is feelings which puts everyone at risk. Therefore, the associated theme is family because Mariam strives to have acceptance from their family and tries to keep her own little family …show more content…
From this day you must be a stranger to one of your parents. Your mother will never see you again if you do not marry Mr. Collins, and I will never see you again if you do." (18.20). This show, families do not always agree about everything and the consequences for those disagreements could end severely. The theme is shown again when Elizabeth realizes nobody is prefect even her own family. This point is proven by this quote “But she had never felt so strongly as now the disadvantages which must attend the children of so unsuitable marriage, nor ever been so fully aware of the evils arising from so ill-judged a direction of talents; talents, which, rightly used, might at least have preserved the respectability of his daughters, even if incapable of enlarging the mind of his wife.” (42.3). Therefore, the associated theme is family because Elizabeth is noticing for the first time that her parents are not as “impressive” as she always believed and disagreement is common in the family.
The theme family was displayed in“How to kill a Mockingbird” by Harper Lee when the Finches have different meanings about who and what is family. For example, ‘Atticus 's voice was even: "Alexandra, Calpurnia 's not leaving …show more content…
For example, “She understood what Nana meant, that a harami was an unwanted thing; that she, Mariam, was an illegitimate person who would never have legitimate claim to the things other people had, things such as love, family, home, acceptance.” (1.1.6). Mariam was not raised in a good home because her parents ' relationship was forbidden and she was an accident. Knowing she is unwanted she realizes the family life is not for her. However, the older Mariam realizes family is worth everything regardless if others are getting harmed. This is proven when Mariam thinks to herself “Leaving Afghanistan had been unthinkable to her while Ahmad and Noor were still alive. Now that they were Shaheed, packing up and running was […] a betrayal, a disavowal of the sacrifice her sons had made.” (2.21.56). Even if her faithfulness to her family (sons) is acquiring pain for everyone around her, the love for her sons is stronger than anybody else is feelings which puts everyone at risk. Therefore, the associated theme is family because Mariam strives to have acceptance from their family and tries to keep her own little family …show more content…
From this day you must be a stranger to one of your parents. Your mother will never see you again if you do not marry Mr. Collins, and I will never see you again if you do." (18.20). This show, families do not always agree about everything and the consequences for those disagreements could end severely. The theme is shown again when Elizabeth realizes nobody is prefect even her own family. This point is proven by this quote “But she had never felt so strongly as now the disadvantages which must attend the children of so unsuitable marriage, nor ever been so fully aware of the evils arising from so ill-judged a direction of talents; talents, which, rightly used, might at least have preserved the respectability of his daughters, even if incapable of enlarging the mind of his wife.” (42.3). Therefore, the associated theme is family because Elizabeth is noticing for the first time that her parents are not as “impressive” as she always believed and disagreement is common in the family.