A Thousand Splendid Suns is a historical fiction novel published by Khaled Hosseini in 2007. In the novel, Khaled Hosseini emphasizes the vicious acts of cruelty and punishment bestowed upon Afghan people, particularly children and the women of the households. This book will change your perspective of life and how you view it and the people around you. In this novel , Hosseini helps the people who are outside of Afghanistan acknowledge and be aware of the treacherous events and despair that takes place inside of Afghanistan. Can you imagine you no longer being an outsider? Once you step inside the life of a “harami”,you’ll never be the same with your new insight.
The story starts with two interchangeable characters, Laila and Mariam. Similar in many ways, both of these women are introduced in the novel as young children. …show more content…
In A Thousand Splendid Suns Hosseini exemplifies many different types of realism through parenting styles, he expertly did because most of us can relate to having diverse parents. In the novel, Laila’s father, Babi is characterized as an indulgent parent. This is made clear when he says, “I know you’re still young, but I want you to understand and learn this now,” he said. “Marriage can wait, education cannot.” This clearly explains the motives of Babi trying to have a positive influence on Laila’s life. Another type of parenting style in the novel was neglect, this was exemplified by the character of Laila’s mother, Fariba. This is exemplified when Hosseini says “After school since Mammy doesn’t show up, Laila walks home with her classmates Giti and Hasina. This leads us to think that Mammy isn’t really concerned about what’s going on in Laila’s life at this point in time. Moreover, Khaled Hosseini expresses the illusion of what the expected exemplary and non- exemplary parents are and the impact it can have on a child’s
The story starts with two interchangeable characters, Laila and Mariam. Similar in many ways, both of these women are introduced in the novel as young children. …show more content…
In A Thousand Splendid Suns Hosseini exemplifies many different types of realism through parenting styles, he expertly did because most of us can relate to having diverse parents. In the novel, Laila’s father, Babi is characterized as an indulgent parent. This is made clear when he says, “I know you’re still young, but I want you to understand and learn this now,” he said. “Marriage can wait, education cannot.” This clearly explains the motives of Babi trying to have a positive influence on Laila’s life. Another type of parenting style in the novel was neglect, this was exemplified by the character of Laila’s mother, Fariba. This is exemplified when Hosseini says “After school since Mammy doesn’t show up, Laila walks home with her classmates Giti and Hasina. This leads us to think that Mammy isn’t really concerned about what’s going on in Laila’s life at this point in time. Moreover, Khaled Hosseini expresses the illusion of what the expected exemplary and non- exemplary parents are and the impact it can have on a child’s