Women In A Thousand Splendid Suns

In the fictional novel “A Thousand Splendid Suns” Khaled Hosseini is exemplary in depicting the constant fighting of individuals for the throne of Afghanistan such as the Talibans to demonstrate how their takeover contributed to the overall treatment of the women. Such circumstance contributes to the overall message of the novel by portraying the hardships of afghan women as well as their oppression from the outside world that led to many women to withstand such injustice and depend on each other to survive such horrendous treatment.

Throughout the novel Mariam and Laila are told many things in regards to the role of women, the restrictions imposed on them, and what they must do and can’t do. In one occasion Mariam’s mother speaks out …show more content…
Illuminating how the restraints imposed by the taliban and other rulers made women suffer drastically with no signs of seeing freedom from such pain and distraught. Later throughout the book as Laila, Tariq, and Hakim made their way to this monument the taxi driver held a conversation with them, “That, my young friends, is the story of our country, one invader after another…. Macedonians. Sassanians. Arabs. Mongols. Now the Soviets. But we’re like those walls up there. Battered, and nothing pretty to look at, but still standing. Isn’t that the truth, badar?” These words are spoken by the taxi driver who takes Laila, Tariq, and Hakim to the ancient fortress of Shahr-e-Zohak. They provide a sense of Afghanistan’s long history of conflict, as well as its status in regards to the freedom of women. Not only does he provide how invader after invader afghanistan witnesses but also is excellent in comparing themselves to those walls due to the fact that they are also mistreated by the injustice imposed by these invaders and can’t fight back without a repercussion being dealt back to you. He also highlights how no one seems to pay attention to the mistreatment of the afghans but them themselves still keep on hanging on despite no