“Learn this now and learn it well. Like a compass facing north, a Man’s accusing finger always finds a woman. Always you remember that”(26). A thousand splendid suns by Khaled Hosseini is a novel set in Afghanistan with two girls Laila and Mariam and their struggle to survive, raise children, and find peace. Hosseini uses setting and plot/conflicts to illustrate the discrimination of women in an Afghan society.
A thousand splendid suns is set in Afghanistan. In an afghan society, women get married at a very young age which limits their opportunities for a higher education and a better future. “But I’ve seen nine-year-old girls given to men twenty years older than your suitor,”(47). Girls as young as nine are taken away from education to get
A thousand splendid suns is set in Afghanistan. In an afghan society, women get married at a very young age which limits their opportunities for a higher education and a better future. “But I’ve seen nine-year-old girls given to men twenty years older than your suitor,”(47). Girls as young as nine are taken away from education to get