Life is not easy whatsoever, eventually you will die someday. Live life to the fullest, persevere through every trial and never give up. All people endure their earthly existence differently, some have an easier time enduring life while, on the other hand, other people have an exceedingly tough time. Women in the middle east are a great example of those people that go through life experiencing problematic and painful trials everyday. In Khaled Hosseini´s book A Thousand Splendid Suns, tells us the story of the suffering and day to day life of two struggling women. Mariam and Laila the women referred to in the book. who have little to no freedom in their lives due to the fact they reside within a male dominant community in the middle east. To
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For Mariam and Laila, a connection of love was not present, but later as time went on their bond began to be visible and it grew from then on. ¨They have three cups of tea while they sit there, and then Aziza awakens and begins to cry. Rasheed yells for Laila to come upstairs and shut her up. That’s when “a look passes between Laila and Mariam. An unguarded, knowing look. And in this fleeting, wordless exchange with Mariam, Laila knows that they are not enemies any longer.” (Hosseini 224) During this time those two women realized that they needed to be friends in order to survive. Everyone needs love and compassion to fully endure life. We learn in Hosseini’s words how Mariam never experienced compassion until having an intimate moment with Laila’s baby Aziza. “As soon as she was in Mariam's arms, Aziza's thumb shot into her mouth and she buried her face in Mariam's neck... Mariam had never before been wanted like this. Love had never been declared to her so guilelessly, so unreserved”. (Hosseini 252). This moment makes Mariam want to cry because she did not understand why Aziza would have an interest in her. Mariam suffers from low self esteem due to being tossed around and constantly beat by Rasheed for so long she had no faith in herself, but this moment made a humongous impact in Mariam’s exceedingly trivial …show more content…
“Behind every trial and sorrow that he makes us shoulder, God has a reason” (Hosseini 27). Laila withstood a lot of abuse from Rasheed equivalent to what Mariam went through. Mariam like Laila also depended a great deal on her faith. Mariam had no other choice in the matter because hope was one of the only things she did have. “God’s words will never betray you, my girl” ( Hosseini 16). Mariam has a lot of comfort in knowing that her God would always be there for her to keep peace and health and would invariably forgive her for her
For Mariam and Laila, a connection of love was not present, but later as time went on their bond began to be visible and it grew from then on. ¨They have three cups of tea while they sit there, and then Aziza awakens and begins to cry. Rasheed yells for Laila to come upstairs and shut her up. That’s when “a look passes between Laila and Mariam. An unguarded, knowing look. And in this fleeting, wordless exchange with Mariam, Laila knows that they are not enemies any longer.” (Hosseini 224) During this time those two women realized that they needed to be friends in order to survive. Everyone needs love and compassion to fully endure life. We learn in Hosseini’s words how Mariam never experienced compassion until having an intimate moment with Laila’s baby Aziza. “As soon as she was in Mariam's arms, Aziza's thumb shot into her mouth and she buried her face in Mariam's neck... Mariam had never before been wanted like this. Love had never been declared to her so guilelessly, so unreserved”. (Hosseini 252). This moment makes Mariam want to cry because she did not understand why Aziza would have an interest in her. Mariam suffers from low self esteem due to being tossed around and constantly beat by Rasheed for so long she had no faith in herself, but this moment made a humongous impact in Mariam’s exceedingly trivial …show more content…
“Behind every trial and sorrow that he makes us shoulder, God has a reason” (Hosseini 27). Laila withstood a lot of abuse from Rasheed equivalent to what Mariam went through. Mariam like Laila also depended a great deal on her faith. Mariam had no other choice in the matter because hope was one of the only things she did have. “God’s words will never betray you, my girl” ( Hosseini 16). Mariam has a lot of comfort in knowing that her God would always be there for her to keep peace and health and would invariably forgive her for her