A Thousand Splendid Suns

Khaled Hosseini is a medical doctor, writer, who is well known for his notable works, the “Kite Runner” and “A Thousand Splendid Suns”. He was born in March 4, 1965 in Kabul, Afghanistan in an affluent Wazir Akbar Khan district, and is known as a growing, thriving, cosmopolitan city in which woman and men were regarded as equals (Wikipedia). Hossein’s parents’ were both highly educated: his father worked as a diplomat at the Afghan Foreign Ministry, while his mother was a high school teacher who…

A Thousand Splendid Suns is written by Khaled Hosseini, and it takes place in Afghanistan during the 1900s. The story tells many themes, but the essential theme is about women 's roles in the past decades. The novel identifies Afghanistan women’s lives of suffering disastrous events such as war, protecting family members, and injustice. Mariam was born as an illegitimate child in Herat, and lived with her mother Nana alone for fifteen years. She grew up hearing different stories from both her…

fear? If so, then you know the overwhelming amount of power that fear has upon us. Power is a common theme throughout literature, however, the way power is displayed may differ. Throughout Khaled Hosseini’s books, “The Kite Runner” and “A Thousand Splendid Suns”, the topic of power is shown through fear. In Hosseini’s “The Kite Runner”, fear of humiliation and shame takes away an individuals power. In one of the vilest parts of this novel, Hassan is raped. This sickening act leaves him…

In A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini, Mariam is plagued with an unjust life. Although Mariam was faced with many trials she didn't let her unfortunate circumstances keep her from finding inner peace and justice by the time of her death. In her parents' eyes, Mariam was a filthy harami. Her mother blamed her for their solitude and her father was utterly embarrassed of her. Overall, her childhood was loveless. She looked for affection from parents who weren’t completely there, which…

bombs unceasingly landing around their war torn city. These are some of the many hardships and struggles that Afghanistan women face during their life. A great illustration of their struggles is displayed in a character, Mariam in the book “A Thousand Splendid Suns”. Unlike the women that live with these struggle for their entire life, Mariam learns how to harness the power grown out of her conflicts Mariam has encountered and pushed through during her life. One of the female characters that…

their suffering has been equaled by very few other groups in recent world history.” These are the words of the author of A Thousand Splendid Suns, Khaled Hosseini. Oppression of women is an offense that is common in the country of Afghanistan. Majority of the women in Afghanistan are illiterate and suffer at the hand of the misogynistic culture. A Thousand Splendid Suns is an amalgamation that reveals the tyrannical treatment and degradation of women in Afghanistan. Hosseini wrote the novel…

people, others experience this with groups of people. It is to a great extent that Khaled Hosseini’s ‘A Thousand Splendid Suns’ explores these concepts. Hosseini’s ‘A Thousand Splendid Suns’ examines that the need for an individual to belong with another person can affect interfamilial relationships, especially how that brings about opportunities and disappointments. Hosseini’s ‘A Thousand Splendid Suns’ explores the idea that the need for an individual to belong with another person can affect…

seem to differ from man in mental disposition, chiefly in her greater tenderness and less selfishness...Man... delights in competition, and leads to ambition which passes too easily into selfishness”(Darwin p. 586). In Khaled Hosseini’s, A Thousand Splendid Suns, and Barbara Kingsolver’s, The Bean Trees, women must meet ever-increasing demands and make sacrifices to maintain ties with their children, provide for their husbands, and support each other. The natural state of motherhood is…

customs that characterize one group from another. It is very important to take time to read about and experience cultures that are different than your own. It can help you appreciate that there are more than one way to do things. In the book A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini there were many instances of a culture differences, which shocked me. In the book, Mariam and Laila are two women from Afghanistan that are married to same man, Rasheed. They are bound together by their similar yet…

with the same person.” Although, in male dominated societies, such as those displayed in the novels, Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen and A Thousand Splendid Suns, by Khaled Hosseini, this is usually not the case. The 19th century novel, Pride and Prejudice, is about Elizabeth Bennet and her four sisters navigating English society. A Thousand Splendid Suns is about Afghans, Mariam and Laila, and the female role in modern Afghan society. Even though both stories take place in very different…