A Thousand Splendid Suns

Has anything from your past ever come back to haunt your daily life? Well in the novel A Thousand Splendid Suns the author Khaled Hosseini depicts many characters who are impacted from their past and that it takes a toll on how they cope with certain situations and why they do certain things. Some of the characters that have been shaped from their past are Laila, Nana, and Mariam. A character that was shaped by the education and liberal beliefs instilled in her from her parents is Laila. An…

This was very surprising to me. The reason that 98% of rapists will never go to jail is because society will blame the woman for something that was not her fault. Laila and Mariam, two Afghan women who are the main characters in Hosseini’s A Thousand Suns, are victims are both sexual and physical abuse. They are brought together by traumatic events in their lives. They bond over their hatred for Rasheed, their husband. Mariam treats Laila like a daughter because of their significant age…

Kite Runner was published in more than 40 languages(Khaled Hosseini Critical) and sold in more than 7 countries (“Biography-Khaled Hosseini”). Hosseini published The Kite Runner in 2003. It became a worldwide bestseller. Hosseini published A Thousand Splendid Suns in 2007, which became another bestseller. Both of these novels are very well known all around the world (“Biography-Khaled Hosseini”). Hosseini’s third novel, And the Mountains Echoed was published on May 21, 2013. Though most Afghans…

There are a multitude of themes discussed in both The Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns. The shared themes include; Afghani culture and identity, cycle of hope and despair, loyalty and devotion in spite of difficulty, and human capacity for evil. The author of both works, Khaled Hosseini, was able to create two different plots with the above themes included in both. He was able to do this by changing the characters and changing the way the themes were presented. This left many…

stand up against the wrong. A great example of a fictional hero would be Steve Roger in Captain America. He experiences a rough patch in his life but as he gains superficial human powers, he uses them to defeat the villain. In the novel, A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini, the main heroes of the novel are Mariam and Laila. Mariam is one of the protagonists of the novel, who has a troubled childhood but regardless, she is a strong, selfless, and a loving character who is not loved back…

at a work involving the double standards put on women, the feminist perspective uses the conflict approach to examine the reinforcement of gender roles and inequalities, highlighting the role of patriarchy in maintaining the oppression of women. A Thousand…

For example, Mariam had to show strength as a child not to be resentful of her father on the basis of her Nana’s negative attitude towards him ‘his idea of penance’ and Laila had to learn to adjust to life without her family at a young age. This sets the context for where the roots of their inner strength have derived from. Moreover, the mood of the novel is rather negative, as it displays intense agony and sadness which the characters face. Mariam and Laila display how they conquer the…

female sides of his native country, Afghanistan. • He took a trip to Afghanistan. It wasn’t a trip intended to be about “researching a book” but to educate himself on the culture and lives of the people. About a year later, he began to form A Thousand Splendid Suns. He compiled all the stories from the people he visited and tried to create two female leads to reflect the hardships the people face in Afghanistan. • Hosseini was a doctor before he became a writer. Although he doesn’t believe the…

In Khaled Hosseini’s A Thousand Splendid Suns, the protagonist, Mariam, is seen facing the same issues as Medea. Mariam experienced many hardships through her early childhood, urging her to mature and rely on self-dependance. Her mother commits suicide because she ran away from home to be with her wealthy father Jalil, however she was sent back and was traumatized with what her mother had done. Eventually, she was married off to an older man named Rasheed, whose only interest was having a son.…

Others as Kite Runners and a Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini have been my all times preferences. Both these books incorporate life stories in Afghanistan. Ever since I found a passion/habit in reading I have improved my English and recognition of words. Although there is more in the…