A Thousand Splendid Suns

personally endured things from breaking bones to the death of loved ones. Khaled Hosseini portrays many types of endurance on the journey through the two main characters’ lives with the literary devices and word choice he uses in his novel A Thousand Splendid Suns. Both Laila and Mariam, although coming from completely different backgrounds in Afghanistan, find each other with very similar hardships. They survive through unimaginable physical and mental abuse, wars and loss in their lives. They…

Khaled Hosseini’s A Thousand Splendid Suns narrates the lives of two Afghan women through three generations of war and conflict in Afghanistan. At first glance, the novel appears to be a appalling depiction of the injustice and cruelty towards women in Afghan society. However, Hosseini’s message may be far more hopeful than the novel’s grim atmosphere may suggest. A Thousand Splendid Suns depicts the conflict in Afghanistan through the lens of the country’s oppressed women. Yet, the novel…

A thousand Splendid Suns is such great book for people who looking for such uprising beautiful story that deals with sorrow and story that comes together in such an empowerment move for woman out there who deals with these struggles and how this story touched my heart and how amazing these brave woman dealt with everyday and that even the tiniest abusement and torture made them stronger even more. This Story is about a girl named Mariam, grows up outside Herat, a small city in Afghanistan.…

Anyone whose heart strings were pulled by Khaled Hosseini's first, hugely successful novel, The Kite Runner, should read his second book; A Thousand Splendid Suns. This book is the best he has ever written. I guarantee you that you will be more than satisfied, after reading this impressive novel. Hosseini is one of the few writers who has talent when it comes to describing unbearable events, such as violence, misery and abuse. The novel is about two women: Mariam and Laila. They live in a war…

The concept of shelter throughout “A Thousand Splendid Suns” creates a prominent theme that can be visible throughout the novel. Shelter plays an influential role on the characters as well as on their actions. Hosseini diverges the notion of shelter into three subcategories, affecting individuals of the novel physically, mentally and emotionally. Moreover, the theme of shelter seems to provide the characters with a sense of protection from reality as well as from others around them. This…

The novel, “A Thousand Splendid Suns”, by Khaled Hosseini, shows the cultural aspects of religion in many different ways. The novel starts in the 1960’s, outside of Herat, in Afghanistan, where a young girl named Mariam lives. She is one of the main characters of the story along with a girl named Laila. Mariam and Laila are both a generation apart who have formed a strong bond, which brought them together by war, loss and by fate. When Mariam’s mother commits suicide, her father Jalil took her…

The book A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini tells the story of two different women, and how the lives of these two women relate and intertwine. Part two of the novel establishes parallels between the two women, and similarities as well as difference between the two characters are established. Mariam and Laila share the same only-child type of upbringing, both women are influenced by their mother’s behavior, and both women look for protection from men. Laila and Mariam grew up in similar…

‘A Thousand Splendid Suns’ is a beautifully descriptive book about the hardships women face V [Verb Form Error: This verb tense or form is incorrect.] in Afghanistan before, throughout, and after the Afghan war. The author, Khaled Hosseini, describes the abuse towards women through detailed examples that of what the two main characters in the book experience. This essay will discuss how violence towards women is the main theme of the book, [Keren, when we combine sentences using a coordinating…

“Mariam was five years old the first time she heard the word harami.” (Hosseini 2007, p. 1) The opening sentence of Hosseini’s novel A Thousand Splendid Suns already gives the audience a sense of inferiority and cruelty that Mariam experiences in the world, as well as foreshadowing the unfortunate events to come later in the novel. A book that represents the poor treatment of Islamic females in other countries, this is one of Hosseini’s best works; it puts life through the eyes of two girls…

Chapter 1 Introduction The superb instinct for storytelling propelled A Thousand Splendid Suns in becoming a beloved classic by Khaled Hosseini that is a chronicle of 30 years of Afghan history and also deals with story of family, faith, friendship, and salvation in love. Mariam and Laila, the two protagonists with varying generation and ideas about love and family, are brought together by war, caused by loss and fate. The enduring dangers in home and in the streets of Kabul helps to form a bond…