Category: A Thousand Splendid Suns

Gender equality is the longest war that ladies have been battling and still are for an extended time. Women in Afghanistan have been experiencing gender equality issues in its extreme frame for ages caused by traditions and cultures along with caste and religion. Khaled Hosseinis, A Thousand Splendid Suns clearly illustrates the predicament of women…

Through a study of Alice Walker’s novel, The Color Purple, this paper is going to talk about those black women who have traveled a long journey from suffering male dominance, to rebellion against its conventions, and to creating their freedom. Alice Walker’s The Color Purple was written in 1982, in an epistolary form. She has…

A Thousand Splendid Suns Dialectical Journal 1 Pages 1-73 In the story, A Thousand Splendid Suns Khaled Hosseini tells a depressing story that follows Mariam, an accident of a rich businessman and his servants affair. Mariam lives just outside Herat with her bitter mother, Nana in a divided family where she is visited by her…

This narrative is about a girl named Mariam who lives in Afghanistan in the early 1960s. Throughout her life, there have been many ups and downs. She has to live with her mother Nana, while her father is a successful and rich entrepreneur named Jalil. Mariam despises the fact that she doesn’t get to live…

In the book A Thousand Splendid Suns written by Khaled Hosseini, in part three of the book, the attention turns back to Mariam’s point of view, in which she and Rasheed take care of Laila. Laila was rescued by Rasheed who found her in the rubble and saved her life. Later on, Rasheed decides to…

A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini is a novel that reveals a society that objectifies women, deprives them of basic human rights, and glorifies hegemonic masculinity (Carrigan) in Afghan society. Hosseini was born in Afghanistan but sought asylum in the US as a child. He chose to highlight some grave issues that have enveloped…

A Thousand Splendid Suns is a novel written by Khaled Hosseini. In 2007, the year of its release, the book has already taken the attention of many by becoming number #1 New York Times bestseller. The story is about 2 young girls, Mariam and Laila, having to deal with their cursed fate. The story takes…

Miriam is a fifteen-year-old Afghani girl who has had a troubled upbringing. Mariams mother, Nana, was a housekeeper for a very wealthy man named Jalil. Nana became pregnant with Jalils baby, Miriam, and has suffered great shame. She and Mariam had to move out of town into a very small cottage, away from Jalil and…

Following Hosseinis original best-selling novel The Kite Runner, a novel exploring the journey of self-discovery of a young boy named Amir, A Thousand Splendid Suns pictures the stories of Mariam and Laila, two young women who live in the country of women and face heavy discrimination for being women throughout the novel. The country of…

For years, sociologists have been developing various theories as to when and how an individual becomes an adult. In sociology, the topic of adulthood is very contradictory, as it can be perceived in different ways. Many sociologists believe that an individual must face psychological, biological, cultural-sociological, and environmental factors that will influence a person’s development.…