Category: A Thousand Splendid Suns

Genesis 30:1-3 states, ‘And Rachel said, Behold my maid Bilhah, go in unto her; and she shall bear upon my knees, that I may also have children by her.’ Taking a handmaid or a second wife can be seen throughout many religions. In the Bible, Rachel, the wife of Jacob, gives her handmaid Bilhah to…

Dystopian Societies and Female Oppression: An Overview The protagonists in both The Handmaids Tale by Margaret Atwood and A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khalid Hosseini suffer in the societies in which they exist. Similarly, the theme of religious oppression underpins the suffering of the female protagonists in both the fictitious, dystopian society of Gilead in…

An author uses literary devices to improve the value and the meaning behind their story. Symbolism is often utilized to represent an idea, and can take different forms. Usually it is an object that represents another by giving it a much deeper meaning and value than what it really is. Us readers use symbolism while…

With reference to wider reading, explore and compare Margaret Atwood and Khaled Hosseinis sociological representation of religion and its impact on womens treatment in The Handmaids Tale and A Thousand Splendid Suns. In both texts, A Thousand Splendid Suns and The Handmaids Tale, both writers explore the exploitation and mistreatment of women for the benefit…

Introduction The novel A Thousand Splendid Suns, written by an Afghan-American author Khaled Hosseini and published in 2007, deals with the themes of redemption and friendship depicted in various parts of the novel. A Thousand Splendid Suns is an impressive, heart-wrenching novel of an unforgiving time, an unlikely friendship, and an indestructible love. Moreover, the…

The purpose of this study to reveal the main characteristics of women, that how women are oppressed in our society and how they are facing challenge daily in their personal and professional life. According to the novel of Husseini, he declares the real version of women and portray the story that how the two characters…

The role of women in Afghanistan is an unjust and unreasonable position in which they are continuously denied many freedoms and rights. The women in the story engage reader’s interest and feelings; their personalities are almost real and existent. It is amazing that Hosseini, a man, could have so much insight into the feelings of…

Introduction A Thousand Splendid Suns is a work of realistic fiction based on Khaled Hosseinis trip to Afghanistan. The story is set in Afghanistan between the early 1960s and early 2000s and features two main protagonists. The first is Mariam, a quite, thoughtful child at the start of the book. Born out of wedlock to…

Postcolonial studies an emerging and interesting field of academic study that deals with colonialism and imperialism basically the cultural legacy of both and in particular focuses on the human consequences of the controlled and exploited colonized people and their resources and property. The Imperial powers is critically and theoretically analysed through this. The study is…

Major characters in A Thousand Splendid Suns are Mariam, Laila, Rasheed, and Tariq. Secondary and supporting characters can be seen in this book as the parents, friends, and children of our main characters. Mariam is the first main character that we get to know in the book. Her beginning story is that of an illegitimate…