A Thousand Splendid Suns Essay

Through the unlikely forces of friendship, abuse and loss of two Afghan women, they are transformed into a story of love, sacrifice and hope. Mary began her life in a mud kolba, an Afghan for a hut, filled with bitter bitterness, anger and defeat. Born of Harami, or nothum, as he was constantly reminded by Nana, his only source of comfort was the rite of Jupiter’s meeting with the affluents and acquaintances of Jalil’s father. They made such excursions with the man that she affection and beautiful gifts allowed Mary to cope with her mother’s constant negative criticism. the men of Afghanistan and Mary herself. As Nana only protects her daughter from the evils of a world that treats women as property, her often harsh expressions are like “Like a compass needle that points north, a man’s accusing finger always finds a woman.” He tempted Mary to dare. his father’s house. (7) When Nana proved Jalil’s unbelieving beliefs correct, Mary was devastated that Nana had proven her father’s negative beliefs correct. Before he could return to his hut, however, he saw his mother’s body hanging from a tree. And when he had no way to go out, he found himself a guest again in his father’s house. Because she was the only harami, she was treated differently than many of Jalil’s other children, and before long a marriage was arranged between her and Rasheed, a stable tailor who also experienced the loss of his family. The marriage soon became one of power and authority for Rasheed. Mary meekly yielded to frequent and inhumane beatings, which came after a badly cooked meal, a violent day at work, or Mary’s inability to bear a child. Early dreams of escaping the house of strife and despair magnified to pure terror and helplessness. When Mary was fitting her new traditional Afghan clothes to her wife, a young girl was being raised just a few doors away. He was quite different from what Mary was used to. Laila’s parents loved to be respected, and the mother mourned the death of both children, but often losing her daughter, she was never abused. Absent from Mary’s lack of education, he attended school and excelled and was an avid reader. Her father often told her, “When the war is over, Afghanistan needs you as much as men, maybe even more. Because society has no chance if its women are without the uneducated Laila” (114) Besides. having a loving family, she was also loved by her friend Tariq, who eventually fell in love with her. . Tariq was forced to leave with his family in Pakistan just months before a bomb exploded in Laila’s house, leaving them both. An orphan and a refugee. Rasheed went against Mary’s will and took a second wife after Laila nursed him back to health and staged Tariq’s death. Laila had passed off as Rasheed’s own. Khaled Hosseini men strangle abusive men in Afghanistan with Rasheed who have women. He beat both wives cruelly to death. Places such as “He threw Laila against the wall, repeatedly hit her with the belt, hitting her chest with his shoulder, lifting her shoulders, her fingers, drawing blood wherever she hit.” As a reader, you are almost physically sick to live with each act of cruelty. (346) Oppression and domination was poured out not only on Rasheed, but on the whole earth. Mariam and Laila risked the time they stepped foot outside the modest house and their faces were missing the cover all the time. As the war unfolded, the two more fiercely invaded senses. Their friendship developed into a family feeling, neither of them ever had a mother daughter relationship. This love was proven when Maria sacrificed her own life by killing her husband to give Laila a chance for happiness and freedom. Knowing that no matter how terrible Rasheed had done, the culture would denounce her, Mary knew that her life would die regardless of her actions.
“He thought of his entry into this world, the haram of a lowly peasant boy, a miserable, lamentable accident of an unknown thing. Greenness. And yet here he was leaving the world as a woman who had loved and had been loved. He was leaving a friend, a companion, and a guardian.
Although Mary had lived a hard life, he was able to transform her into a purposeful life, just like the one who made life because of her last display of love, Laila could have a happy future, loved and respected by Tariq and his children in a place where a woman was not bound by the bonds of society.