1000 Splendid Suns Analysis

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Mitchell Moore Summer Assignments A Thousand Splendid Suns 1. Setting A Thousand Splendid Suns takes place in several cities throughout different parts of Afghanistan Such as Heart, and Kabul. This story starts in the Late 1950’s and comes to a conclusion in April of 2003. This was a time of great turmoil in Afghanistan, with the war against soviets, internal conflicts and power struggles with leaders and rebel groups, and later the war with America. These struggles were not only political but also personal. Housseine portrays a story of oppression and hope through the eyes of two women in the war scared country. 2. Characters Mariam- “Mariam knew that life had for the most part been unkind to her. But as she walked her final twenty paces, she could not help but wish for more of it” (Pg. 370) This Quote represents that life had been in fact unkind to her, but she never gave up. Through all the beatings, all the death and destruction around her, she had persevered through it all. She was a tough women that sacrificed all she had for the freedom and safety of Laila, Aziza, and Zalmai, The only true family she ever really had. Rasheed- “You try this again and I will find you… and, when I do, there isn’t a court in this godforsaken country that will hold me accountable for what I will do.” (Pg. 272) Rasheed was a brutal abusive husband that believed in the very strict Islamic rules for women. Perhaps his brutality came from all the sorrow in his life, such as his son tragically drowning or his wife dying, but whatever the reason Rasheed was a controlling bitter man. Babi- “Babi had made it clear to Laila from a young age that the most important thing in his life, after her safety, was her schooling.” This quote represents how he taught Laila about the importance of
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