A Thousand Splendid Suns Essay
A Thousand Splendid Suns Theme
Poverty
Most of Afghanistan is overwhelmed in poverty. Many people live in dirt floored huts and have very limited resources. Only the rich in this country have all of the westernized luxuries available to them such as cars, well built homes, servants, etc. Mariam has suffered from a life of poverty at the beginning of the story. After Rasheed’s store burns down, he and his family suffer the obstacles of poverty. They had to sell everything they had in order to make ends meet. Rasheed couldn’t find a job and was fired from two restaurants. The amount of food they had begun to run out and the family is forced to skip meals often. Rasheed also takes up stealing food, but even that won’t help them escape from …show more content…
The two face an abusive husband together. Then when Rasheed threatens to kill Laila, Mariam rescues her and accepts her fate of execution as his murderer.
Adversity
The theme of (misfortune or suffering) is dominant in A Thousand Splendid Suns. Women are mostly the victims of adversity in the novel. Mariam and Laila are forced to marry Rasheed because they have no other alternative. Also, they are both the victim of his various abuses in the novel. Hosseini demonstrates how these misfortunes shaped and built up their character to feel safe, be defensive, and form a strong bond with each other. It is seen how the adversities suffered by Mariam and Laila helped to shape and build their characters. When Mariam marries Rasheed, he buys her a burqa, symbolizing the start of an oppressive marriage. Rasheed feels it is necessary for Mariam to be completely covered up in order to control her. Mariam has no choice but to obey him and wear the Burqa, finding it uncomfortable at first when she wears the burqa but later adapts to it. Rasheed does not like the fact that Laila gives birth to a baby girl. He dislikes the fact that the girl is disturbing his peace in the house, so he yells at Laila about
Poverty
Most of Afghanistan is overwhelmed in poverty. Many people live in dirt floored huts and have very limited resources. Only the rich in this country have all of the westernized luxuries available to them such as cars, well built homes, servants, etc. Mariam has suffered from a life of poverty at the beginning of the story. After Rasheed’s store burns down, he and his family suffer the obstacles of poverty. They had to sell everything they had in order to make ends meet. Rasheed couldn’t find a job and was fired from two restaurants. The amount of food they had begun to run out and the family is forced to skip meals often. Rasheed also takes up stealing food, but even that won’t help them escape from …show more content…
The two face an abusive husband together. Then when Rasheed threatens to kill Laila, Mariam rescues her and accepts her fate of execution as his murderer.
Adversity
The theme of (misfortune or suffering) is dominant in A Thousand Splendid Suns. Women are mostly the victims of adversity in the novel. Mariam and Laila are forced to marry Rasheed because they have no other alternative. Also, they are both the victim of his various abuses in the novel. Hosseini demonstrates how these misfortunes shaped and built up their character to feel safe, be defensive, and form a strong bond with each other. It is seen how the adversities suffered by Mariam and Laila helped to shape and build their characters. When Mariam marries Rasheed, he buys her a burqa, symbolizing the start of an oppressive marriage. Rasheed feels it is necessary for Mariam to be completely covered up in order to control her. Mariam has no choice but to obey him and wear the Burqa, finding it uncomfortable at first when she wears the burqa but later adapts to it. Rasheed does not like the fact that Laila gives birth to a baby girl. He dislikes the fact that the girl is disturbing his peace in the house, so he yells at Laila about