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A Thousand Splendid Sunss
This written assignment is based on Chapter 44 of Khaled Hosseini’s book ‘A Thousand Splendid Suns’. This chapter is about the reunion of Laila and Tariq and it focuses on Tariq’s recounting of his story of his life after he moved to Pakistan. Khaled emphasizes on Tariq’s hardships in the refugee camp and his endeavour trying to find a job in Pakistan. However, Tariq’s emotional fluctuations which are crucial in evaluating his character was not portrayed clearly. Hence, I want to focus on how Tariq feels during the string of events he goes through. The focus of this work is to show Tariq’s emotional and psychological experiences and how he managed to handle those disheartening circumstances. I will do this by choosing a diary entry as the

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