t wasn’t easy tolerating him talking this way to her, to bear his scorn, his ridicule, his insults, his walking past her like she was nothing but a house cat. But after four years of marriage, Mariam saw clearly how much a woman could tolerate when she was afraid.” (pg64). In the story A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini, he touches base with how life really is like in the Middle East and other countries. One topic that he touches on is Sexual Exploitation and Child Marriage.…
A Thousand Splendid Suns is the story of two girls, Miriam and Laila and the struggles they endure during their lives. The book takes place in modern day Afghanistan, focusing on Miriam. Miriam's mother commits suicide and Miriam has to live with a man named Jalil. Jalil comes off as a nice guy but ends up ruining her life. He forces her to get married to a shoe maker named Rasheed at the young age of fifteen. Miriam, from the start, is not fond of Rasheed and is actually frightened of him. Throughout their marriage, Miriam ends up having six miscarriages, and it does not make Rasheed happy. Laila is introduced as a young girl and develops a strong friendship with a boy named Tariq. This friendship turns into something much more, and they are…
The novel tells us, of the endurance that women must possess in order to survive, but also the love and sacrificial relationship that Laila and Mariam develop together. The novel depicts the destruction of Afghanistan in terms of culture and…
In the beginning of the characters’ stories, Mariam and Laila mutually cope with inner hindrances implicating adoration, obligation, and liberty. For Mariam,…
Part two of A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini brought very subtle emotions to my recognition. The author proposes Laila as a charming individual who is surrounded by Kabul’s everyday interactions. It stunned me how contrasting Laila’s life was then Mariam. Laila seemed to live adjacent to the city where she has access to modern day beliefs and technologies. As opposed to Mariam, she lived in the more rural area where she tended to many animals,”(find a quote on Mariam feeding chickens.) The areas in which both characters live reveal their distinctive personalities. Laila suffers neglect from her mother, “Mammy lay in bed most days, She wore black. She picked at her hair at her hair and gnawed on the mole below her lip (Hosseini 141).”…
Besides physical abuse women also take a toll when they go through life uneducated. In the novel, Mariam and Laila are fortunate to receive some form of education. Mariam was tutored by Mullah Faizullah in the Quran and as a result learned to read and write. Mariam had aspirations of going to a real school but Nana rejected the idea. She said that…
“An heirloom-breaking, clumsy little harami” (Hosseini 4), sets the tone for the beginning of Mariam’s life throughout the novel A Thousand Splendid Suns. Many women are mistreated throughout the novel, but Mariam’s childhood is much tougher because she is a harami, or “bastard child”. Mariam tries to find emotional and physical shelter in her lifetime, but struggles to find it. In the beginning of her life she can’t find emotional shelter from her mother, Nana, so she tries to find shelter from her father, Jalil, but can’t find a connection. She then was forced to marry Rasheed, but can only find physical shelter in him. Later in the novel, she becomes friends with Laila, Rasheed’s second wife, and things start to change for her and she starts to feel wanted when Aziza wants to be held by her.…
“Hope is the only thing stronger than fear” is a quote said by one of the characters in the 2012 major motion picture The Hunger Games. This quote is true for humanity as having hope is much more beneficial than having fear because fear sets you back, whereas hope drives you forward. Also, this quote proves to be relevant in the novel A Thousand Splendid Suns written by Khaled Hosseini. Throughout his novel, Hosseini exemplifies how Mariam, Laila, and Aziza each provide a sense of hope for each other and he explores the ways in which human relationships can shape one’s future.…
Over the years, women’s rights have lessened in the Muslim society after the Taliban took over. For example, things like laughing, singing, writing, even having an education was all forbidden (Hosseini, 248). A Thousand Splendid Suns written by Khaled Hosseini, is a prime example of this, telling the lives of two women, Mariam and Laila and their tragic story of shame, pride and oppression. This story portrays inequality, poor education and child marriage in poorer countries. In A Thousand Splendid Suns by Hosseini, women are portrayed as being abused in their arranged marriages and the passive status of women in the Afghan society to achieve the freedom of their life, as well as others women.…
I would like to present my paper on Cognitive theory and use of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in Bipolar Disorder. The project will show efficacy of Cognitive Behavioral therapy in treating Depression. Cognitive theory was originated by Aaron Temkin Beck (b.1921) .A.T. Beck`s Pioneering research established efficacy of cognitive therapy for depression. He has successfully applied cognitive therapy to depression, generalised anxiety and panic disorders, marital and relationship problems, psychotic disorders and personality disorders. (Corey, G., 2013).He has developed assessment scales for depression, suicide risk, anxiety, self-concept, and personality. Cognitive behavioral therapy and its efficacy in Bipolar disorder and Depression is the topic of the paper.…
The writing is an analysis of two learning theories practiced in modern day nursing: behavioral theory and cognitive theory. Both the theories are widely used by nurses to guide patients in modern day health care. The assignment reflects on cognitive theory as the better of the two for guiding patients on how to overcome health issues. The assignment is based on McEwen and Wills chapter 16 reading.…
Edward, L., Hopgood, J., Rosenberg, K., & Rush, K. (n.d.). Piaget 's Stages of Cognitive Development. Retrieved from Stages of Development: http://ehlt.flinders.edu.au/education/DLiT/2000/Piaget/stages.htm…
Child observed is male, four years and one month, he is the youngest child out of five sisters, and he comes from a single parent family, his primary carer being his mother.…
Cognitive anthropology is an idealist approach to studying the human condition. The field of cognitive anthropology focuses on the study of the relation between human culture and human thought. In contrast with some earlier anthropological approaches to culture, cultures are not regarded as material phenomena, but rather cognitive organizations of material phenomena (Tyler 1969:3). Cognitive anthropologists study how people understand and organize the material objects, events, and experiences that make up their world as the people they study perceive it. It is an approach that stresses how people make sense of reality according to their own indigenous cognitive categories, not those of the anthropologist. Cognitive anthropology posits that each culture orders events, material life and ideas, to its own criteria. The fundamental aim of cognitive anthropology is to reliably represent the logical systems of thought of other people according to criteria, which can be discovered and replicated through analysis.…
An exceedingly strong need to achieve, as opposed to a need to be liked, or to exercise power.…