Thousand Splendid Suns Book Talk A Thousand Splendid Suns, the second realistic fiction novel by Khaled Hosseini takes place in Afghanistan from the year 1974, to the year 2003. In this novel, the reader follows Mariam and Laila’s journey growing up and dealing with the hardships, while learning about the Afghan’s way of life and culture. And you accompany Laila and Mariam through their lives together. Mariam is nearly two decades older than Laila, Laila grew up in a loving family in Kabul, and Mariam was brought up as an illegitimate child by her mother. Because of the losses they endure and the struggles they face together with their abusive husband Rasheed, they end up becoming closer than sisters. Their love for each other leads
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Laila is Fambria’s daughter and her upbringing could not be more different than Mariam’s. She had a mother and father, who put education before everything. Laila enters the story when she is nine years old, and she is able to go to school while the Soviets are in control of Kabul. Laila’s best friend is Tariq who is two years older than her and they grew up together. As they got older, they started to like each other romantically.When Laila was fourteen Tariq told her that his family was moving away, he wants her to come with them, but Laila knows that she has to stay with her family because her parents need her. Kabul had become very unsafe and she had to drop out of school, so her dad was teaching her at home When a tragedy strikes on Laila's life, she eventually, marries Rasheed because she has no other choice. Through Laila’s
Rasheed is a shoemaker from Kabul who marries Mariam. He had a wife before Mariam and they had a son together, but the wife died during childbirth, and Rasheed’s son drowned when he was a young child. When he is forty five he married fifteen year old Mariam, and when he is sixty three he marries a fourteen year old Laila. He is abusive and often beats his wives. Rasheed is very conservative and makes his wives wear
Laila is Fambria’s daughter and her upbringing could not be more different than Mariam’s. She had a mother and father, who put education before everything. Laila enters the story when she is nine years old, and she is able to go to school while the Soviets are in control of Kabul. Laila’s best friend is Tariq who is two years older than her and they grew up together. As they got older, they started to like each other romantically.When Laila was fourteen Tariq told her that his family was moving away, he wants her to come with them, but Laila knows that she has to stay with her family because her parents need her. Kabul had become very unsafe and she had to drop out of school, so her dad was teaching her at home When a tragedy strikes on Laila's life, she eventually, marries Rasheed because she has no other choice. Through Laila’s
Rasheed is a shoemaker from Kabul who marries Mariam. He had a wife before Mariam and they had a son together, but the wife died during childbirth, and Rasheed’s son drowned when he was a young child. When he is forty five he married fifteen year old Mariam, and when he is sixty three he marries a fourteen year old Laila. He is abusive and often beats his wives. Rasheed is very conservative and makes his wives wear