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Different texts portray the theme horror by using contextual visual and literary conventions. Both A Thousand Splendid Suns (2007), by Khaled Hosseini, and Stranger Things (2016), by Matt and Ross Duffer, have the common theme of Horror. However, they employ different techniques in portraying this theme of horror. Horror themed texts create a sense of suspense and fear in the audience by utilizing visual techniques and descriptive language in visual and written texts respectively. This…

Afghanistan Under Taliban Rule: Implications on Women’s Rights and U.S. Foreign Policy Background Throughout history the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan has faced numerous invasions, a series of civil wars and enormous bloodshed. In 1978 the People’s Democratic Party of Afghanistan seized power in a coup against President Mohamed Daoud in what is known as the Saur Revolution . This revolution is said to be the catalyst for upheaval and armed resistance that would follow for the next 20 years.…

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they hit the age of puberty. According to an article in the Quran-Islam website it states that in some cases, girls as young as six are to wear them in order to prepare themselves for the adult life. The Afghan burqa, which is enforced by the Taliban, is known to be the most extreme burqa in the Islam religion. It is full body, loose clothing that covers everything including the face, being covered only with a grille for woman to look through. Pondering on the thought of how hot middle eastern…

forces, first the Soviets and then the various ethnic factions, then the Taliban; that have strip-mined the country of its soul and its humanity. Thirty years of war have succeeded in eliminating all rights for women, forcing them out of jobs and into burqas, closing schools for girls and making them dependent on the mercy of men for…

(AGG) Everybody lives under different sets of rules, some easy to follow and others that break people down and try to make them “perfect” or try to make the people live in fear like the Taliban’s laws. (BS-1) The Taliban have taken away almost all of women’s freedom, restricting them to either stay in the house or go out only in the accompany of a close male relative. (BS-2) Women also have no access to education, although boys don’t have the best education either. (BS-3) Harsh…

There are similarities and differences between the Taliban and the Nazis. They both did harmful stuff to citizens in their countries like Pakistan and Germany that have been through alot in history. There have been good things and there have been been bad things in these countries. To start off, Hitler and Fazlullah have similarities and differences about both of them rising to power in p Pakistan and Germany. A similarity between these both is that Fazlullah and Hitler were unknown at that…

Does A Thousand Splendid Suns Portray Domestic Abuse In Afghanistan Accurately? Domestic abuse is a problem that occurs in many different countries, and with all types of people. The problem is when abuse is not seen as a problem in certain countries, along with not being addressed. Domestic abuse is very prominent in the book A Thousand Splendid Suns and is a large part of the book. The book portrays domestic abuse in Afghanistan accurately. Domestic abuse is more common in women and…

FEMINIST APPROACH IN ‘FOR THE LOVE OF A SON’ Feminism is not about making women stronger, women are already strong. It's about changing the way the world sees that strength. We ask justice, we ask equality, we ask that all civil and political rights granted to men, be guaranteed to women as well. Feminist approach focuses on analyzing gender inequality. Some of the main issues which come under this are discrimination, sexual objection, oppression and patriarchy. As men do not hold every…

Throughout the book, family and friends did many sacrifices and jeopardized their lives for each other. An example is when Paravana ran away from the taliban. She showed courage because if the taliban caught up to her she could have faced twice the consequences or worse. Another example is when Mrs.Weera decided to walk home with Parvana because if the taliban would have noticed them both of them would have gotten punished because Parvana wasn't covered completely. Also when Parvana found Homa…