Khaled Hosseini shows the dangers of patriarchy through the use of ‘a compass needle ’ as a simile, and that women are vital in a society through the use of ‘the rock in the riverbed’ as a simile, and ‘a thousand splendid suns’ as a metaphor. Firstly, Nana tells five-year old Mariam what she sees as the hardest truth of life for a woman in their society. After telling Mariam about the way Jalil had wronged her, Nana shares this pearl of wisdom with her daughter: “…Like a compass needle that points
The characters in “The Night” and “A Thousand Splendid Suns”, both displayed their lives through the theme of silence, identity and faith. “The Night”, dealt with the tragedy of the holocaust as it slowly butchered the innocent lives of individuals; whereas “A Thousand Splendid Suns”, strategically based the novel off of two women, Laila and Mariam, who eventually intertwined together to proceed a normal life. The characters in both the novels, intended on seeking for a whole new world with an improved
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Elimination of Violence Against Women, noted that this violence is a manifestation of historically unequal power relations between men and women. Besides that, the Taliban’s policy also caused the distinct separation between man and woman. In A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini it shows that
depicting it. Hosseini was born in Kabul, Afghanistan and his books are highly influenced by the prolonged cruel and inequitable system in Afghanistan, where gender injustice towards women still exists. Khalad Hosseini’s second novel, “A Thousand Splendid suns”, which sold over four million copies and was on the New York times best selling list for 103 weeks , is about the discrimination against women mainly the two main characters: Mariam and Laila. These two women are intertwined by love, loss