A Thousand Splendid Suns

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I chose to read A Thousand Splendid Suns because the title intrigued me and so did the book cover. In A Thousand Splendid Suns, the author Khaled Hosseini, describes the geographic background of Afghanistan and Pakistan during confusing and troubling times for the people living there. The major characters Mariam, Laila, Rasheed, and Tariq each brought their own captivating stories and experiences about how their lives are based on their surroundings and what impacted them both emotionally and physically. The main purpose for these characters having such powerful stories is to create a sense of understanding for the readers of how many people live in Southern Asia. As a geographer I could see, all of the problems in Southern Asia and how it affects every person living there in many different ways. The major economic themes throughout the book where shown when the …show more content…

“the city where Mariam was born, in 1959, had once been the cradle of Persian culture, the home of writers, painters, and Sufis.” (Hosseini 4) Mariam’s birthplace is what created her drive to want to learn about what was happening around her. Where people are born is what shapes them to be certain of who they want to be in life. People’s surroundings are inspiration to achieve what they want. “Yes, modern Afghan women married to modern Afghan men who did not mind that their wives walked among strangers with makeup on their faces and nothing on their heads” (Hosseini 75) Mariam for the first time observes modern women in a modern city. Many women around the world have their own customs due to their surroundings and not all of those customs are forced upon them. Women wear and do what they want in some Southern Asian countries which not many people are aware of. The environment women are in is what can help transform them and their

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