A Thousand Splendid Suns Culture Essay

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Culture in Afghanistan The focus of this paper is to review the culture of Afghanistan, as well as, the micro-cultures which exist where they learn to live in conflict and in harmony, through power distance where there they experience uncertainty avoidance, prejudice, and discrimination throughout the story of “A Thousand Splendid Suns” and its two main characters. You will see how the women’s depend on each other as they form a relationship that gives them the will to fight to protect one another and their children from the great power distance which exists in their culture. Collectivism “A Thousand Splendid Suns” is a story which takes place in Afghanistan beginning in the 1960s, in the city of Herat. The nation is in constant conflict …show more content…

Her lower class status was only lifted slightly. Her husband expressed power over her by enforcing her to adhere to the laws of where he lived. Her husband, Rasheed explained his demand, “But I’m a different breed of man, Mariam. Where I come from, one wrong look, one improper word, and blood is spilled. Where I come from, a women’s face is her husband’s business only”. (chapter 10). She was forced to wear a burqa. She had no say in where she would go, because she could not leave the home without her husband. Mariam’s life did not allow her any indulgence and it seemed she allowed herself to live this life partly as a punishment since she felt responsible for her mother killing …show more content…

The women depended on each other as they formed a relationship that gave them the will to fight to protect one another and their children from the great power distance which exists in their culture. I think it is a tragedy for the Afghan people to exist in such civil unrest where hierarchy determines their station in life and where women, even today, continue to be discriminated against and experience gender based abuse so men can continue to be in

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