A few years ago, my uncle Jack passed away from a heart condition at age 80. I was crying through the funeral, I was feeling sad and hopeless that I would loose someone else close to me again, but what I learned in the end was that I had love, hope and plenty of friends to comfort me in my struggles. I know I will be ok when I had these things in my life, and the reason is that I can count on them to help me. I get love from my family, hope that he is in a better place and friendship to support me in what I was going through. In Khaled Hosseini’s novel A Thousand Splendid Suns, the author explains two characters Laila and Mariam that have been through the struggles and have the same feelings as I do. Love, hope, and friendship. Not to mention …show more content…
the struggles they face in Afghanistan and face times of hardship. They both have something in common they both lost someone close to them, In life people can endure by love, hope, and having friends. True endurance can be achieved by friendship, the way that Laila and Mariam have each other to look after during their struggles with Rasheed, and the relations with Laila and Tariq. After Laila refused to have sex with Rasheed he goes over and beats Mariam because he thinks that she has something to do with it, Laila goes after him and tries to stop him. “let go!” to which Laila replies, “you win. You win. Don’t do this please, Rasheed, no beating! please don’t do this.” Rasheed finally replied, “I’m on to you both, I won’t be made a ahmaq, a fool, in my own house.” (Hosseini 241). It almost started with a beating, however Laila intervenes and defends Mariam because she knows that she has been through a lot with Rasheed, and the struggles she had with him. Laila and Tariq show a friendship in the book and toward the end they become more than that. When Laila visited Tariq at home and they were having a fun game of chess, while they were playing they were have a friendly argument “You're envious” Mariam replied “of what?” “of my masculine smarts.” Your masculine smarts, really? tell me who wins at chess?” “ I let you win!” (Hosseini 132). The relation between Laila and Tariq is like brother and sister kinda friendship, it has a strong connection. Hope is talked a lot in this book, some can hope for the best others can hope in the end it tragic ending.
That’s what Mariam and Laila have to endure is to have hope. Mariam was with fellow named Mullah Faizullah and she was telling him that Nana would not let her go to school, however she thinks it would be an amazing experience, “ I mean a real school, akhund sahib. Like a classroom. Like my father’s other kids.” Mullah replies “Is this what you want?” “yes.” (Hosseini 17-18). She want to be like the other kids who have the chance to go to a public school, however Nana refuses because she thinks that the only skill Mariam need to know is how to endure life. Hope can happen after a bad thing has happen. When Laila and Mariam are planning to escape from Rasheed's house to find a better life, and so that Laila can be with Tariq. “We’ll leave in half and hour.” Mariam asked “Do you see anyone?” “ I’m looking.” (Hosseini 258). When they escaped Rasheed's house they finally have hope for a better future, it’s all based on who to trust and who should we …show more content…
avoid. Endurance can be achieved by having love for each other and support.
With Mariam and Laila’s character they experienced love and friendship that they brought with them in the end. After mariam killed Rasheed it almost felt like a great weight has been lifted, that she saved Laila from Rasheed choking her and almost killing her. “Laila crawled to her and again put her head on Mariam's lap. She remembered all the afternoons they'd spent together, braiding each other's hair, Mariam listening patiently to her random thought and ordinary stories with an air of gratitude, with the expression of a person to whom a unique and coveted privilege had been extended.” (Hosseini 358). Throughout the story we see both the characters evolved into strong women and that they only had each other to look after. Laila’s connection with Tarq is truely love there's nothing else to explain them in one words. When Tariq was talking to Laila he admittedly said that he want to marry her. “Let me marry you Laila. Today. We could get married today. I’ll ask Kaka Hakim for you hand. He’ll give us his blessing, Laila I know it.” (Hosseini 184). Tariq does want to spend the rest of his life with Laila, in the end she does want to be with him rather than being with
Rasheed. Isn’t obvious that no matter how much we have terrible times in our lives, we have a way to bounce back and endure then with the friends, family, and even hope. As human beings we could count on all 3 or even more thing that can help us endure hardship, because life can be hard it can be a struggle to get back up and move forward, to start a new life ahead. In order to get what endurance takes think back of what Laila and Mariam went through to get where they are now, think of how hard it was to adapt a civil life with the marriage and the abuse to the pregancys and betrayl. we never have it this hard and lets hope that we never will.
In the Lilies of the Field by William E. Barrett, Homer and Mother Maria both display straightforward, hardworking, and stubborn character traits. Firstly, Homer and Mother Maria both display a straightforward personality by being brutally honest about their opinions. For example, when Mother Maria asks Homer to build a chapel, Homer speaks his mind by telling her he does not want to build it. Mother Maria shows her straightforward behavior during Homer’s stay at the convent. One morning, when Homer sleeps in late, Mother to becomes extremely upset and is not afraid to show how she feels about him. Secondly, both Homer and Mother Maria display a hardworking spirit. Homer is a hardworking man because after finally agreeing to build the chapel,
In these five paragraphs I will be writing about the book “Hotel on the Corner of Sweet and Bitter” written by Jamie Ford and five quotation that important and made up the theme for me. This book gives a feel a lot of different emotions. The first quote was “‘You are Chinese aren’t you,Henry? That’s fine. Be who you are, she said, turning away, a look of disappointment in her eyes. “But I’m an American’’(p. 60). This quote is important because it shows how Keiko believes even if her parents are Japanese she feels more American then Japanese since she barely spoke Japanese.
Summer at Devon is easygoing as teachers mellow out and the rule enforcement dwindles, such carefree behavior represents childhood; Devon’s winter session is ultimately more strict and level, emphasizing the mood in adulthood. As the sun shines bright, tension unravels and everyone at Devon loosens up including the teachers as Gene explains on page 23, “Now on these clear June days in New Hampshire they appeared to uncoil, they seemed to believe that we were with them about half of the time, and only spent the other half trying to makes fools of them.” The summer days are filled with happy-go-lucky antics that seem to come with no serious consequence; exactly how a young child would spend everyday of his life as a youthful boy. There is no
AP English Literature and Composition MAJOR WORKS DATA SHEET Title: A Raisin In the Sun Author: Lorraine Hansberry Date of Publication: 1951 Genre: Realistic Drama Biographical Information about the Author Lorraine Hansberry was born in Chicago on May 19, 1930. She grew up as the youngest in her family. Her mother was a teacher and her father was a real estate broker.
Facing the loss of loved ones and the doubt put against ability is hard to deal with.. According to Linda Sue Park’s book, , in chapter 11 page 65-66 it says, “Marial was gone. Uncle was gone too, murdered by those Nuer men...” This quote explains this because even from the beginning of the book Salva has to deal with
The sentiment from Laila’s childhood, that people should not have more children if they have already given all of their love to their other children, informs her reaction to becoming pregnant with Rasheed’s child because she was worried that she would repeat history by not loving Rasheed’s child as much as she loved Tariq’s. Laila did not feel that her mother loved her as much as she loved her brothers. She felt as if her mother had no love to give her because she had already given it all away to her two sons. When Laila became aware that she was pregnant with Rasheed’s child, she contemplated killing it inside the womb because she did not believe that she could love
In the dystopian novel of The Brief and Frightening Reign of Phil, the theme is Loss of love. Loss of love is both demonstrated inside the novel and as well it is presented in the real world life where real humans live in. Who knew that in a fiction novel it can seem so real as these situations that are happening in the novel were not made up and were real things happening to the Characters. Just like these situations happening in the novel they are actually happening in the real world today. Loss of love occurs in the novel of The Brief and Frightening Reign of Phil through three influential characters; Inner Horinters, Phil, and Carol. The fictional representation of loss is similar to real life situations such as Undocumented Immigrants
From start to finish, one could see how much Mariam values Laila, Aziza, and their friendship. The first example is when Mariam vows to help Laila while they are in the hospital for Laila’s unborn child: “I’ll get you seen, Laila jo. I promise” (287). This simple promise is a deep portrayal of Mariam’s desire to help Laila find a doctor and deliver her baby. Additionally, one can see Mariam’s love for Laila when she protects her from Rasheed’s grip of death, “‘Rasheed.’ He looked up. Mariam swung. She hit him across the temple. The blow knocked him off Laila” (348). Rasheed was going to kill Laila, but Mariam steps in and knocks him off of her with a shovel to save her life. Mariam forms a tight-knit bond with Laila, and when Hosseini includes their relationship, one can see how Mariam values Laila enough to kill another man. The author also describes their relationship after Mariam and Laila discuss plans for leaving: “When they do, they’ll find you as guilty as me. Tariq too. I won’t have the two of you living on the run like fugitives.” … “Laila crawled to her and again put her head on Mariam’s lap. She remembered all the afternoons they’d spent together, braiding each other’s hair, Mariam listening patiently to her random thoughts and ordinary stories with an air of gratitude, with the expression of a person to whom a unique and coveted privilege had been extended” (358). The love Mariam has for
The polish activist, Irena Sendler. once observed, ¨People can be only divided into good and bad; their race, religion, nationality don´t matter¨ (Sendler). Is it really possible to draw a demarcation line between people and divide them into good or bad? This kind of either-or thinking begs the question whether there might be other categories of individuals that overlap each other in term of personality and defy such simplistic definition as good or bad. The novel All The Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr is a fitting example of fiction to discuss the difference between polarized characters.
Hope can decide whether Mariam lives or dies each and every day. Hope keeps Mariam alive.“Laila has moved on. Because in the end she knows that’s all she can do. That and hope.”(pg 401) Even though Laila has already lost so much, her father and mother and almost lost the love of her life, she keeps on. She continues to wanting to make a difference all because of hope. Hope that she could do something good in this world of bad, with Rasheed and the war. Mariam has a much different interpretation of hope because her whole life she has has to endure.Mariam was taught from a young age to not have hope from her own mother. But when Mariam finds Laila beneath the rubble, she finds hope. Mariam saw Laila as a way to make a change for the better in her life of let-downs. If she can save Laila and her baby, her life was worth enduring all those years with Rasheed and the culba. “But the naming game involves only male names, because if it’s a girl, Laila has already named her.”(pg 367) This quote represents how Mariams hope in saving Laila and her baby(s) has paid off. In result of Mariam having hope that Laila and her will someday find reconciliation in their lives of hardship. Even though Mariam dies for the death of Rasheed, she still lives on like “A thousand splendid suns”(pg 313).
The Chosen by Chaim Potok is a phenomenal novel about two Jewish boys who live in two very discrepant worlds because of the impressions of their fathers.The Hasidic Rabbi, Reb Saunders wants his son, Danny Saunders, to perdure the family legacy and become a Rabbi. Mr. Malter, Reuven’s father, is an Orthodox Jew who is easy going about what he wants his son to do. Throughout the book, both Reuven and Danny face problems and sufferings that helped them both to become stronger and get through the hard times they faced.
The play “A Raisin in the Sun” by Lorraine Hansberry has many interesting characters. In my opinion, the most fascinating character is Ruth because of her many emotions and captivating personality. She goes through extreme emotions in the play such as happiness, sadness, anger, stress, and confusion. Ruth is very independent, firm, kind, witty, and loving.
Mariam is the one who must endure for her whole life. She is a Harami, she “killed” her mother, and now, by killing Rasheed, she also takes Zalmai’s farther away. She may choose to suicide like Nana, her mother did. Mariam talk to Laila: “I’ve killed our husband. I’ve deprived your son of his father… How do I ever bring myself to look at him. Laila jo?” (Hosseini 358). After all, Mariam has to endure that much, how can she continue to endure the rest of her life? But, in another hand, Mariam knows she has her own value, she is the one who full of love and also being loved, so she would do something better than suicide. Mariam say: “ For me, it ends here. There’s nothing more I want… You and your children have made me so very happy” (Hosseini 358). With Mariam, there is no regret if she leaves this world. Mariam sacrifices herself to bring more loves, hopes to Laila and the children in order to endure.
It is expected that within a span of four years drastic changes can occur to any person. An example of such case is our experience throughout four years of high school or college; it is a time in which each obstacle that we surpass will become an experience that builds character. We have all left our childhood behind, but we have yet to taste the full essence of adulthood. Within these years of being cast astray to find our own paths, it is common for us students to experience regular episodes of anxiety, stress, and crippling self-doubt.
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind dramatizes the destruction of a relationship through personality differences. The director, Michel Gondry, alludes to relationship struggles, by stitching together a not so spotless tale of the mind searching for love and ultimately eternal happiness. Clementine Kruczynski first meet’s Joel Barish at a friend’s party, seemingly the only two awkward people eating separately from the bunch. Joel instantly notices Ms. Kruczynski for her tangerine colored hoodie. Gondry thus indicates that color, especially when related to Clementine, plays an intimate role in her personality structure, and her relationship Joel. At the party conversation strangely flows between Joel