Hosseini's Treatment Of Women Analysis

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Discrimination; the unjust treatment of categories of people especially on the grounds of race, age, or sex. Author Khaled Hosseini wrote a story of two Afghan women from two very different backgrounds, one very abusive, the other supportive. The women are brought together by the turmoil in Afghanistan brought by war. Hosseini proves that the systematic discrimination and victimization of women is unjust and leads to demise through the use of characterization, plot, and setting.
Hosseini develops the characters in a such a way that gives the readers insight into what is really happening. Abusive husband Rasheed states, “Now you know what you’ve given me in this marriage. Bad food and nothing else” (104). Protagonist Mariam is doing everything she can to try and please Rasheed, but he responds very negatively because she can’t have a baby. This negativity is highly …show more content…

Rasheed states to Mariam, “Where I come from, a woman’s face is her husband’s busines only” (70). Mariam not standing against this statement made by Rasheed shows how normal it is in this area for women to be treated like they are an item. It is tradition in this area of the world for women to be under complete control of men. Hosseini using the setting to reveal this helps show how much of an issue this is. Rasheed reassures Laila that Mariam won’t care that he sold her wedding bands in order to buy Laila’s engagement ring. But Laila is uncomfortable with it as Rasheed insists (217). Wedding bands are sacred in this region of the world and it is very insulting to sell or lose them. Rasheed doing this to Mariam is very disrespectful. If it didn't happen in this particular setting, it wouldn't have had as big of an impact. Without the setting, the events that take place would have been very out of place and would have take away from the theme. Hosseini is very strategic with the choices he

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