71 pages 2 hours read

Khaled Hosseini

A Thousand Splendid Suns

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

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Essay Topics

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What is the role of childhood in the novel? To what extent are Laila and Mariam’s adulthood experiences shaped by their childhoods?

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To what extent do the changes in Afghanistan’s political regimes affect Mariam and Laila?

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“‘Like a compass needle that points north, a man’s accusing finger always finds a woman,’” Nana tells Mariam in her girlhood (7). How do Mariam and Laila encounter misogyny, and how successful are they in confronting it?