A Thousands Splendid Suns Theme

A Thousand Splendid Suns

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           A Thousand Splendid Suns explains the value of friendship. The two protagonists have such a great friendship that they will do anything for each other. Hosseini makes a good job presenting the theme perfectly by combining the theme with the story flawlessly.

         

          Friendship is part of the human life. We all got a least one friend. But friendship can also develops into something more, sometimes as close as a family relation. Hosseini introduces the theme very well. He starts off with two women that have different backgrounds. One is called Mariam the other one is called Laila. Mariam is an illegitimate child of a rich Herat businessman, while Laila is the educated daughter from a Kabul family. Mariam was married of to an abusive husband called Rasheed. After a lot of things happen Laila is married off to Rasheed too. This is when the theme is introduced. Mariam has a dislike on Laila at first. But after seeing that they have the same bad fate, they start to become friends. Then one day Rasheed is doing his usual beating on his wife, both of the women stand up a kills him. Mariam seeing her friendship with Laila tells her to escape Afghanistan to escape the crime. Mariam stood for Laila and was executed.

         In conclusion, friendship is a powerful thing. We should all value friendship. As Hosseini trying to tell us friendship is hard to get, but the reward is overwhelming. Friend can be from different background or race. We humans have the emotion ability to have friend. So valuing a friend is like valuing a family.