Mariam: Depressed After She Has the First Miscarriage

Thesis:

Women in the Middle East have very hard lives; they can be extremely difficult and unrewarding. In the book “A thousand Splendid Suns”, Mariam and Laila are both women who grow up in the Middle East; they come from different backgrounds, but end up going through parallel situations. Mariam and Laila both endure troublesome and cruel life experiences in their life in similar and different ways. Their approaches towards the situations that are in front of them, even when things are looking grim for, they both are able to find the positives in situations.

Same:

Have restrictions of freedom

Family:

Mariam: Has to do the majority of the work around the house because her mother doesn't want to

Laila: had to do a lot of work around the house once her brothers die in the war and her mother begins to lose mental and physical health

Different:

Respond to pain

Mariam: depressed after she has the first miscarriage

Family

Mariam: Was a child born because her father had intercourse with one of his servants. Father (Jalil) sent them to live in an isolated house away from town and away from people that would see the “mistake” that Jalil had created. Mother did not think that an education was important for women and their primary duty was to tend to the house

Laila: Born into a normal family with a mother, father, and brothers. She was taught that education was very imprtant

Marriage:

Mariam: Forced into a marriage by Jalil’s wives

Thesis:

Women in the Middle East have very hard lives; they can be extremely difficult and unrewarding. In the book “A thousand Splendid Suns”, Mariam and Laila are both women who grow up in the Middle East; they come from different backgrounds, but end up going through parallel situations. Mariam and Laila both endure troublesome and cruel life experiences in their life in similar and different ways. Their approaches towards the situations that are in front of them, even when things are looking grim for, they both are able to find the positives in situations.

Same:

Have restrictions of freedom

Family:

Mariam: Has to do the majority of the work around the house because her mother doesn't want to

Laila: had to do a lot of work around the house once her brothers die in the war and her mother begins to lose mental and physical health

Different:

Respond to pain

Mariam: depressed after she has the first miscarriage

Family

Mariam: Was a child born because her father had intercourse with one of his servants. Father (Jalil) sent them to live in an isolated house away from town and away from people that would see the “mistake” that Jalil had created. Mother did not think that an education