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A Thousand Splendid Suns - Coggle Diagram
A Thousand Splendid Suns
Mariam
Youth
Mariam got married at the age of 15, this is common in many traditions in Afghanistan
Mariam could no longer bear with her mother's rules and insults and fled her house and went to her father's (Jalil) house at the age of 15 and Nana commmits suicide. This incident left Mariam in despair and anguish.
Adulthood
Mariam has had a sense of rejection all her life until she Aziza and Laila come around. Aziza and Laila make Mariam feel loved.
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Mariam not being unable to give birth after trying many times made her miserable similar to the feeling she had when Nana passed away.
Rasheed
Rasheed valued his son Zalmai, when Mariam accidentally dropped him when he was a baby Rasheed punched her
When Mariam was unable to give birth and when Laila gave birth to a girl his attitude changed and he became more hostile.
When Mariam was pregnant, Rasheed was excited, since his first son passed away
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Laila
Youth
With the death of Laila’s brothers Ahmad and Noor, Laila’s mother on thought about them and that made Laila feel a sense of isolation
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“Because a society has no chance of success if its women are uneducated, Laila No Chance.” Growing up Laila was told education was important, she was also surrounded by people who value education, her father told her to follow her dreams.
Adulthood
Laila stood up for Mariam when Rasheed was going to beat Mariam, this eased tension between the two women
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Tariq
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When Laila has a problem Tariq does what he can to resolve the problem - When Laila told him about what the boy did to her, he went to beat the boy with his prothetic leg.
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