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A Thousand Splendid Suns - Coggle Diagram

- - - - Religion
        
        Obedient to the laws of her religion
        
        Prayed every morning
        
        Mullah Faizullah
        
        Encourage Mariam
        
        Mariam saw him as a supportive family member
        
        She felts happy in his presence
        
        She felt at ease when telling him anything
        
        Mariam trusts him with anything
        
        She was obedient to him.
        
        He taught her the Muslim teachings
        
        Mariam remembered the things he taught her
      - Education
        
        Never had a proper education.
        
        She had a lack of general knowledge of the world
        
        Only taught the Muslim teachings and the Koran
      - Family
        
        Nana discouraged her and hated her.
        
        Nana's death made Mariam have so much guilt.
        
        Mariam believed her father loved her so much at the time.
        
        She continued to love her father with all her heart.
        
        Mariam visited her father at his house, knowing that her mother advised her not to.
        
        She is forced to marry Rasheed.
        
        Her views of her father change
        
        Mariam doesn't want to believe anything her father says.
        
        Mariam no longer trusts her father.
        
        Mariam tries her best to forget any memory she had with her father.
        
        Mariam is heartbroken that she devoted all her love to a father that didn't even love her.
    - - Familiar bonds
        
        Laila
        
        Mariam does not at first welcome Laila into her life.
        
        Mariam is very quiet around Laila, after he married her husband.
        
        Mariam was furious when this happened, but she had no control over the situation .
        
        When Laila first stands up for Mariam when Rasheed is hurting her, Mariam begins to set aside her prejudices against Laila
        
        Mariam opens herself up to Laila.
        
        She tells Laila her childhood
        
        She tells Laila about her childhood life.
        
        Trust is beginning to form between Laila and Mariam
        
        Mariam goes against the laws of the Taliban and laws of the Koran to save Laila from dying because of Rasheed's violence
        
        This shows the love Mariam has for Laila, which is like the love a mother has for a child.
        
        This shows that she believes Laila has so much potential and can do more in life
        
        Mariam puts Laila's happiness before her own.
        
        Rasheed
        
        Rasheed is kind and understanding towards Mariam in the beginning.
        
        This makes Mariam feel welcome and put away the guilt she has been feeling
        
        Mariam begins to be optimistic about Rasheed and what the future holds for her .
        
        He becomes more and more demanding.
        
        Mariam disappoints him, by not making good food and producing a child
        
        He begins to show another side of him to Mariam
        
        He begins hitting her and violently harassing her
        
        He calls her a 'Harimi'
        
        This brings back painful memories of Mariam's childhood
        
        This makes Mariam feel small and unwanted.
- - - - Rasheed was her new husband
        
        He caused Laila great pain
        
        He would shout at her in attempt to put her in her place and attempt to make her feel small
        
        Laila would stand up for herself because of the education she had recieved
      - Mariam became a mother figure to Laila
        
        Mariam comforted Laila during difficult times.
        
        Laila put her trust in Mariam
        
        Laila was able to create a bond with Mariam, because they face similar problems
        
        With this bond created, Mariam teaches Laila some prayers and the Koran
        
        Laila was able to gain new undertsanding about the Koran
        
        Begins to understand the sacrifices a mother has to make
    - - Her education was taken away from her
      - The things she learnt in school and from her father were not forgotten
    - - Laila's human rights were stripped away from her
      - Her liberty was taken away from her
        
        "Females may not participate in any activity outside their home unless accompanied by a close male relative as a father, brother or husband" (The Impact of fundamentalism of human rights).
        
        This law that was put in place by the Taliban
        
        This law went against her values
        
        Laila saw men and women as equal as that was she was raised
        
        Laila did not obey this rule and she was greatly punished
        
        She continued disobeying this law knowing the consequences, because her husband did not want to go with her to visit Aziza at the orphanage.
        
        This made Laila acknowledge that gender inequality was taking place
  - - - Education has impacted Laila's youth life in the following ways:
        
        She is able to make wise decision about her future.
        
        Able to understand that women and men should be equal
        
        Knows the laws of the country
    - - War
        
        Separation from her friends
        
        Giti died
        
        This caused Laila great pain and sadness
        
        Hasina was married and moved
        
        Lost contact with her.
        
        Lost someone close to her
        
        Death of Noor and Ahmad
        
        Ahmad and Noor both had a big age gap with Laila , thus having them not have a close relationship
        
        Significantly, Laila didn't feel any sort of deep compassion or sadness.
  - - - The Taliban rules were no longer in place, therefore men and women have equal rights
        
        Laila is free again to do as ever she chooses
    - - He makes her happy, in any way he can.
      - Suppports Laila in every decision she makes
        
        Laila is happy, as she feels she has a partner that treats her as an equal
      - She can depend on him, because of the amount of trust they have in each other.
    - - Laila helps other is need.
        
        Gives children in the orphanage an education
        
        Laila wants her children to have a good education like she did.
    - - She visits Mariams childhood home
        
        Understands the life Mariam lived
        
        In Laila's memory, Mariam will never be forgotten