A Thousand Splendid Suns Analysis

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Being a parent is something that most people experience, whether they’ve biologically had a child or not. In A Thousand Splendid Suns, Khaled Hosseini, the author, suggests that a parent should be caring, encouraging, loving, and protective. One example that supports Hosseini’s suggestion is the father and daughter relationship between Babi and Laila. I would classify the type of parenting Babi has with Laila as authoritative. As an authoritative parent, Babi encourages Laila to be independent, he supports her, he protects her, he guides her, however, he sets boundaries to help her understand that he is still the parent. One quote from the novel that supports this statement is a quote by Babi on page 149 that says, “You see, some things I can