The Thousand Splendid Suns Analysis

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"Significance of all these Chronotopes” on at least four different levels: (1) they have narrative, plot-generating significance; (2) they have representational significance; (3) they “provide the basis for distinguishing generic types”7; and (4) they have semantic significance" (Bemong 5-6) The different levels of the chronotopic elements cast light on different levels. First, the narrative technique used by the writer. In his writing, Hosseini uses the technique of an ominous writer, the third person narration. Secondly, the plot-generation is acreative task of the writer to create coherent flow of thoughts which tends to be the basic unit of a plot in the fiction or any form of writing. Thirdly, the elements help in representing …show more content…

For example, this thesis focuses on tracing of the life of the character of Mariam, the protagonist of The Thousand Splendid Suns written by Khaled Hosseini. This theory may lead upto a lot of newer tracking in the other end of the line. For it can also be used to track, the chronological order in which, the writer created the whole plot with the new elements when it comes to the fictions. This helps in analyzing the ways of creating a work of art by the writer. This can also help to trace down the life of the writer and find out the autobiographical elements added in the fiction. These elements are to be inspected to find out whether they are in the same order as it had happened to the writer in the lifetime or to find the misplacement of events and know the reasons why the author decided to do …show more content…

She is an illegitimate child. Her mother was a servant at the home of a rich man named Jalil. He took advantage of Nana. When Nana grew pregnant and the news leaked to the world outside, he sent Nana out of his house. He made arrangements for her and the child on the top of a mountain and took care of their needs. He visits them every Thursday and tells stories to Mariam which are mostly composed of lies that raise the expectations of the little girl. He is conscious on keeping the girl from the rest of his children. Nana on the other hand loves Mariam but fails to sugar-coat her words instead she speaks plainly and bitterly. Nana says ""Mariam, was an illegitimate person who would never have legitimate claim to the things other people had such as love, family, home, acceptance" (Hosseini 4). To Jalil's wives she was a walking evidence of their