Living in a country where everyday it is considered lucky to rise and see the sun due to frequent bombing everyday can make life extremely precious. But, when one also has a severely abusive significant other, it becomes even more delicate to survive the night when one’s every move is looked down upon, to see if the person is “worthy” of their supposed lovers approval. This is what happens to Mariam and Laila in the novel A Thousand Splendid Suns written by Khaled Hosseini. In the novel, Hoseeni uses imagery and tone to highlight the mistreatment of two women, Ultimately illustrating how strong one can be persevering through an abusive relationship.
In the beginning of the novel, the first interactions that Mariam has is with her own mother
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Before Mariam decides to venture off to her father’s home, Nana whines “ Of all the daughter’s I could have had, why did God give me an ungrateful one like you? Everything I endured for you! How dare you! How dare you abandon me like this you treacherous little Harami!”(27). This evidence showcases how manipulative Nana could be towards Mariam due to the hate for her father Jalil whom Mariam adorns. Consequently, since then tone portrays that Nana has resentment towards her own daughter, it also becomes clear that Mariam’s love for her father is the root of this hatred. Therefore, it also express that one may feel extreme resentment towards one person, due to the fact that the person potentially has done the wrong in the past and still holds a grudge against them for unestablished reasons. After a failed attempt of going to live with Jailil, Mariam returns to her kolba where Nana was wondering “How would she apologize?” or