![]() The story title “a thousand splendid suns” is symbolic of Mariam, which captures her morals of looking out for her family. Throughout Mariam life she’s constantly betrayed by the men in her society, however when Laila joins the family she forms a close friendship which leads to Mariam sacrificing herself to save Laila “Mariam is in Laila’s own heart, where she shines with the bursting radiance of a thousand splendid suns”. Hosseni’s intended purpose was to show “a story that transports, characters who engage, and a sense of illumination, of having been transformed somehow by the experiences of the characters and to walk away with a sense of empathy for Afghans”. ” The audience is reading from a third person’s perspective which is shown through the repetition “they” which creates distance with the audience and empathises with Laila. This is illustrated through the truncated sentences when mammy grieves over her son Noor “it was something to see, And Noor. ![]() Laila’s mother is all consumed with love for her sons, but cannot give the same attention to her daughter. ![]()
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