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Themes
Students may explore the following themes while reading the novel:
Man’s inhumanity to man
Systematic victimization of women by patriarchal
Institutions
Spousal abuse
Resistance to victimization• Power of education• Education for women
Corrupting influence of absolute power

Part One Chapters 1-15

1. The novel opens with a curse word, uttered in frustration by Mariam’s mother, when Mariam breaks a treasured heirloom.

2. Based on Nana’s and Mariam’s experiences, what can you infer about the lives of women in Afghanistan in the sixties?

3. Jalil, Mariam’s father, is a complex character. Does he love his daughter? How does he show his love? How does he show that he does not fully recognize her as his daughter? Why does he treat her as he does?


Khaled Hosseini A Thousand Splendid Suns, E-book