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 Novel:
A Thousand
Splendid Suns
-Khaled Hosseini
https://www.cliffsnotes.com/literature/t/a-thousand-
splendid-suns/book-summary
Objectives
To identify To apply
and explain your
the history, understandi
To learn traditions, ng by
about the and beliefs retelling
brief history through the the
of story of “A sequence of
Afghanistan. Thousand events of
Splendid the story.
Suns.
 Afghanistan, also known as
• The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan.
• The largest state in the country,
Kabul is the capital.
• The official languages of Afghanistan
are Pashto and Dari.
 Khaled Hosseini
• Born on March 4, 1965 in Kabul,
Afghanistan
• At age 11, his family moved to France; 4
years later, they applied for asylum in the
U.S.
• Did not return to Afghanistan until 2001,
where he “felt like a tourist in his own
country”.
 Setting of the Story
Set in Afghanistan from the early 1960s to
the early 2000s

• The novel begins in Herat

• Moves to the capital, Kabul
• Travels to Pakistan
• Returns back to Kabul
 Characters
Mariam
Jalil's daughter. She is forced to
get married at fifteen and
suffers many years of abuse as
well as several miscarriages.
Nana
Characters
Mariam’s mother and Jalil’s ex-lover.
She became pregnant with Mariam
out of wedlock, and constantly
scolded her daughter for being a
illegitimate child. Eventually takes
her own life.
 Characters
Jalil Khan
A man with three wives and one
illegitimate daughter. He marries
his daughter off to his friend and
later regrets it deeply.
 Characters
Rasheed
A shoemaker in Kabul, a man who is
30 years older than Mariam. He is
the friend of Jalil who is widowed
and has an arranged marriage with
Mariam.
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 Characters
Laila
A Tajik girl who is in love with
Tariq, a childhood friend. Laila is
twenty years younger than
Mariam. She gives birth to a
daughter and a son.
 Characters
Tariq
Laila's childhood friend, teenage
love, and later husband. He flees
with his family from Kabul to
Pakistan. Laila thinks that he is dead,
but in fact he is alive and well.
 Characters
Aziza
Laila's daughter. Aziza's father is
Tariq, but Laila lies and says that
Aziza is Rasheed's daughter.
Rasheed sends Aziza to an
orphanage for a while.
 Characters
Zalmai
Laila's son. He is born
shortly before Tariq's
return and he goes to live
in Pakistan with Laila,
Tariq, and Aziza.
Themes
• Gender role
• Importance of Family
• Freedom
 What
happened to
the
protagonist?
In your own understanding,
what core values ​can we
associate with this story?
References
• https://www.slideshare.net/
claradawson12/thousand-
splendid-suns-59349722
• https://study.com/learn/
lesson/a-thousand-splendid-
suns-summary-themes.html
Thank
You!