A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini is a a story about the struggles women living in Afghanistan have to go through due to the rules of the Taliban. Young girls, under the age of sixteen and encouraged by the Taliban to marry, about 80 percent of these marriages are reported as forced. Most of which are to men almost twice their age. Women are put through brutal conditions and have many unreasonable. Being abused by biological family and husband or even the Taliban if they violate any of the rules. It is very disturbing what women in Pakistan have to go through and they way the are treated.
Monday, June 20, 2011
Novel Research
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini is a a story about the struggles women living in Afghanistan have to go through due to the rules of the Taliban. Young girls, under the age of sixteen and encouraged by the Taliban to marry, about 80 percent of these marriages are reported as forced. Most of which are to men almost twice their age. Women are put through brutal conditions and have many unreasonable. Being abused by biological family and husband or even the Taliban if they violate any of the rules. It is very disturbing what women in Pakistan have to go through and they way the are treated.
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