Journal #1 A Thousand Splendid Suns

Passages:

''Mostly, they live in the richer parts of Kabul. I'll take you there. You'll see. But they're here too, Mariam, in this very neighborhood, these soft men. There;s a teacher living down the street, Hakim is his name, and I see his wife Fariba all the time walking the streets alone with nothing on her head but a scard. It embarrasses me, frankly, to see a man who's lost control of his wife''
He fixed Mariam with a hard glare.
''But I'm a different breed of man, Mariam. Where I come from, one wrong look, one improper word, and blood is spilled. Where I come from, a woman's face is her husband's business only. I want you to remember that. Do you understand?''
(pg. 63)

''What I meant was, what do they want?'' Mariam asked. ''These communists, what is that they believe?''
Rasheed chortled and shook his head, but Mariam thought she saw uncertainty in the way he cross his arms, the way his eyes shifted. ''You know nothing, do you? You're like a child. Your brain is empty. There is no information in it''
''I ask because---''
''Chup Ko. Shut up.''
Mariam did
(Pg.89)

''OI should have known that you'd corrupt her,'' Rasheed spat at Mariam. He swung the belt, testing it against his own thigh. The buckle jingled loudly.
''Stop it, bas!'' the girl said. ''Rasheed, you can't do this.''
''Go bacck to the room.''
Mariam backpedaled again.
''No!Don't do this!''
''Now!''
Rasheed raised the belt again this time came at Mariam
(pg 218)




Rasheed is a disgusting, piece of scum on the earth's surface.

When you look at the world you think of diversity, poverty, inequality, suffering, though on the other side you see wealth, and happiness. In parts of the world like the middle east the wealth is divided not even close to equal. 'A Thousand Splendid Suns' is set in Afghanistan where treachery and havoc has reaped the country for decades. First the Soviets, the Majuhadeen, Fights breaking out over war lords opposing other war lords, and then the Taliban. Rasheed is a shoe maker who lives in Kabul and disliked the Soviets since they were all about equality, and women being equal. They allowed females to attend school or work outside of the home. When the Taliban took control of Kabul, Afghanistan there were very strict laws. The laws they put in for males were not that bad, though for women they were harsh and unjust. Women were not allowed to be treated at 'male' hospitals which all of them but one in a large city accepted females which had no funding, or medicine. Women had to wear burqas which covered their bodies fully including faces, and could not go anywhere without a male relative 'supervising'

Though inequality and despicable instances have happened through the spread of time only now when we have the united nations attempting to hold peace throughout the world but some is still not obtainable. Leaders of today's society are either corrupt, power hungry, brutal, or incompetent. Growing racism and hatred will never be put into extinction.