Comparing A Thousand Splendid Sons and The Kite Runner by.
Kite Runner, Thousand Splendid Suns Kite Runner and Thousand Splendid Suns, the Reality and the Difference The readers have seen the lives of the characters in the novels, The Kite Runner and Thousand Splendid Suns change in a flash, leaving what once apart of their daily routines just a me.Formal Criticism Feminist Criticism The Kite Runner: -Irony: Assef, Amir-Hassan relationship, Amir-Baba relationship -Symbols: Kites, Slingshot, The Lamb, Cleft Lip -Metaphor: comparing Baba to a bear -Foreshadowing: being brothers A Thousand Splendid Suns: -Irony: Mariam-Jalil.In the novel, A Thousand Splendid Suns, and the movie, The Kite Runner, the setting is similarly in Kabul, Afghanistan. A Thousand Splendid Suns centers on life in Kabul, being seen through the eyes of two Afghani women, Mariam and Laila, whose lives are thrown together through tragedy. In Afghanistan, the city in which people can experience change in a woman’s status the most is in Kabul.
A Thousand Splendid Suns and The Kite Runner are in many ways very different, yet similar. Similar in the sense that they both give readers the outlook on Afghan culture and what they went through during those rough years dealing with the Taliban. Different in being that A Thousand Splendid Suns is written from a female perspective, which was beneficial to get the true feel and emotion they.Continuing in the vein of The Kite Runner, A Thousand Splendid Suns relays another of what must be many horrifying stories of the struggle to survive in Afghanistan after the monarchy. It tells in detail about the Soviet takeover and then that of the Taliban, as everyday people try to live in the violence and destruction that surround them. Amidst degradation and suffering, there is a triumph.
The women of the novel A Thousand Splendid Suns, are continually faced with a whirlwind of abuse and death and are constantly rejected the emotional support they seek in their times of desperation. Although, in time of war, when physical shelter is vital in their survival, it is emotional shelter that drives the difficult decisions the main characters face and the novels key plot in the heart.
