
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini focuses on the story of Mariam, a young girl living with her mother in the heart of Afghanistan. Mariam and her relationship with her father Jalil is revealed, and we see how they treat each other. Mariam decides to take her father with her to see a commercial but he bails out, when she decides to return home, she finds that her mom has hung herself. I believe the author's intent s to show the change in emotion in Mariam. Although Mariam is a "harami" or bastard child, her father seems to care and devote time to her. However, after leavings Mariam at the movies and her mother hanging herself, he appears to be an illegitimate father. Hosseini displays a theme of looking at every situation from a different perspective. Khaled Hosseini writes in a way that is generally sullen and reflective, with an undertone of happiness. The beginning of the book shows the two sides of Mariam, a suffering child with her depressed mother, and a girl living a fanciful carefree life with Jalil.