A Thousand Splendid Suns
By: Khaled Hosseini
The order I would put the elements according to my interest is: conflict, characters, setting, point of view and plot.
So far in this book conflict is used between the main character( Mariam) and her mother.There is also conflict between Mariam's Mother and Father, Mariam and her fatherand then Mariam and her husband. Each conflict is different and keeps me wanting to turn the pages to see what find out to the characters.
Example of conflict between Mariam and her father;
"I used to worship you" she said. Jalil stopped in mid sentence. He crossed and uncrossed his arms.
A young Hindi couple, the wife cradling a boy, husband dragging a suitcase, passed between them. Jalil seemed grateful for this interruption. They excused themselves, and he smiles back politely.
"On Thursdays, I sat for hours waiting for you. I worries myself sick you wouldn't show up." "It's a long trip. You should eat something. He said he could buy her some bread and goat cheese."I though about you all the time. I used to pray that you'd live to be a hundred years old. I didn't know. I didn't know that you were ashamed of me."Jailil looked down, and like an overgrown child, dug something with the toe of his shoe. "You were ashamed of me." "I'll visit you," he mutered. "I'll come to Kabul to see you. We'll-" "No.No," she said. "Don't come. I won't see you. Don't you come. I don't want to hear from you. Ever. Ever." He gave her a wounded look. "it end here for you and me. Say your good-byes." "Don't leave like this," he said in a thing voice. "You didn' even have the decency to give me the time to say good-bye to Mullah Faizullah." She turned and walked around to the side of the bus. She could hear him following her. When she reached the hydraulic doors, she heard him behind her.
"Mariam jo."
This quote represents when Mariams dad married her off to this old man after her mother killed herself. Mariams dad,Jalil, is a rich man who has three three wives, he slept with one of his servants and Mariam was born. Mariam and her mom was sent to live by themselves away from Jalil and his wives. When Mariam's mom died she was sent to live with Jalil who ended up marrying her off.
I like this, it's very descriptive. It gives me a good understanding of what you're describing. Good supportive detail. You have a few spelling mistakes and some parts you have either repeated a word or it doesn't make sense. Good job either way!
ReplyDeleteI enjoy your way of writing. It is very descriptive and well written. I like your choice of quote, it shows conflict very well. Also, I noticed some spelling mistakes and sentence errors.
ReplyDeleteVery descriptive like others have stated. There are some spelling mistakes that could be fixed.
ReplyDeleteI like the way you write, its easy to understand, you are very descriptive, like Whitney said, and this is good! keep like this
ReplyDeleteThe only thing I'd like to touch on is maybe just spacing out your paragraphs a little more to help it look more visually appealing. Overall it was very good! This book looks interesting, would you recommend it to your fellow peers to read?
ReplyDeleteyeah, it's quite a good book if you're into reading about issues in foreign countries.. this one touches on child marriage and women rights, overall i'd say 8/10.
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