Mariam+&+Laila

Mariam and Laila from the book “A Thousand Splendid Suns” have many similarities. Probably the biggest similarity is that they are both female. Aside from that they have both lost family. Mariam lost her mother and Laila’s brothers died in the war. They both currently reside in Kabul, Mariam didn’t grow up in Kabul but Laila did. They both have had parental issues; Mariam’s mother called her a //harami// and she later came to hate her father while Laila’s mother goes into a very depressed state after her sons die and she acts like Laila doesn’t exist. Also they have both been heartbroken, Mariam when her father made her marry Rasheed the shoe maker and Laila when Tariq told her that he was leaving to get away from the war in hopes that his father will get better in a less stressful environment. Go deeper with your analysis. You have only hit the superficial layer, what can you determine about them from your reading?