After reading Part 1 of A Thousand Splendid Suns, consider the following discussion questions:
- Based on Nana's and Mariam's experiences, what can you infer about the lives of women in Afghanistan in the sixties?
- How does Rasheed feel about the westernization of Afghanistan?
- What are Rasheed's reasons for making Mariam wear a burqa? (What do they tell us about his ideas of his role as a husband and man? What do they tell us about his expectations for Mariam?)
- What is your overall reaction to Part 1?
Feel free to post a response for 1 or all of the discussion questions.
These discussion questions were taken from a study guide to Khaled Hosseni's A Thousand Splendid Suns developed by Jeanne M. McGlinn from Riverhead Books, an imprint of Penguin Group.
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