A Thousand Splendid Suns

1. A Thousand Splendid Suns Chapters 11-22 Alicia & Kaitlyn

2. Mariam Rasheed- Mariam’s husband Jalil- Mariam’s dad Fariba- Mariam’s friend __________________________________________________________________________________________ Lalia has blonde hair and blue eyes Mammy- Lalias mother, who is known to be crazy, yells at Babi a lot and misses her son. She doesn’t pay much attention to Lalia. Babi (Hakim)- Lalia’s father who is known to be weak and loves to read books, Tariq- Laila’s friend who has only one leg Shanzai (Khala Rangmaal)- Lalia’s teacher Hasina- Lalia’s, outspoken friend Giti- Lalias other friend Characters

3. Logari- A type of music Jan- Dear Hamshira- Sister Salaam- Hi Poostin- A type of coat Ifar- Night Fathina- Funeral Namoos- Honor Sujda- For prayer Shorwa- Game Giryanok- Crybaby Namaz- Prayer Hamam- Bathhouse Kofr- Sacrilegious Chup ko- Shut up Aroos- Daughter-in-law Azan- A song Ghazais- Books Mozahem- Imposing Vocabulary

4. Background of Chapters  Chapter 11: Mariam wore burqa, went to a restaurant and ate ice cream for the first time. While they were in town, Rasheed referred to the women as “Modern” since they wore make up, no burqas, walked alone with no men, had long polished nails and even smoked. Rasheed bought her a shawl and she thought of it as a “true gift”, unlike Jalils gifts. Chapter 12: It is the beginning of Ramadan. Then Eid-ul-Fitr came, the celebration after Ramadan. Later they had some Eid Visitors and Mariam would have to go upstairs to her room, close the door and not come down until the visitors left. Mariam did not mind this because she felt it protected her, she felt as thought she was a “treasured and significant.” Later that week while Rasheed was visiting a friend Mariam went into Rasheeds room for the first time. Even though she felt guilty when she opened the dresser she found a gun. She also found naked picutres of girls. Mariam began to question herself. Had he been dissapointed with her? Mariam also found a pictures of Yunus, Rasheeds dead son and his old wife. Chapter 13: On a bus ride home from the doctors, Rasheed said “if it’s a girl, then you can choose whatever name you want.” Rasheed makes a crib for the baby and bought a suede winter coat for a boy. While Rasheed had another gathering with friends, Mariam became very thankful for her pregnancy. Rasheed had an idea to go to a bathhouse, and while there Mariam began to bleed. She lost the baby.

5. Background Continued… Chapter 14: Mariam began to be jealous of the other women in her neighborhood because they had children and she didn’t. She began to blame, herself, her mom, and God. Rasheed began to treat Mariam differently and Maraim asked if he was upset with her. Mariam asked if they could have a proper burial for their child. Rasheed thought of it as idiotic. Mariam, alone, buried the coat as a symbolic remembrance for her dead child. Chapter 15: Rasheed begins to ignore and become very frustrated with Mariam. He does not look at her when she speaks and criticizes her every move. Mariam, over a span of 4 years, had 6 more miscarriages. Rasheed became more and more resentful towards Mariam. Fariba, Mariams friend had a baby named Lalia. At dinner Rasheed was so displeased with Mariams cooking, got pebbles from outside and made Mariam chew them. While doing so, she broke two molars. ________________________________________________________________________________ Part Two Chapter 16: Introduced to Lalia a young girl. She is sad about her friend Tariq who is leaving with his family for 13 days Lalias teacher at school, refers to her as Inqilabia Girl meaning Revolutionary Girl because of the night she was born. We are also introduced to her two best friends, Hasina and witty, smart mouthed girl and another friend named Giti. Chapter 17: Lalia had to walk home because Mammy did not pick her up from school again. While walking home, Khadim another friend of Lalias, squirts her with a water gun that is actually filled with urine. We learn that Mammy proposed to Babi Lalias dad and they are actually 1st cousins. Ahmad and Noor are Lalia’s older brothers and they are both in the Army in the war.

6. Background Continued AGAIN… Chapter 18: We learn that Tariq Lalia’s friend lost one leg in a land mine when he was five. Lalia had lunch with Tariq and his family. She enjoys being there because of the big family feeling, which she lacks in her life. Even though Tariq and Lalia come from different back rounds both speaking different languages they ignore the cultural differences. Lalia tells Tariq that she missed him while he was gone, but quickly made it a joke when he asked why she would say such a thing. Lalia told Tariq about what Khadim did to her with the water gun and he beats him up. When she goes back home for dinner, she finds out Lalias two brothers have died. Chapter 20: Lalia becomes afraid when she thinks about her mother killing herself because of the death of her sons. Chapter: 21 Babi, Lalia and Tairq go on a trip to a Buddhist cave that use to be a sanctuary. Six months later they find out that the Soviets signed a treaty and they would be leaving Afghanistan.