A Thousand Splendid Suns | Ideas for Group Discussions
1. Create a timeline for this story. Begin with the early twentieth century, before the story starts. Include the names and reigns of political leaders, combining factual information with the births, deaths, and other events in the fictional characters’ lives.
2. What different factors affected Mariam and Laila to make Laila more outspoken than Mariam and more willing to stand up to Rasheed? How did their parents differ? What beliefs were each of them raised with?
3. Mariam’s opinion of her father, Jalil, differed greatly from her mother’s opinion. Discuss what Mariam thought...
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