Topic > A Thousand Splendid Suns Analysis - 1301

The Taliban closed women's universities and forced nearly all women out of their jobs, shutting down an important source of talent and expertise for the country. While the book mentioned that Laila sent her daughter to an orphanage to receive an education, Afghan women seeking education were forced to attend clandestine schools, where they and their teachers risked execution if caught. At the same time, women were forced to leave their jobs as teachers, doctors, nurses, and clerks when the Taliban took power; women could only work in very limited circumstances. When women lose the opportunity to get education, they automatically lose the ability to speak, because the next generation will be raised without any education except sacrifices on self-respect, so adults in the future will not have any skills, knowledge or even lack of confidence in defending themselves. What's worse, women could not be treated by a male doctor unless they were accompanied by a male chaperone. It could be worse if most women were forced to leave their jobs, including doctors and nurses. This all leads to the startling scene when Laila goes to the hospital to give birth to Aziza and is told that the United Nation's funding had been taken away from the Taliban, she underwent a caesarean section without any basic hygiene supplies, not even anaesthetic, she gave the birth a child. Aziza. Mariam killed Rasheed, turned to the Taliban and was executed in public, everything in “A Thousand Splendid Suns” reflects reality, a mother of seven was executed in front of 30,000 spectators at the Ghazi Sport stadium in Kabul for killing her husband, such execution always happen in Afghanistan. The result of the sexist Taliban regime is not only bad for women in Afghanistan, but also a disaster for the entire country