A Thousand Splendid Sun Character Analysis

Rasheed The Epitome of Evil “What's love got to do, got to do with it? What's love but a sweet old fashioned notion”, (Tina Turner). The character Rasheed from the novel “A thousand Splendid Suns” by Khaled Hosseini is the epitome of an evil figure in common literature. Rasheed is the husband of protagonist Mariam by arranged marriage. Since the arranged marriage Rasheed has sexually and domestically abused Mariam. He does these heinous act without thinking his actions as horrible with no regret. Which in chapters: 3 Nice to Eat You: Acts of Vampires, 11 …More Than It’s Gonna Hurt You: Concerning Violence, and13 It’s All Political from the novel “How to read Literature Like a Professor” by Thomas C. Foster will explain the use of how Rasheed is an epitome of evil in literature. In chapter 3-Nice to Eat: Acts of Vampires it summarizes that vampires were old sinister monsters of men who sexually targeted young women. “The essentials of the vampire story, as we discussed earlier: an older figure representing corrupt, outworn values; a young, preferably virginal female; a

After, a terrible tragedy in Laila’s life, Mariam and Rasheed take her in. Later, Rasheed decided that Laila will be his wife. Mariam does not take this well at all. In the book it says “I wouldn’t have fed you and washed you and nursed you if I’d known you were going to steal my husband (Hosseini 226).” Mariam is very resentful and angry with her life and situation. This can be tied to Chapter 2, Nice to Eat with You: Acts of Communion, of “How to Read Literature like a Professor.” The author explains how a failed meal carries a negative connotation. Mariam and Laila are in a similar situation, but with a whole life, house, and husband way. Mariam carries around a negative connotation about Laila for something Rasheed