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    <description>The latest discussion, including questions and answers, from the A Thousand Splendid Suns Group at eNotes.</description>
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        <title><![CDATA[&quot;A Thousand Splendid Suns&quot; is a work of fiction that is based...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/thousand-splendid-suns/q-and-a/what-author-s-stlye-an-example-please-29195</link>
        <description><![CDATA[&quot;A Thousand Splendid Suns&quot; is a work of fiction that is based on reality.  The story of the two women Mariam and Laila and the terrible things that happen to them in an environment where men have absolute power supported by religioius fanatacism.This work, exhibits the author's ability to convey sadness and the tragic lives of these two women who are caught in the middle of a war.  It is packed with raw emotion, the reader feels...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2008 16:09:48 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[What is the author's style in &quot;A Thousand Splendid Suns&quot;? And...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[What is the author's style in &quot;A Thousand Splendid Suns&quot;? And an example, please? ]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2008 08:53:51 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Mariam]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/thousand-splendid-suns/group/discuss/mariam-4489</link>
        <description><![CDATA[As a reader, do we see Mariam as a character who requires protecting and nurturing or as a character who is more than capable of looking after herself?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2008 19:54:43 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[The author's message is one of hope.  At the end of the story, Tariq...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/thousand-splendid-suns/group/discuss/authors-message-thousand-splendid-suns-4335#3</link>
        <description><![CDATA[The author's message is one of hope.  At the end of the story, Tariq and Laila are reunited with their daughter and she gets away from the cruel and violent Rasheed.  &quot;Laila and Tariq run away with both children and live in Pakistan. But after the United States invades Afghanistan, the family returns to Kabul. Their love for each other, as well as their love for their homeland, despite its cruelties and harshness and hardships, ends...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 10 Aug 2008 16:23:12 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[The author's message is technically referred to as the  theme, which is...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/thousand-splendid-suns/group/discuss/authors-message-thousand-splendid-suns-4335#2</link>
        <description><![CDATA[The author's message is technically referred to as the  theme, which is the overarching idea that the author presents.  Generally the theme is a message about life, or the &quot;moral&quot; of the story.   When thinking about the theme of this novel, think about what the main characters learned.  Mostly, the women of the story learned the benefits and consequences of love, and how that love can destruct or compliment a person. ]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 8 Aug 2008 18:23:54 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Author's Message in a "Thousand Splendid Suns"?]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/thousand-splendid-suns/group/discuss/authors-message-thousand-splendid-suns-4335</link>
        <description><![CDATA[What is the author's message in a &quot;Thousand Splendid Suns&quot;?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 4 Aug 2008 11:50:53 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Discuss the thematic significance of the phrase &quot;One could not...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/thousand-splendid-suns/q-and-a/discuss-thematic-significance-phrase-quot-one-17689</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Discuss the thematic significance of the phrase &quot;One could not count the moons that shimmer on her roofs, or the thousand splendid suns...&quot; ]]></description>
        <guid>http://www.enotes.com/thousand-splendid-suns/q-and-a/discuss-thematic-significance-phrase-quot-one-17689</guid>
        <pubDate>Tue, 4 Mar 2008 09:21:54 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[The quote, &quot;...if it's a girl, Laila has already named her&quot;...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/thousand-splendid-suns/q-and-a/what-did-author-mean-quot-girl-s-name-lilah-15875</link>
        <description><![CDATA[The quote, &quot;...if it's a girl, Laila has already named her&quot; (Chapter 51), is the last line of the story.  Laila is pregnant, and is remembering a naming game her family had played the night before.  The game only involved boys' names, because if the baby is a girl, Laila already knows what she will name it - &quot;Mariam&quot;.By saving her from their brutish husband Rasheesh, then taking full responsibility for his death and in...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2008 15:16:33 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[if miriam could go back to get 6 items that relate to the theme what...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/thousand-splendid-suns/group/discuss/miriam-could-go-back-get-6-items-that-relate-1785</link>
        <description><![CDATA[hey guys i need some help any ideas]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2008 17:03:24 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[In &quot;A Thousand Splendid Suns,&quot; what did the author mean by the...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/thousand-splendid-suns/q-and-a/what-did-author-mean-quot-girl-s-name-lilah-15875</link>
        <description><![CDATA[In &quot;A Thousand Splendid Suns,&quot; what did the author mean by the quote, &quot;If it is a girl's name Lailah already said it?&quot;]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 4 Feb 2008 11:39:23 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[In reply to #5: Do you read Antigone in your 10th grade class? You might...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/thousand-splendid-suns/group/discuss/just-finished-reading-1531#6</link>
        <description><![CDATA[In reply to #5: Do you read Antigone in your 10th grade class? You might win the committee over by telling them about this tale of incest, murder, and suicide--which is on the list.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 1 Feb 2008 08:08:50 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[I loved this book! I gave it to a colleague to read, hoping that with...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/thousand-splendid-suns/group/discuss/just-finished-reading-1531#5</link>
        <description><![CDATA[I loved this book! I gave it to a colleague to read, hoping that with two teachers we could make a push and add it to the 10th grade reading list at my school. Unfortunately, we mostly read dead white guys because the school committee is afraid of &quot;new.&quot;]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 1 Feb 2008 06:42:41 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[My class was a Pre-AP Lit course at the junior level in high school. ...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/thousand-splendid-suns/group/discuss/just-finished-reading-1531#4</link>
        <description><![CDATA[My class was a Pre-AP Lit course at the junior level in high school.  They took the class as a precursor to the AP monster.  I had a list of required readings and each grading period they were also required to read one off the independent readings which had about 20-30 choices.  Kiterunner was on that list for the theme of identity and how we become ourselves or get to know ourselves. Each student was then required a book share over the...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 29 Jan 2008 15:10:36 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[I haven't read either book, but I have Kiterunner. I'll have to read it...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/thousand-splendid-suns/group/discuss/just-finished-reading-1531#3</link>
        <description><![CDATA[I haven't read either book, but I have Kiterunner. I'll have to read it over spring break. What grade level is your class? The  book is on our regular 8th grade reading list.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2008 12:35:13 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[I have heard this book is amazing.  It is on my stack of books by my...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/thousand-splendid-suns/group/discuss/just-finished-reading-1531#2</link>
        <description><![CDATA[I have heard this book is amazing.  It is on my stack of books by my bedside table waiting to be tackled.  I loved The Kiterunner, by the same author.  I taught that book in my Pre-AP Lit class, and it's so intriguing how kiddos who have such a strong opinion of the middle east and their ideologies make a complete turn-around!  We had a fascinating series of conversations...thanks for the review!  I may have to move the book up in the...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2008 12:24:16 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Just finished reading ...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[WOW ... I just finished this beautifully written book yesterday.  Many thanks to the author for the detailed descriptions of the Afghans (especially women) daily lives.  How we, as Americans, take for granted our freedoms!!!&#160;My heart literally ached - to only imagine - losing your parents and everything you know - then to be thrown into a marriage with a despicable man, who expects nothing less than utmost respect.  The...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 27 Jan 2008 17:49:25 PST</pubDate>
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