“Without relationships there would be no form, creation, intelligence, love and universe”. Relationships are defined as emotional bonds between people whether they are peers, parents or admirers. This specific quote from JJ Dewey expresses that without relationships, love ceases to exist. An important type of relationship in our society is friendship. Women, in particular, create nourishing and emotionally fulfilling bonds with each other. They can create satisfying exchanges of ideas and feelings and find a way to increase each other's inner strength and fulfillment. An example of strong female bonding occurred in an epic novel, A Thousand Splendid Sons. Hosseini's character development through female bonding is depicted through three different relationships. These include mother and daughter relationships between Nana and Mariam, Laila and Aziza, and a powerful friendship between Laila and Mariam. The theme of female bonding in “A Thousand Splendidi Soli” shows that women who form strong bonds with each other are able to find inner strength and fulfillment. The beginning of the novel opens with the introduction of Mariam, a young girl growing up in a small village in Afghanistan. She lived with her mother Nana, a bitter woman who verbally abused Mariam with phrases such as "clumsy little Harami" (p. 4) and "stupid girl" (p. 27). These insults created an unhealthy mother-daughter relationship between Mariam and Nana. . With each insult Nana subconsciously destroyed a bit of Mariam's self-esteem Even though their relationship seemed weak and abusive, Nana showed her love for Mariam through various compliments, unsupportive ways, and through her final suicide. .. middle of the paper ......in her life.In conclusion the women who forged female bonds in Hosseini's novel were able to find inner strength and fulfillment. Furthermore, each female relationship showed love and companionship in different perspectives Nana and Mariam's mother-daughter relationship, which was a violent and weak bond, Laila and Aziza's mother-daughter relationship, which consisted of love, support and strength and finally, the friendship between Mariam and Laila, which was the strongest bond that led to companionship and prosperity in death. and life. For every female bond, Hosseini sought to convey a message of prosperity. This is because through every bond it showed that women conquered fears with mutual help and support. Ultimately, her female characters show an important message about the importance of female bonding, love, and friendship.
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