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‘A THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS’ BOOK REVIEW
Written by Teacher Amalin

A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini is a heartwarming story in which setting in Afghanistan from the early 1960s to the early 2000s.

It is a chronicle of about thirty years of Afghan history and a deeply moving story of family, friendship, faith, and the salvation to be found in

love. In this novel, the characters of Jalil and Rasheed in some ways portray the genuine characters on how Afghan men behave, speak and

think of Afghan women. With the cruel repression towards women that become norms in the society, the action of both characters has

advanced the story toward its resolution and fulfillment along its story and plot lines in an apparent way. The issues circulated in this story

eventually arise from the emotions and actions by these two male characters. As a matter of fact, the events compel these two characters

based on a sense of who they are and that all of these are blended together to create a story’s journey along its story line from the

introduction to the fulfillment to the readers.

There are plentiful accounts of oppressed women in Afghanistan being highlighted in this story. Instances of under-age girls forced into

marriage, high maternal death rates, rape, murder, incest, abductions, wife-beatings, self-immolation, deprivation of education, burning of

girls’ schools, restricted mobility, and, above all, the wearing of the burqa have been recorded in both word and image so many times that

Afghan women have become the world’s stereotypical victims of male domination, ignorance, and hide-bound religious belief. Remove the

sensationvictims can be convicted of adultery or killed for compromising family honor. At best, they may find refuge in a shelter, but that too

is little better than a prison since it puts them in a limbo from which there is no easy exit. Examining similarities rather than differences

between Afghan women and men could perhaps bring perspective to the question of oppressed women. After all, life is burdensome for

women.

The two characters to be probed are Jalil and Rasheed. First and foremost, Jalil is Mariam’s father and Nana’s illegal husband due to adultery

between the two that resulted to the born of Mariam. Nana is one his housecleaners. According to Mariam’s perspective, Jalil is an amazing

father but to Nana, he has neglected his obligations at all costs to his family. He pays Mariam a visit once a week at the hut in the village of

Gul Daman where he has sent them to live because he is too ashamed of his illegitimate child to accept her into his home. He is a rich movie

theater owner who lives in Heart, and as a wealthy businessman, Jalil abandons Mariam, his only illegitimate child, at his wives' wishes

because his wives couldn’t stand the fact that Mariam is an out of wedlock child. To be précised, he has two legitimate wives and ten other

children besides Mariam. When Nana dies because of committing suicide due to the depression, Mariam is sent to Jalil’s house, but his other

wives refuse to keep her in the house. She is really an object of shame for him, but his love for her will not allow him to completely dismiss

her from his house. Nevertheless, he marries her off to Rasheed, in order to please his wives’ demands to see her out from the house.

Despite of the fact he pleases his wives by sending Mariam off from his house by asking her to marry Rasheed, he feels guilty towards her and

years later, he embraces his guilt by finding her to express his deep regret for her childhood and his love for her. Jalil regrets his harsh

treatment of Mariam, and attempts to contact her to apologize. He comes to see her in Kabul to tell her that he is dying, but she refuses to

see him. So, within days of his death, he leaves her oval box filled with a videotape, a letter of apology, and a huge amount of money from

what he had left in material possessions. He sends it to Mullah Faizullah for safekeeping, just in case Mariam returns to find her father.

However, he dies without ever hearing the knock at the door that would be Mariam. His mistreament was never intended to hurt his

daughter even though it did. It is just the current circumstances that avoid him from keeping her by his side. So, unlike Rasheed, Jalil

overcomes and it remains true that many Afghan women experience violence, deprivation, and constraints on their freedom of choice and

movement. Frequently too, their condition is ignored by the Afghan authorities or taken as the norm, and when Afghan women take action to

escape victimization they are often victimized again. Women running away from home can be imprisoned, and rape his mistreatment of his

wonderful daughter and he truly forgives her in the end. He comes to regret his lack of empathy for her needs and tries very hard to make it

up to her, even though she refuses to see him. He wishes her a long life and tells her he has always loved her.

Meanwhile, in contrast to Jalil’s character traits, Rasheed never posses the regrets of his wrongdoings towards Mariam and Laila. He is a

widowed shoemaker, who owns a shoe repair shop and whose first wife and son died many years before his marriage to 15-year-old Mariam.

Rasheed has a troubled past where his first wife and son have both died and this results him to clinch his negative traits of stern and hot-

tempered. Just like the other typical Afghan men, he is conservative and willful. Right after his marriage with Mariam, he instructs her to

accept his beliefs on how an ideal wife should be, which are subservient, obedient, and fertile kind. Unfortunately, when Mariam proves to

be unable to have children due to several miscarriages, he abuses her both physically and verbally. Endlessly motivated by the desire to

replace his dead son, Rasheed entraps Laila, another young girl with limited options, into marriage. Only when Laila provides him with a son

do Rasheed's redeeming qualities emerge. With the presence of Zalma, Rasheed is patient, loving, kind, and gentle. However, Rasheed's

affection for Zalmai does not extend to Laila's daughter, Aziza, or to his two wives. Rasheed ultimately becomes abusive to his wives and

daughter, to the point of near murder and his cruelty and manipulative ways eventually result in Mariam killing him in self-defense while he

is trying to choke Laila to death.

Both characters can be considered as the villains of the story, but there are some aspects of their life where one can see why they became as

bitter as they did. As for Jalil, he behaves in such a way in treating Mariam differently from his other children is because of the force of the

circumstances. His current circumstances wouldn’t allow him to get involved with the issue that might bring dirt to his reputation. Jalil and

Rasheed emphasize the importance of their reputations by doing the best they could to avoid any shame to their names, regardless of

whatever kind of wrongdoings they commit towards others as long as it will not downgrade their own reputations. Meanwhile, for Rasheed,

since the beginning of his marriage with Mariam, he expects her to fill the vacancy of his late wife and son. Regrettably, Mariam couldn’t

afford to fit into the role because she is infertile. Due to this reason, he feels the right to abuse and hurt Mariam and views it as a punishment

for her for not being able to satisfy his needs. This kind of act can be considered as selfish act, and obviously both men behave in ways that

are ethically shameful and not gentleman. To protect their named in sequence of meeting their own ideas of social expectations, they

wouldn’t mind to neglect and abuse their offspring and wives. Therefore, in conclusion, for whatever reasons, one cannot simply mistreat

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‘PRIDE AND PREJUDICE’ BOOK REVIEW SET
Written by Teacher Amalin

From the opening line of the novel proclaims, “It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune
must be in want of a wife”. This sets the idea on how the story will progress by setting the mind of the readers to be contented with the
storyline based on the input given at the earliest procession of the novel. However, it became an irony when the plot development of
the story resembled how it turns out that rather than the man being in want of a wife, the woman is in want of a husband who
possesses good fortune. The statement can be supported by the act of Mrs. Bennet and Charlotte Lucas. As for Mrs. Bennet, since she
had five daughters and due to the fact that all her daughters couldn’t inherit her husband’s properties, so her main goal was to ensure
all her daughters married to a guy with good fortune. The goal that had been set up by her somehow turned the Bennet’s family to be
seemed so desperate and silly by the society, especially to the Bingley’s sisters and Lady Catherine De Burgh. Meanwhile, Charlotte
Lucas is another example since she took the opportunity to accept Mr. Collin’s proposal to make her his wife for the sake of securing her
fortune. As for her situation, marriage becomes an economic rather than union of two lovers. Charlotte Lucas, Lydia Bennet, Jane
Bennet and Elizabeth Bennet get married to men who are satisfactorily fitting each of them. Lydia was looking for a handsome man and
she got Mr. Wickham as her husband. Jane was looking for a love and she settled down with Mr. Bingley, and two of them love one
another so much. As for Elizabeth, she and Mr. Darcy marry each other on equal terms after breaching each other’s pride and prejudice
and I can assure that Darcy and Elizabeth will be the happiest among all.
The time setting of the novel is in nineteenth-century and also termed as the Victorian Age. It was an era where the impact of the
industrial revolution caused a differentiation between the gender roles, especially of the upper and middle classes. The differentiations
between the gender roles had enlightened and widen the range of men and women. It affected the functions of each role in the society
to be completely diverged. Men were thought to have natures suited to the public world, while women to the private. In ‘Pride and
Prejudice’, we can clearly see how the society’s expectations lead the women to be placed inside the house while men were responsible
in total for the earnings. Men were expected to have dominant traits; meanwhile women were anticipated to be subordinate of the
men. Women were homemakers as they nourished their families and husbands depended on their wives to maintain solace in their
homes. The characteristics of the feminine mind were designated as tenderness, in which made home life more amiable to the man
who had to deal with the complex world. Austen is certainly critical of the gender injustices present in nineteenth-century of English
society, particularly as committed by the institution of marriage. In the portrayal of Elizabeth, Austen shows that women are just as
intelligent and capable as their male counterparts. The importance of marriage in the lives of Elizabeth Bennet and her sisters may be
difficult for modern readers to understand. Young women today have a variety of options open to them regarding their future, for
instance, they can marry, of course, and they can also go to college, follow any career path that may interest them, and live on their
own. Young women of Austen's day did not have these compensations. Although the daughters of the middle and upper class could be
sent to school, their education there consisted more of becoming "accomplished" than it did of expanding their academic knowledge.
Furthermore, besides the aspect of marriage, education is one of remarkable elements to be sorted out. Women in early nineteenth-
century Britain were not allowed in higher education, so private tutors, governesses, and private schools were the extent of structured
education open to them. As expected, a young woman like Elizabeth Bennet with a lively, inquisitive mind would have been able to
further her education independently through reading. Elizabeth indicates as much to Lady Catherine, describing education for her and
her sisters as being unstructured but accessible, "such of us as wished to learn, never wanted the means. We were always encouraged
to read, and had all the masters that were necessary. Those who chose to be idle certainly might”. In discussing a woman's
accomplishments, Mr. Darcy also comments that a really commendable woman will improve her mind by extensive reading. A woman's
formal education was limited because her job opportunities were limited and vice versa. Society could not conceive of a woman
entering a profession such as medicine or the law and therefore did not offer her the chance to do so. In fact, middle and upper-class
women had few avenues open to them for a secure future. If unmarried, they would remain dependent upon their relatives, living with
or receiving a small income from their fathers, brothers, or other relations who could afford to support them. In Elizabeth's case, she is
dependent upon her father while he is living and she is unmarried, but because of the entail and the fact that she has no brothers, her
situation could become quite desperate when he dies. She and her mother and sisters would be forced to rely upon the charity of their
relatives, such as Mr. and Mrs. Phillips, Mr. and Mrs. Gardiner, and even Mr. Collins. Such a position would be extremely distasteful and
humiliating.
As Miss Bingley emphasizes, it was important for a well-educated girl to soften her erudition with a graceful and feminine manner. No-
one wanted to be called a ‘blue-stocking’, the name given to women who had devoted themselves too enthusiastically to intellectual
pursuits. Blue-stockings were considered unfeminine and off-putting in the way that they attempted to usurp men’s ‘natural’
intellectual superiority. Some doctors reported that too much study actually had a damaging effect on the ovaries, turning attractive
young women into dried-up prunes. Later in the century, when Oxford and Cambridge opened their doors to women, many families
refused to let their clever daughters attend for fear that they would make themselves unmarriageable. At the same time, a young girl
was not expected to focus too obviously on finding a husband. Being ‘forward’ in the company of men suggested a worrying sexual
appetite. Women were assumed to desire marriage because it allowed them to become mothers rather than to pursue sexual or
emotional satisfaction. Girls usually married in their early to mid-20s. Typically, the groom would be five years older. Not only did this
reinforce the ‘natural’ hierarchy between the sexes, but it also made sound financial sense. A young man needed to be able to show
that he earned enough money to support a wife and any future children before the girl’s father would give his permission. Some
unfortunate couples were obliged to endure an engagement lasting decades before they could afford to marry.
In conclusion, regardless of the social expectations of how woman should act and react during nineteenth-century, the character of
Elizabeth Bennet proved that nothing is impossible if one has virtue for betterment in life. Even though Elizabeth Bennet was only a
fictional character that being invented by Jane Austen, her swarming passion and assertiveness can be regarded as one of the best role
models for woman, in spite of ages and eras.

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Nama Murid：Yap Xin Yi 叶欣怡
Tingkatan：2 Amanah
《我理想中的机器人》

你可曾想过几十年后的世界会变成什么样子？或许几十年后我
们每个人的家中都会有一个机器人。它可以是各种各样的，可
以是大的、小的，也可以拥有各种功能。 如果每个人的家中

都有一个机器人的话，那真是太好了！我理想中的机器人是个
会烹饪的机器人。它的身高约1米5左右，身体是长方形的，它
也具备多功能。它有着一个正方形的脸，脸上印着微笑的表情。
他的头上还带着一顶精致的厨师帽。它有着一双可以弯曲的手
和脚。 它可以烹煮各种各样的菜肴，我只需把想吃的菜肴的

菜谱传给它，它就可以根据我的菜谱来制作我想吃的菜肴，并
且可以保证用零失败的概率把菜肴完整地制作出来。没有它做
不出来的菜肴，只有我想不到的菜肴。 它会利用自己身体的

多功能电器来制作菜肴。那个多功能电器可以变成各种各样的
烹饪用具。当我想吃的菜肴需要使用烤箱才能完成时，它就会
变成烤箱。除了烤箱外，它也可以变成别的烹饪用具，例如：
微波炉等。 我理想中的机器人还可以走动。它可以把刚做好

的菜肴亲自送到我的餐桌上，让我享受新鲜出炉的山珍海味。
想想就觉得好幸运啊。 机器人是不可能不充电的，它就像我

们的电子产品一样，会耗尽自己的能量。所以，我的机器人也
需要充电。它充电的方法很特别，就像我们人类困了，睡一觉
就好了。它充电时会自动关机，休息够了的话，就会重新开机，
然后又可以继续工作了。 我的机器人脸上微笑的表情，会给
我一种亲切的感觉，让我看来也会不自觉地变得开心起来。

我的机器人身上的各各部分都可以承受非常高的温度，这样就

器不人会，制希作望的有过一程天中发我生理意想外中了的。机器我人要能努推力出学市习场并，研造究福SE制人T作I群A机。20

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Adakala kita bersalah, Allah datangkan sahabat untuk menegur.

Adakala kita betul, Allah datangkan sahabat yang patut ditegur.

Adakala kita diuji, Allah datangkan sahabat untuk bantu kita.

Adakala sahabat kita diuji, Allah beri kekuatan untuk kita bantu dia.

Jadi, hargailah sahabat… mungkin kerana dia, kita ke syurga.

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