Discussion Topic C

         In the novel A Thousand Splendid Suns Nana, the mother of the main character constantly shows her hatred towards Mariam's father. Mariam never believes the things that Nana tells her about her father because of his loyalty to her. Nana warns Mariam to feel the same hatred towards her father because he caused her to move away from society and was ashamed of her. Although Mariam did not believe the lies about her father, she still listened. When Nana died Mariam was forced to live with her father for a while who sent her away to get married she quickly realized that her mom was right all along. That influenced her life tremendously, she took those values with her into her marriage and was unable to emancipate herself from her thoughts of the past.