Novel Post

"A Thousand Splendid Suns" and the poem "Kabul" share the wonderfull setting of Kabul. A Thousand Splendid Suns takes place mainly in Kabul. Laila's family lives in Kabul, there are many sights such as the huge Buddha which when the Taliban take over is demalished. Cities are crowded with people everywhere. There is a river in which Mariam grows up by which is a lot like the one in the poem also where there are tulips. In the poem, it describes Kabul as floweris and wonderful waters just like the river in the novel. "My song exhalts her dazzling tulips
And at the beauty of her trees" the beauty of the land is amazing compared to all the sad thing that happen there. Both the novel and the poem describe Kabul as a beautful place to be.