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Power
For once, we have to agree with Kanye—no one man should have all that power. A Thousand Splendid Suns is filled with bad dudes who prey on the weak. For some, like Rasheed, this means using violence and manipulation to hold power over a few individuals. For others, like the Taliban, it's about keeping a whole country of people under your fist. In both instances, however, we see that power can be defeated. It certainly isn't easy, but the only thing that can defeat overwhelming power and violence is love.
The novel suggests that power depends on instilling fear, whether of physical violence or emotional pain, in others.
In A Thousand Splendid Suns, the Taliban uses its moral power to prevent women from partaking in any degree of public life; this keeps them from speaking out against their oppression.
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