A Thousand Splendid Suns padlet by Elle Burchfield

"Her gusts of powdered soil, slightly sting my eyes | But I love her," (Tabrizi)

quinn_podolski_2027 — 2025-03-07 20:16:47 UTC

"I used to know the whole poem, but all I can remember now is two lines: 'One could not count the moons that shimmer on her roofs, Or the thousand splendid suns that hide behind her walls." (Hosseini 192)

elle_burchfield — 2025-03-07 20:19:41 UTC

"how sparkling water flows from Pul-I-Mastaan!" (Tabrizi)

quinn_podolski_2027 — 2025-03-07 20:23:50 UTC

Showing the peacefulness of Kabul at the time. What no longer remains of Kabul now that it is in war.

"The silence. The peace of it. I wanted you to experience it. But I also wanted you to see your country's heritage, children, to learn of it's rich past" (Hosseini 149)

elle_burchfield — 2025-03-07 20:28:11 UTC

quinn_podolski_2027 — 2025-03-07 20:29:40 UTC

"...of mornings has the gaiety of flowers | Her nights of darkness, the reflections of lustrous hair,"

quinn_podolski_2027 — 2025-03-07 20:32:17 UTC

"And even the trumpets of heaven envy their green pastures,"

quinn_podolski_2027 — 2025-03-07 20:41:06 UTC

"She looked at the girl, at her blond curls" (Hosseini 202)

elle_burchfield — 2025-03-07 23:27:23 UTC

Laila's blond curly hair is frequently described in the novel as a symbol of beauty and this relates to the poem when it says "Her nights of darkness, the reflections of lustrous hair" (Tabrizi) which also is describing beauty in Kabul