They all walk together to the orphanage where Aziza once lived, which now, really is a school. Laila is a teacher there, and she and Tariq have been heavily involved with renovating the building. On their way to school, Laila sees new signs of life sprouting throughout Kabul — music in the air, saplings planted in yards.
At school, Zalmai practices free throws with Zaman. Laila finds her students waiting for her in the classroom. She takes a moment to think of Mariam. Laila has no idea where she's buried, but she feels Mariam's presence constantly.
She starts class, thinking about the name game Tariq, Aziza, and Zalmai play. These kids are either in the orphanages because their parents couldn't support them, or because they are dead from the wars that Kabul. The only family that they all have in the orphanage is Laila and her family. Laila now has the responsibility to raise the forgotten children of Kabul. These children will be the future adults living in Kabul; and therefore have to be taught about the past in order to restore order in the future.
The job that Laila has taken on is one of the most important ones that she can do to help bring a new order to Kabul. By changing the orphans lives, Laila is bringing hope back to her home. Khaled Hosseini purposefully gives Laila this job in the book so that the reader may understand the new life that Afghanistan needs through the character Laila in A Thousand Splendid Suns.
Plot Analysis- At the end of the book, Laila goes back to Kabul, where she was born and raised. The way she sees it, she has a responsibility to help rebuild the city, so it doesn't fall back into chaos. She decides the best way to do this is to help repurpose the orphanage that Aziza stayed at into a school. The two young men are members of the Afghan resistance fighting against the communist rule of Soviet Russia.
Hakim, whom Laila calls Babi, is a teacher at the university in Kabul. Babi is tender with Laila and patient with Mammy. Laila feels guilty for not grieving as deeply as Mammy.
Laila cares more for her dearest friend, Tariq, than she does for her brothers. Tariq, just a few years older than Laila, is kind to her and a fierce protector. Even though Tariq has lost a leg, he fights neighborhood boys when they bully Laila.
As they grow older, Laila becomes more aware of the gossip that surrounds her friendship with Tariq. Though Laila worries about her reputation, she allows her relationship with Tariq to become intimate.
By , Laila is fourteen. Communist forces in Afghanistan have been overthrown, and the city of Kabul becomes a battleground for rival warlords. When Tariq tells Laila that his family is leaving Afghanistan, Laila is overcome. The young couple sleep together, even though they have been taught that this is a sin against Allah.
Laila refuses to go with Tariq; she will not leave her parents behind. As Laila is packing, a rocket hits their home, leaving Mammy and Babi dead and Laila gravely injured. Rasheed pulls Laila from the rubble, and Mariam nurses Laila back to health. Laila receives a visit from a man named Abdul Sharif.
The stranger tells Laila that he spent time in a hospital with Tariq before Tariq died. Laila is heartbroken, and believes Allah is punishing her for not grieving her brothers properly. With time, Laila befriends Mariam, and the two of them try to escape to Pakistan with Laila's new daughter Aziza. They're caught by the police as they're boarding a bus and sent back to Rasheed. Laila eventually gives birth to a boy named Zalmai, who is most definitely Rasheed's son. Rasheed's shop burns down, throwing the family into poverty.
He forces Laila to send Aziza to an orphanage to help save money. Laila visits Aziza frequently. After returning home from one of these visits, Laila is shocked to find Tariq standing at her doorstep.
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