A Thousand Splendid Suns- Psychoanalytic research essay
Mariam and Laila, the two lead protagonists of Khaled Hosseini’s A Thousand Splendid Suns display the Fruedian psychoanalytic theory of Transference and Resistance when acting upon their decisive processes of Laila’s hope and perseverance in contrast to Mariam's sacrifice and noble humility. In Psychoanalysis, we treat troubling mental conditions by investigating the interaction of both conscious and unconscious elements of the mind while simultaneously surfacing repressed fears and intrusive thoughts with various therapy methods, such as dream analysis and Transference therapy. The two women in abusive circumstances have used psychoanalysis as a resource for making sense of the social upheavals of the century, especially those involving gender relations, sexuality, and family life. According to the Debatable Austrian Psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud and his mentor Josef Breuer, the term transference is a term referring to unknowingly transferring feelings about someone or somet...