Let the Birds Fly Free A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini tells the story of an Afghani woman Mariam who lived to experience the history of Afghanistan from before the Soviet War until after the Taliban rule Windows and Mirrors Reflections on the War in Afghanistan is a collection of 45 murals sponsored by American Friends Service Committee drawn and painted by U S and international artists and collection of drawings by Afghan youth These paintings strongly express the old time saying
The Birds Emilee Guerra The short story The Birds by Daphne DuMaurier and the movie that was directed by Alfred Hitchcock also called The Birds are both very good and suspenseful Both story and film kept me on the edge of my seat The methods of creating suspense in the movie and the short story are varied yet effective The silence parts in this film were really suspenseful When Lydia goes to the Fawcett farm you expect noise but there isnt any As she walks down the hallway no music is playing n
Birds have always had a significant meaning in many cultures and in many ways They are used to symbolize purity evil immortality and beauty Kahled Hosseini uses many birds to symbolize the life of Miriam in A Thousand Splendid Suns Miriams actions and desires reflect themselves in the birds that Hosseini strategically places throughout the book He uses a mockingbirds freedom the banning of parakeets and a simple crow to show that something seemingly so innocent and basic can have a deeper more