Abstract
Sisterhood corresponds to a bond of love, cooperation and solidarity among women to fight against their individual or collective oppression at the hands of patriarchy. It initiates and shapes the struggle of women against their sexism. On the other hand, envy and non-cooperation act as enemies of women, making them as easy prey for the patriarchal forces. This study provides a textual analysis of Afghan American novelist Khaled Hosseini’s novels A Thousand Splendid Suns and And the Mountains Echoed. The theoretical foundations of the research are laid down on the theories proposed by bell hooks. The study shows that the solidarity of female characters in the novels freed them from the oppression of patriarchy. However, their envy and non-cooperation led them to the domination of men. This study is a unique addition to the topic as it brings together the ideals of sisterhood and envy on the selected novels of Khaled Hosseini.
Highlights
The term sisterhood literally relates to the kinship between biological sisters
There are a few studies published on the solidarity among female characters in Hosseini’s novel A Thousand Splendid Suns, this study focuses on the theme of sisterhood as a liberator for the female characters in A Thousand Splendid Suns and And the Mountains Echoed
Selective reading of the texts was carried out to achieve the objective of the study which is to reveal how Hosseini has put forth the ideology of sisterhood as a saviour in the lives of Afghan women, and how the women are presented to suffer from their envy and non-cooperative behaviour
Summary
Feminists of First Wave introduced this term to represent a feeling of affection, friendship and cooperation among women to find a solution to personal, political or gender issues. This relationship can be found at an individual level, in a group or women around the world (Vivienne, 2016). The feminist scholars of the First Wave feminism believed that a powerful sisterhood could be created only through changing the female thinking about the sexist oppression This change can lead to political solidarity among women which can prove a precursor to overthrow the patriarchy.
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