A Thousand Splendid Suns

what pushes Mariam out of being complacent?

Mariam is complacent in the middle od the novel , but what pushes her out?

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I think Mariam tires of being complacent at Rasheed's abusiveness. Mariam becomes a mother figure to Laila. She tries to protect Laila from Rasheed. In Chapter 45, Marium kills Rasheed. Killing Rasheed is a cathartic experience for her; it is a purging of so much abuse and misery.

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