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In the book Once, the plot is based on fictional story line. With A Thousand Splendid Suns the story line is based on a reality of the women in the Middle East. Another difference is that the two main characters, Eve(Once) and Laila(A Thousand Splendid Suns) both went on quests for love and peace,however they ended up differently because Laila finds true love and peace, however Eve does not find her true love at the end of the book Once. Instead she is left thinking her true love has become lost and dead. Over all the themes and the plots and meanings within the two books are so different that they are easier to compare than to find similarities.