written by Khaled Hosseini is a bildungsroman following the relationship of two characters‚ Amir and Hassan. In addition to the development of Amir and Hassan’s relationship‚ the book also touches on the racial tensions between the Pashtun and the Hazara as well as the political evolution that Afghanistan undergoes. It is a story that highlights the regrets that Amir lives through as he leaves his home‚ country and closest friend. The most controversial aspect of the book is that near the beginning
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A common theme throughout the novel The Kite Runner is suffering. Many characters deal with emotional pain in their lives especially Sohrab‚ who suffers the most out of all of them. Among the many characters who go through grief is Amir. The main issue he struggles with in life is the relationship he shares with his father. While Hassan is getting assaulted by Assef Amir comes to the decision not to help him in order for him to obtain the blue kite Hassan has. “Nothing was free in this world. Maybe
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eyes and saw that he meant it” (42). When Amir is trying to hurt him‚ he cannot do anything and in the end Hassan protects him once again. Amir treats Hassan and Assef differently because Hassan is a Hazara and Assef is a Pashtun. Being a Pashtun and Sunni makes Amir thinks maybe sacrificing a Hazara to achieve his goal is a fair thing to do. In order to protect the kite for Amir‚ Hassan is raped by Assef. At that time‚ Amir is in the corner and he sees everything. However‚ he chooses to run and ignore
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As Hazaras‚ we had waited for the day that we would be treated as equals. I recalled the day that the Taliban moved in and put an end to all the fighting and my mother telling me “Afrooz we are going to be safe.” The expression on her face‚ I remember fondly the hope that sparkled in her eyes‚ she radiated this excitement and feeling of hope. Things however turned sour very quickly after the Taliban had took over‚ the group that we thought off as saviours‚ began massacring Hazaras like us.
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that predominantly displays courage‚ loyalty and friendship all‚ which are the qualities that a hero should embody. Moreover‚ Hassan possesses an innate intelligence‚ which he shows when Amir reads stories to him. Lastly‚ because he belongs to the Hazara ethnic group of Afghanistan he is inevitably discriminated. However in spite of his lower social class status‚ Hassan preserves his self-dignity as a person. Hosseini portrays Hassan as a genuine hero in which the youth can emulate. Amir and Hassan
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Hosseini - The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini 1. Amir is a Pashtun and Hassan is a Hazara. Pashtun ’s are some of the richest people in Afghanistan. The Pastuns have always been the upper class and the Hazaras belonged to the much lower class. They often worked for richer Afghanis‚ trying to get by on a meager living. The two remain on different levels primarily due to religion. The Pashtun ’s are Sunni Muslims‚ while the Hazara ’s are Shi ’a Muslims. The Sunni Muslims are far more traditional beliefs and
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repeatedly‚ defending Amir when he is attacked and always being ready to listen. His defining traits are bravery‚ selflessness‚ and intelligence‚ though his smarts are more instinctual than bookish‚ largely because he is uneducated. As a poor ethnic Hazara‚ he is considered an inferior in Afghan society‚ and he is the victim of racism throughout the novel as a result. He is Baba’s illegitimate child‚ though he is not aware of this fact‚ and he grows up with Ali acting as his father. His rape is an early
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Afghan People are all Equal‚ But Some are More Equal than Others “We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools.” As Martin Luther King Jr. once said‚ the world must go far beyond than our differences and we must love each other for what we are. And Afghanistan religion is not an exception. Amir is the son of Baba‚ a wealthy businessman and a Pashtun Muslim‚ he also goes to school‚ owns books and wears fancy outfits. Hassan‚ on the other side of the coin‚ is the
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of treating people poorly depending on who they are. A place where discrimination has existed to this day would be Afghanistan‚ and the book‚ The Kite Runner‚ does a great job showing the reader how discrimination has stayed in the Afghan culture through the years. The book is about an Afghani kid named Amir‚ who lives with his disapproving and rich father‚ Baba‚ who is well known in the Afghani community. With Baba’s wealth came the benefits of having a huge house along with Hazara servants. Baba
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Wayne and “The Magnificent Seven” with Charles Bronson. Even Baba’s car was American. This shows that Amir’s family‚ in general‚ the rich people in Afghanistan‚ had a lot of American influence‚ portraying the similarity between Afghans and Americans. By targeting the readers in USA‚ Hosseini displays the normal life of Afghans to them‚ and especially for the people who stereotype Afghans as terrorists. On the other hand‚ Hosseini pops in facts of Afghanistan in the novel from time to time. These paragraph
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