Afghanistan‚ the Pashtuns‚ and the Hazaras. Discrimination sets into place as we learn about the history between the two family lines. On page 9‚ Amir read from a book that says “Pashtuns had persecuted and oppressed the Hazaras … the reason was that Pashtuns were Sunni Muslims‚ while Hazaras were Shi’a. This sets in the idea that the Pashtuns killed the Hazaras simply because they were not Sunni Muslims‚ resulting in the discrimination in society against the Hazaras. Throughout the novel‚ there were
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tugging on the line‚ the spool spinning in Hassan’s calloused hands‚ our eyes turned up to the kite in the sky. Not a word passes between us‚ not because we have nothing to say‚ but because we don’t have to say anything – that’s how it is between people who
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it was necessary to be mean to Hassan‚ because he was a Hazara. Amir continuously undermines Hassan throughout the first part of the book. However Amir’s religious opinions about how to treat Hazara change at the end of the book. "{General Sahib said} ’They will want to know why there is a Hazara boy living with our daughter. What do I tell them?’.... ’And one more thing‚ General Sahib’ I said. ’You will never again refer to him as ’Hazara boy’ in my presence. He has a name and its Sohrab.’" (Hosseini
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boys into trouble. Does Amir control the relationship? Is this why Hassan often takes the blame for things? Does Amir ever take responsibility for anything in the novel? Quote #2 Then he [Ali] would remind us that there was a brotherhood between people who had fed from the same breast‚ a kinship that not even time could break. ‘ Hassan and I fed from the same breasts. We took our first steps on the same lawn in the same yard. And‚ under the same roof‚ we spoke our first words. Mine was Baba
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to carry on his conscience. Ironically‚ the situation is then repeated through Baba himself‚ to Amir’s digression for atonement‚ it is revealed Baba has an appalling frailty of his own; he had committed adultery‚ resulting in the birth of a boy‚ a Hazara‚ Hassan.
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alleyway and sees Hassan being harassed by three bullies‚ one of them being Assef who holds resentment towards Amir for hanging out with Hassan who is a Hazara‚ a poorly respected religious sect in Afghanistan. As if being harassed for a kite wasn’t nearly enough for the three boys tormenting Hassan‚ Assef decides that he will rape Hassan to ‘teach the Hazara a lesson’. As Kamal and Wali hold Hassan down‚ Assef rapes him. All the while‚ Amir is watching‚ in horror as his companion is raped in an alley
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by Assef and his followers Kamal and Wali. He was Ali’s son even though later in the novel‚ it is revealed that he is truly the son of Baba and Amir’s brother. Late in the book‚ they allow us to know by saying that there is a special closeness that people who fed from the same breasts share. He was poorly educated and stood up for what he believed in‚ even if it meant dying for it. He always stood up for Amir no matter what the consequence‚ even if its him being raped. In the end of the novel‚ he does
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whose only similarity is the wet nurse they were fed from when they were little. Because the novel is not informative in purpose and as American‚ we know little about the history and politics of Afghanistan‚ its culture‚ Islam‚ the persecution of the Hazara‚ and the Taliban‚ it is vital in order to understand the novel on the deepest of levels to have background information relating to the topics previously mentioned. Without any background knowledge of Afghanistan it is still easy to understand the
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Kite Runner focuses on the life of Amir‚ a cowardly young boy part of the ruling caste of Pashtuns‚ and the son of a wealthy merchant residing in the outskirts of Kabul. At his side we see Hassan‚ his servant and best friend who is a member of the Hazara caste‚ a cultural group long persecuted in Afghanistan. As Amir tries to meet his father’s demands‚ we see the close relationship between the boys diminish‚ as ethnic and political tensions arise in Afghanistan. One day‚ a savage yet preventable attack
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about Amir and Hassan‚ two young boys who have a strange friendship. These boys grew up together in Kabul‚ which explains why there friendship was so strange. In Kabul‚ the Afghan society classifies Hazaras people as lower humans. With Amir’s family being Pashtun and Hassan and his father both Hazaras and are in servitude to Amir’s family. This class difference was the reason Amir and Hassan didn’t have a great friendship. Even though they seemed
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