Kite Runner And Osama Comparison

The Bible says that in the beginning, God created man and woman equal in His own image. Many cultures around the world have adapted to the idea of equality among people, yet other cultures have not yet adapted to that mentality. One culture that has not inhabited this mentality is the Afghan culture. This is very evident in the novel The Kite Runner by Kahled Hosseini and the film Osama directed by Siddiq Barmak. This novel and film have many things in common that one can see is prominent, for example, the way the Taliban rules and treats the Afghanistan citizens, the inequality between men and women, and the way the character Amir form The kite Runner and Osama from the film Osama, live their lives and what they carry with them emotionally. One
Women in a lot of cultures, especially in the Afghan culture are viewed as lesser individuals and therefor had less rights and opportunities. In Osama, Osama’s father had been taken to work in an army and had potentially been killed fighting, leaving Osama, her mother, and grandmother behind with nothing. The only way a family could get the means that they needed to live, was with a male in the family. Because Osama was a young girl and had not fully developed, her mother disguised her as a boy so she could work for food and money. In The Kite Runner the women would only get privileges if one had a wealthy father and a good family name. Women also had very limited work. Osama’s mother could only work in secrecy, and daughters of merchants in The Kite Runner could only work at their fathers’ stands in the market. Lastly the women were expected to follow traditions, like not being able to go outside without being accompanied by a male, a woman could not have her feet uncovered, and they were expected to keep their distance from men until they were married to one