Adversity In The Kite Runner

Everyone deals with adversity, and everyone deals with it differently. The book The Kite Runner, written by Khaled Hosseini, is set in present day Kabul Afghanistan where the main character Amir deals with a lot of adversity. Although Amir deals with lots of adversity, there are also other characters in The Kite Runner who also deal with adversity, including Amir's father, Baba. In Kabul, Baba was a very respectable person, but when he moved to the United States, he went from being a powerful, respected man, to living in a small apartment, and pumping gas to survive. In the beginning of the book, Baba appears to tackle adversity head on, but as the book goes on it is revlied that that is not always the case. When Baba’s pride and honor

Amir and Baba pay someone along with others to take them in a truck to flee. When escaping Afghanistan to let them pass, a Russian soldier asks to have a woman in the back of the truck for half an hour, as payment to cross. Baba saw this, and stood up, “‘I want you to ask this man something,’ Baba said. He said it to Karim, but looked directly at the Russian officer. ‘Ask him where his shame is’”(Hosseini 115). Although Baba has never met this woman before this, he still decided to stand up, when she faces adversity. He faces the adversity caused by the Russian soldier strong, and head on. After the Russian soldier laughs at Baba's statement about shame, the Russian soldier tells Baba to sit down. Baba refuses, and says “‘Tell him I’ll take a thousand of his bullets before I let this indecency take place,’ Baba said”(Hosseini 116). Although Baba stands up for people when they face adversity because he thinks that they should be respected, he also does it to show power. Baba likes the glory, and honor. He wants to be the most respected individual in the room. Baba deals with adversity even if it's not his own, to show that he is a person to be