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Ripple Effects Of War In 'The Kite Runner'

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threat. Laila and Mariam are both forced to remain in Afghanistan and to face the ripple effects of war and what it has led them to head on. Even when they try to escape, they could not and are brought home by government officials. Because of their society, their marriage, their gender, they are left with no option other than to endure the abuse, dehydration, starvation, entrapment, rape. To undergo such pain is a noble act, something people may say a man would be able to do - to remain in Afghanistan and to stay loyal and rooted in one’s homeland- however, The Kite Runner proves this sentiment to be wrong. The ‘masculine’ figures, Baba and Amir, are the ones fleeing Afghanistan, avoiding all of the war’s aftermath. Again, they are able to
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