Society In The Kite Runner

Imagine a place with no expression, everyone dresses the same in similar outfits, facial hair and accessories are harshly enforced. This is modern day Afghanistan, Afghanistan a place with a very old fashioned culture and society. These old fashioned beliefs make it impossible for someone to truly be himself because of the power society. This can be seen in The Kite Runner, a novel by Khaled Hosseini Through characters such as Baba, Hassan, Amir, and Sohrab. The Kite Runner, a novel written by Khaled Hosseini explains the troubles of living in Afghanistan through the eyes of Amir, a child, who leaves Afghanistan at a young age and travels back to reunite with an old friend. Throughout the book it is shown that as a kid Amir cannot be himself due to society's beliefs of how men and women should be. In Afghanistan the public admires

Hassan is not as privileged as his brother, Amir. Hassan is raised a Hazara, A low class ethnic group who are mostly used as servants, Hazaras are viewed as less than Pashtuns, who make the majority of Afghanistan. Amir, a Pashtun, as a child is aware of the social class between Hazara and Pashtun. Amir shows his class over Hassan by playing a harmless prank and tells Hassan “imbecile means smart, intelligent.” Hassan of course believes what Amir, due to how society as a whole treats members of the Pashtun Ethnicity. Hassan, Amir’s most loyal friend doesn't know that he can be cruel. Not only does society influence Amir to Treat Hassan as lesser than him, Hassan is also to influenced by society. Hassan has so much trust in Amir because of his high social status and assumes as a Pashtuns he could only be good, similar to how Amir’s father was the ideal man. Both kids exemplify how their society has predetermined stereotypes and that you view others in those stereotypes rather than seeing who they really