Recommended: Character traits for amir halfway through the novel
David Berkowitz, also known as Son of Sam and the “.44 Caliber Killer”, is an American serial killer who, in New York City, murdered six people and injured seven. The Son of Sam killings –as his murder spree incident was called- began on July 29, 1976 with Donna Lauria and Jody Valenti who were both sitting in their car when a man peered into their window and fired multiple times at them. Jody survived the rainfall of bullets but her partner was not so lucky. Couple of months later, the police noted that this could be the work of a serial killer. David Berkowitz, whose birth name was David Falco, was adopted by Nat and Pearl Berkowitz a couple of days after his birth day, on June 1, 1953.
Near the beginning of the book, Amir was an anti-hero, doing everything against being a good person. “I lifted Hassan’s mattress and planted my new watch and a handful of Afghani bills under it.” pg. 104.
They tied up Baba-Jan and took him on a hill and killed him and the boys knew it. When Nusrat was taking Amina to the hospital she ran into a problem “ Bombs are unusual in the bazaar but she is afraid that gunfire will soon follow” (80). In the book the Taliban are clearly brutal people. Staples shows that the Taliban are brutal but in real life they are even worse.
The author provides the reader with mixed feeling about Amir. In his childhood in Kabul Amir comes off as heartless person. He is this because he has done evil stuff in his life. In the beginning of the story something bad happens to Hassan, Amir says,¨In the end, I ran.
Again, in this quote, Amir redeems himself to Hassan and his family by standing up to General Sahib. Proving to Hassan that he was faithful to him all along, removing his
They can recieve an education and Amir holds power over his servant and friend, Hassan, in that particular way. Since most Hazaras are unable to be educated, they are usually illiterate. This leads Hassan to want Amir to read to him, since he cannot do it himself. While reading, Amir tends to use his knowledge of words as a way to tease Hassan because he does not understand the meanings of certain words. Amir always feels guilty after, “But there [is] something fascinating- albeit in a sick way- about teasing Hassan.
The Afghanistan War initially commenced because of the acts of Osama Bin Laden. The Afghan leaders were put under international pressure to hand the terrorist over. When the Taliban failed at handing Osama Bin Laden over, the United States took in upon their armed forces. In October 2011, the United States of America targeted Bin Laden's fighters, the Taliban and began bombing Afghanistan. The conflict when Osama Bin Laden gained the audacity to attack the World Trade Center and pentagon, justifies the causes of this war.
Amir exploits Hassan’s loyalty in order to feel superior. Assef uses sexual abuse to give himself power over Hassan and Sohrab. The Taliban use religion and terror to enforce their rule over the people of Afghanistan. Although all of these people employ different means to maintain power, the root of their strength is the guilt and shame of their victims: Hassan’s need to be a good friend, Sohrab’s sinful feelings, and the people’s guilt of not adhering to their religion. The Kite Runner illustrates how power changes people and relationships, and exhibits the extremes a person will go to into order to keep a firm grasp on
Hosseini shows us how the Afghani culture and Amir’s reluctance to help
In The Kite Runner during the twentieth century, there is a great divide between the muslim citizens of Kabul. The Hazaras are considered inferior to the respectable majority of Pashtuns. Hazaras are persecuted and oppressed, simply because they are Shi’a muslims and Pashtuns are Sunni muslims. Throughout the novel, Hazaras are called various derogatory names such as “[...] mice eating, flat-nosed, load-carrying donkeys.” (Hosseini 10) Because of his cultural background, Hassan becomes a victim of racism, as he has run-ins with bullies, is raped and is constantly told that he is not nor ever will be an equal to Amir.
He resists for Amir whom he loves with his whole heart. Amir witnesses this struggle, but he does nothing; he runs away since “he was just a Hazara, wasn’t he?” (Hosseini 77). Amir has always believed, deep down, that his father favored Hassan, a Hazara, the dirt of Afghan society, over him, his own son. Seeing Hassan reduced to that level of baseness is perversely satisfying for him.
The Kite Runner, by Khaled Hosseini, tells the story of a boy named Amir and his story and journey throughout his life. In Afghanistan there are two major ethnic groups. These two ethnic groups are very different. The Pashtuns are the upper class and the Hazaras were much lower than them. Most Hazaras worked for Pashtuns, in this case, Amir is a Pashtun and Hassan is a Hazara that works for him and his father.
A Marxist Analysis of The Kite Runner In Afghanistan, the Hazara people were formerly a majority ethnicity at about 67 percent of the population, however once the Pashtuns began taking political actions, the Hazaras were massacred until they only formed about 9 percent of Afghanistan’s total population today (“Afghanistan-Hazaras”). Because of their minority status, the Hazara people face much prejudice in Afghan society as shown by the book. Similarly, Afghani people compose 3 percent of America’s population, wherein they also face prejudice. In Khaled Hosseini’s
Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan Many historians may ask themselves, “What possessed the Soviet Union to invade Afghanistan.” Well, there are many reasons, power, greed, money, and leverage. Was it stupid by the Soviets to do this? Yes, they misunderstood how religious the Muslims were, and how far they’d go to keep Atheists, and other religions out.
The book pretends to enclose the entirety of Afghan culture and history, as seen when the main character expresses “to me, the face of Afghanistan is that of a (…)”1 before describing, in two lines, his jovial friend, and servant; who, like him, never saw more of Afghanistan than the wealthy Kabul and its surroundings. Moreover, when dwelling into historical events, the books estimates it more important to further character development through fictional, story-telling events, rather than explain or detail in any way said historical events which the characters have been placed into (Russian, Taliban, and American Occupations, etc.). Thus, any competently critical reader with a sense of Afghan history, will place in doubt the portrayal of Afghanistan the novelist implicitly claims to have made; for example, some might think it a way to occidentalize Afghan culture for the masses, whilst others might deem it a brilliant way to put in question the narrator’s remarks, and thus expose the main character’s biased narration. In any case, the reading will change, and with it, the interpretation of the novel’s message. Outside the book itself, however, and within the novelist’s context, we can again find more facts that might change the readers’
