Amir And Baba Character Analysis

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Later on in the book Amir and Baba are forced to flee Afghanistan due to the Soviet-Afghan War, a nine year conflict that lasted from December 1979 until February 1989. They escape with a considerably large group of refugees who all sit in the “tarpaulin-covered cab of an old Russian truck” (110) On their journey they pass a checkpoint at Mahipar. There, the group is met by two soldiers, one Afghan, the other Russian. To the group’s dismay, the Russian soldier demands infidelity from a young woman riding in the truck. “Karim cleared his throat, dropped his head. Said the soldier wanted a half hour with the lady in the back of the truck” (115). Baba risks his own life to stop the temptation of the Russian soldier by asking him about his morals.

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