“The curious thing was, I never thought of Hassan and me as friends either.”(hosseini 30) There are many cultures around the world that could be described like precious animal species. They could go extinct if not preserved, and they need to be respected. In the kite runner it gives several perfect ways of how we can respect culture. It shows culture can be respected through everyday life, treating them like they were your own culture, and how we can value culture through the belief someone else puts into it.
You can respect cultur by the way respect is shown through everyday we live. “It may be unfair, but what happens in a few days, sometimes even a single day, can change the course of a whole lifetime, Amir.” (hosseini 142) In this it shows how we need to respect culture through the way it is shown, right after this quote the book explains that any action to a culture can affect it. So after this a boy lies about another boy of a different culture and the boy has to leave. This all goes to show how we should just respect culture so our actions today don't roll over into tomorrow.
You can respect culture by treating them like they were your own culture. In the kite runner towards the end the boy overcomes the racial tensions between him and his long lost friend so like a brother he goes on a wild adventure
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which includes putting his life on the line many times. In the book it says “ There is a way to be good again.”(hosseini 2) The boy never treats his friend like a human let alone a man of his own culture. But by taking in his friend's kid They were able to be good again. You can value culture through how someone feels for the culture or how much they believe in it.
In the kite runner lots of beliefs whether right or wrong were strongly believed in and fought in. Such as that they should be a purebred people, or maybe how they needed a terrorist group to be formed to fight the russians. In the book it says ““It hurts to say that. But better to get hurt by the truth than comforted with a lie.” (hosseini 58) This just goes to show that they didn't do lies they were very hard headed and all believed in things very strongly. In this it shows how their culture defines them and their culture lives through each and every one of
them. All in all Culture does need to be respected and valued. It shows culture can be respected through everyday life, treating them like they were your own culture, and how we can value culture through the belief someone else puts into it. Culture has always been valued in different weather it was valued as nothing or everything. We just need to make sure we value all culture in an appropriate way. Which for all cases should be at the highest respect until your trust is destroyed, then put at the highest regard 77 times over. This is shown in the kite runner and how hassan takes the boy back and still thinks of him as a friend. “For you a thousand times over.”(hossini 69)
Hosseini’s purpose of writing the Kite Runner was to teach the readers the different ethnic groups in Afghanistan. The main character, Amir, is a Pashtun and Pashtuns are Sunni Muslims, then there are Hazara’s that the Pashtuns do not get along with. Hazara’s are not welcomed by the Pashtuns because they are different social classes.
Family’s beliefs and values may be different for some and in other cultures they may not be accepted. As teachers, we have to learn about different cultures and expand our knowledge so families could feel more accepted. In the book, Anti- Bias Education for young children and ourselves by Louise Derman-Sparks & Julie Olsen Edwards, talks about how culture and fairness involves two dimensions, children’s development of a positive culture, identity, and their respectful interactions with other cultures. With these two dimensions, it will help the child to continue to express their home culture at school while learning the different cultures at school with their classmates. They learn about what’s right from wrong, how to dress, and talk
What is it that makes us human and what does it mean to be human? These questions should be frequently and relentlessly contemplated by all members of society. What makes us human is the notion that we have complex thoughts and emotions. No two individuals are exactly alike in every way who share the same opinions, tastes, thoughts, ideas, or feelings. Which is quite fortunate, because it would be a complete bore if everyone acted completely identical to one another. So, what is it that makes us abhor another based on their uniqueness as an individual or as a group? The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini is about a friendship between two boys set in Afghanistan. The story spans over the last thirty years. Amir is the son of a wealthy business man, Baba. Ali is a longtime childhood friend of Baba’s and works as a servant for him. Hassan is the son of Ali and spends time with Amir. Hassan and Amir one day run into Assef—who has a superiority complex—and threatens to beat Amir for being friends with a Hazara. Later on in the story, Hassan is cornered by Assef and his two friends and Assef rapes Hassan. Amir witnessed the event concealed in the shadows, and is tormented for the rest of his life with his decision for not standing up for Hassan. The author,
The movie The Kite Runner is based on the book and it contains both subtle and explicit differences as all books and movies do. Both the book and the movie have very compelling and moralistic themes, though at times the movie’s themes seem limited. The themes presented throughout the movie and the book are penance, loyalty, prejudice, religion and growing up. The characterization, overall plot of the movie and the setting of the book seem to be consistent with each other, though at times they both may vary slightly and drastically. One of the major themes in both the movie and the book seems to be penance.
It is difficult to face anything in the world when you cannot even face your own reality. In his book The Kite Runner, Khaled Hosseini uses kites to bring out the major themes of the novel in order to create a truly captivating story of a young boy’s quest to redeem his past mistakes. Amir is the narrator and protagonist of the story and throughout the entire novel, he faces enormous guilt following the horrible incident that happened to his closest friend, Hassan. This incident grows on Amir and fuels his quest for redemption, struggling to do whatever it takes to make up for his mistakes. In Hosseini’s novel, kites highlight aspects of Afghanistan’s ethnic caste system and emphasizes the story’s major themes of guilt, redemption and freedom.
The terms ethnicity and ethnic refer to cultural characteristics; people who identify with each other based on common ancestry and cultural heritage. The sense of belonging could be based on nationality, what area they are from, clothing, religion, family name, language, and or relationships (Henslin 242). In The Kite Runner there is a clear social distinction between the Pashtun and the Hazara. The Kite Runner explores multiple different aspects of racism and discrimination such as, nonviolent but brutal racism and racism intertwined with generosity and kindness. Although the ethnic group people treat so po...
According to Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, human beings need to feel a sense of acceptance, belonging, and in addition, respect. The Kite Runner exhibits the idea of belonging on various stages, in family, friendship, and culture. Amir and Hassan both belong to Baba, by blood. However, the significant struggles Amir faces is centred on the lack of a sense of belonging to his father and a sense that Hassan, does in fact
In its violence, The Kite Runner uses both mood and symbolism to help understand the meaning of the work. All scenarios that showcased violence were placed to show not only the change of Afghanistan, but the change of Amir as well. If the novel were written without these events, the novel's true meaning would be hard to decipher. In Khaled Hosseini's The Kite Runner, violent scenes are placed to further the meaning of the work.
‘Kite Runner’ is a multilayered story told by Khalid Hosseini and directed by Marc Forster. The paper discusses some of the crucial scenes from movie and connects them with Islamic views. In a scene Amir (while father holding a glass of wine and Amir looking out of window) asks his father that according his religious teacher, mullah, drinking is a sin. If so, why does he drink and if drinking makes him the sinner? Baba gives Amir his own perspective of values and attribute every sin with theft. Amir disagrees with his father initially but afterwards reluctantly admits what he says. Baba expresses anger for Mullahs and prays to save Afghanistan from such people.
There are numerous methods to store and present information, each with their own benefits and drawbacks. As a result of this, whenever a creative work is adapted into a new medium, the source material is altered to optimize the communication of the original ideas. After reading the novel The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini and analysing the merits and faults of the film adaptation, it can be concluded that the adaptation deserves praise. This assertion is based on the success of three elements employed by the filmmakers when converting the novel to film, notably, the exclusion of unnecessary plot, the representation of Afghan culture, and the interpretation of major scenes. While there are several reasons to hold this film in high esteem,
The central message of The Kite Runner is loyalty, betrayal, and hope. In the movie, the director didn’t shoe what the author was hoping to get out of the book. The movie gave me a different central message then the book did. The movie didn’t have the same loyalty as the book. Amir had not that much guilt in the movie as in the book. The movie left out some of the very important parts from the book.
Shanelle Da Costa Ms. Fearon ENG-3U1.3 May 21, 2024 Diverging Destinies in The Kite Runner Maya Angelou, an American memoirist, civil rights activist, and poet once said, “Prejudice is a burden that confuses the past, threatens the future and renders the present inaccessible.” In The Kite Runner, many problems stem from prejudice and discrimination. These unaddressed issues enlarge and begin destroying relationships, lives, and entire countries. The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini follows the story of Amir, an Afghani boy who struggles to embrace adulthood because of childhood trauma and guilt. Although disturbing, the well-being of the two main characters is determined at birth primarily due to their lineage.
My culture respects the people and the things that deserve it, but with that said, we also don’t give respect to the people who don’t deserve it. We don’t just respect anyone or anything neither, they have to earn that valuable thing that most people don’t have nor give anymore. This is probably one of the biggest differences between my culture and my society because in my society people don’t know the first thing about respect. The way i see it is that it really is a shame of how my society and these people that live in it can’t show even a little bit of respect for someone or something, big or small. Respect is one of the dying characteristics in this world and my culture has the last of it.
The first novel “The Kite Runner” is a story of two friends Amir and Hassan who grew up together. They loved and cherished each other’s company but due to class conflict the other boys of Amir’s class, Pashtuns
Effects on culture and society on the behaviour of an individual, relates to people from different social economic groups will share different aspects of culture for example, having a different understanding of the concept of money, and how treating elders with respect. A different culture, comes with a different conduct, customs and rules, the extent to which morals from individual’s perspectives who believe in a different culture can cause controversy with another who believes that what they are doing should be socially accepted. Culture can shape our behaviour as individuals are raised to believe that there is certain way to live your life and have different views on what is right and wrong, which can restrict children from making friends outside of their social circle built upon their culture, stopping children from developing an understanding of others cultures. A multi-cultural school could encourage cultural diversity which is, is the quality of diverse or different cultures, also refer to having different cultures respect each other's differences. As every culture is seen as equal, therefore able to have access to the same standard of