The Kite Runner Essay

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The Kite Runner is an emotional roller coaster ride about the friendship of two boys, the tragic history of Afghanistan, the last days of the monarchy, the invasion of the Soviets, and, finally, the Taliban. This book is focused around the life of Amir and the people closest to him, Hassan, Baba, Rahim Khan, and later Soraya and Sohrab. As the reader, you will see Amir go through joyful times, tedious times, on to times full of turmoil and grief; through kite flying, betrayal, and war. Through the eyes of a born Afghan, the reader will be taken from the times of the monarchy to the present, through the Soviet-Afghanistan War and the control of the Taliban. The reader will see Amir and his father make it to America, and what it was like for them to have to start all over with a new language and a new culture surrounding them. After years of living in the new country, Amir finally was able to …show more content…

People were drawn to Afghanistan by violence. The book is also based on the time of the author’s, Khaled Hosseini, life time, and some aspects of the book went along with his personal experiences. Hosseini goes further to show the different ethnicities of Afghanistan, mostly with the Hazaras. They were considered the lowly people, the servants. Also seen throughout the book are the cultures of Afghans; one example being words in Farsi thrown in there periodically, and another, the different methods of prayer and rituals. The book being seen through the point of view of Amir shows what people in his class of society had to go through in this point in history; how quickly he went from having everything in Kabul to having close to nothing in America. People had to leave their home and sneak out of the country so they would not be killed, although some chose to stay out of the love they had for their

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