Markus Zusak’s novel “The Book Thief” rocketed up the world’s best-seller lists when it first appeared in 2005, although the book is set at WWII Nazi Germany. The novel is accepted worldwide because of the themes in this book which resonate very deeply with people from different cultures and backgrounds. Especially when we compare that to Marc Forster’s movie “The Kite Runner”, A 2007 American drama with its screenplay based on the novel of the same name by Khaled Hosseini. It tells the story of Amir, a well-to-do Pashtun boy, and Hassan, a Hazara who is a lowly servant of Amir, who so their best to keep their friendship in a time of struggle. Similar themes bond the two works despite them being set almost twenty years apart and in different countries. Both texts follow the emotional and spiritual representation of the beauty and strength of humanity, particularly amongst the tumult of racism and war.
Markus Zusak consistently describes his abhorrence for the racial polity between Adolf Hitler and the Jews that occurred in the mid-20th century. He catapults the reader into this cruel reality when Liesel sees the Jews “[marching] through Mulching”. Their imminent death shocked Liesel …show more content…
Forster explores the themes in terms of the hierarchy and race in Afghanistan in the similar period. The two main characters Amir and Hassan are confronted with racism in an early incident. “We're not bothering you.” (Says by Amir) “Wrong. You are bothering me. Afghanistan is the land of the Pashtuns. We're the real Afghans. Not this flat-nose Hazara. They dirty our blood. If idiots like you and your father didn't take these people in, we'd be rid of them.”(Abusers) The representation of these young Pashtuns reflect the racist attitudes of their parents and the general population. Indeed, they are the future example of Afghanistan, by hurling these racial insults they are ensuring that racist attitude will transcend
Markus Zusak consistently describes his abhorrence for the racial polity between Adolf Hitler and the Jews that occurred in the mid-20th century. He catapults the reader into this cruel reality when Liesel sees the Jews “[marching] through Mulching”. Their imminent death shocked Liesel …show more content…
Forster explores the themes in terms of the hierarchy and race in Afghanistan in the similar period. The two main characters Amir and Hassan are confronted with racism in an early incident. “We're not bothering you.” (Says by Amir) “Wrong. You are bothering me. Afghanistan is the land of the Pashtuns. We're the real Afghans. Not this flat-nose Hazara. They dirty our blood. If idiots like you and your father didn't take these people in, we'd be rid of them.”(Abusers) The representation of these young Pashtuns reflect the racist attitudes of their parents and the general population. Indeed, they are the future example of Afghanistan, by hurling these racial insults they are ensuring that racist attitude will transcend