Afghanistan In The Kite Runner

The History of Afghanistan is very important because it's important to know how the present day afghanistan came to be today and why it's like the way it is. Afghanistan has been taken over by so many empires and different groups or countries just to be left to build themselves back up from the dirt which they were left in.“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.” (Kite Runner,pg 146)(Khaled Hosseini) The soviet union invaded Afghanistan in 1979 and stayed there until 1989 during that time the united states supported a group of fighters called the mujahideen. Then when the soviets left The united states also left and there was a big fight for power and land mass and so the taliban was created who then created al …show more content…
That was when I learned that, in America, you don’t reveal the ending of the movie, and if you do, you will be scorned and made to apologize profusely for having committed the sin of Spoiling the End.”(Khaled Hosseini)(pg 356) Amir's father Baba always treated amir worse than he treated hassan even though amir is bubbas real son. Bubba might have been trying to teach amir that you won't always be the one getting the special attention. But when they moved to the united states he started treating him like his son and started to be nice to him.“But I hope you will heed this: A man who has no conscience, no goodness, does not suffer.”)”(Khaled Hosseini)(pg 306) Amir Is haunted by his past just like afghanistan all the bad things that have happened there and all the bad things that have happen to amir or to people that amir may have known. The memories from those events probably will never go away but you can choose to hide from them or embrace the past and move on from it.“It hurts to say that. But better to get hurt by the truth than comforted with a lie.” (Khaled Hosseini)(pg