The Kite Runner Political Analysis

Changing Afghanistan Politics and its Role in The Kite Runner The landlocked country of Afghanistan, rich with power stricken history and brutality, is enduring a continuous shift of power. The Kite Runner, a novel written by Khaled Hosseini in 2003, portrays the Afghanistan lifestyle as it experiences constant political turmoil and the force of power and politics molding the Afghanistan lifestyle. The novel is told from Amir’s point of view as he experiences a guilt ridden life filled with his search for atonement for betraying his loyal, close friend and servant, Hassan, who is a Hazara. After twenty years of anguish from his haunting burden, Amir receives a call from a dear friend, Rahim Khan, who offers him the opportunity to redeem himself adding, “[t]here is a way to be good again” (Hosseini 2). Amir, a rich Pashtun, had a wealthy and striving father, Baba. Amir and Baba lived in Kabul, Afghanistan with their servants, Ali and Hassan. Hassan was the poor Hazara son of Ali. Although Amir and Hassan were separated by class and religion, the boys were inseparable and had the same ties as Afghans (Corbett). Amir and Hassan would spend their afternoons under a pomegranate tree that they claimed as their own with “Amir and Hassan, the sultans of Kabul” carved into …show more content…
In July they killed around six thousand Hazaras in the Mazar-i-Sharif as they continued to commit massive human rights violations (Afghanistan). The Kite Runner incorporates the effects of Afghan politics on lifestyles through Amir and Baba’s entire life in America. An example of the beliefs of family in Afghanistan was introduced when Soraya, Amir’s wife, was not able to conceive and told her parents that they had discussed the option to adopt. General Taheri, Soraya’s father, immediately announced his feeling about adoption saying, “I am not so sure it is for us Afghans” (Hosseini