Afghan children suffer because of the decisions and choices other people make. The underprivileged children in afghanistan never get a chance at life because it is snatched away by the taliban at birth. Not only are their rights being taken away but their lives are too,the children are being beaten , raped & killed. In Khaled Hosseini's novels The Kite Runner the rights of children is a major theme throughout the book and is shown by child assassination, racial discrimination, limitations for girls & social oppression.
The Child Mortality rate is particularly high in afghanistan , They are getting diseases and not being properly taken care of. Life expectancy at birth is considered to be lowest. One out of every afghan children does not survive. For example in Kite Runner when the taliban had taken over and the children were sent to orphanages the taliban would come to get them and most of the time they never return. About 1,500 children are sexually abused each year.
The children are being racially discriminated by the way they look or race. In The Kite Runner Amir says “people called Hazaras mice-eating , flat nosed load carrying donkeys.” Hazaras are often considered to be outsiders by other afghans , they are distinguished by their asian features. The pashtuns and …show more content…
In The Kite Runner Assef and his friends bullied Amir and Hassan. Some kids in afghanistan get bullied because of how they look and their race. If another child isn’t like them they get harassed for it. In The Kite Runner Assef constantly bullies hassan because he is a Hazara, Assef even raped Hassan . Children in afghanistan go through things like that everyday. The children in afghanistan are innocent and they need to be protected. When kids get bullied it can affect them in a negative way . When they are bullied at a young age they will grow up thinking something is wrong with them , some cases even lead to
The Child Mortality rate is particularly high in afghanistan , They are getting diseases and not being properly taken care of. Life expectancy at birth is considered to be lowest. One out of every afghan children does not survive. For example in Kite Runner when the taliban had taken over and the children were sent to orphanages the taliban would come to get them and most of the time they never return. About 1,500 children are sexually abused each year.
The children are being racially discriminated by the way they look or race. In The Kite Runner Amir says “people called Hazaras mice-eating , flat nosed load carrying donkeys.” Hazaras are often considered to be outsiders by other afghans , they are distinguished by their asian features. The pashtuns and …show more content…
In The Kite Runner Assef and his friends bullied Amir and Hassan. Some kids in afghanistan get bullied because of how they look and their race. If another child isn’t like them they get harassed for it. In The Kite Runner Assef constantly bullies hassan because he is a Hazara, Assef even raped Hassan . Children in afghanistan go through things like that everyday. The children in afghanistan are innocent and they need to be protected. When kids get bullied it can affect them in a negative way . When they are bullied at a young age they will grow up thinking something is wrong with them , some cases even lead to