Kite Runner Cultural Analysis

In the novel The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini, it portrays the constant suppression and marginalization of the Hazara people, who are belittled compared to the pre-dominant social class known as the Pashtuns. Hosseini is portraying the hardships that social classes face within Afghanistan society in order for the reader of the novel to develop a better understanding of the conflicting Afghan culture. These two social classes follow different belief systems which obviously contribute to conflict/suppression over one another, Pashtuns follow Sunni and Hazaras follow Shi’a beliefs, which are two already conflicting branches of Islam. The Pashtuns make up 40-60 percent of Afghanistan's population hence making them the overwhelming majority, that out numbers the Hazara people drastically. The Hazara people are excluded from Afghan society due their lack of education along with their mongolian facial features, which comes from their ancestors who were descendants of Genghis Khan, and within Afghanistan's history and society mongolians and anything related to them are frowned upon and face discrimination/bigotry.
The Hazara people face extreme discrimination and exclusion In Afghanistan's society due to their social classification. Hosseini seemingly always was capable of placing a emphasis on their …show more content…
The discrimination from the pashtuns towards the Hazara people will lead to hate, bitterness and never ending conflict within the Afghanistan society. Hosseini is portraying the hardships and obstacles that social classes face within Afghanistan's society, such as the constant suppression and marginalization of the Hazara people in order to allow the reader to gain insight on a unfamiliar territory and develop a more concrete understanding of Afghanistan's conflicting