Jefferess, David. “To be good (again): The Kite Runner as allegory of global ethics”. Journal of Postcolonial Writing 45.4 (2009): 389-400. Humanities International Complete. Web. 19 Feb. 2016.
This article is very similar to “ Power Relations in The Kite Runner”. It provides a complete analysis of Amir’s path to redemption after he had abandoned Hassan, his best friend, in times of need. In doing so, it also provides a complete analysis of the psychopathic character of Assef, who conveniently meets the standard of which most people believe what terrorist are: savages, mentally deranged psychopaths beyond redemption. Though Assef may be a rare case, the argument that terrorists in general are psychopathic and mentally ill cannot be made, …show more content…
More specifically, the first study uses the case of the terrorist attack of Beslan in 2004 to argue the terrible psychological suffering the children had experienced. The second simply demonstrates how children living with traumatized parents who were terrorized may be prone to developing psychological issues. One limitation is that it does not put the nature of terrorism in context, meaning that the incident can be interpreted as an act of violence rather than an act of terrorism. This is simply because both acts of violence are extremely alike on the surface. The distinction that sets an act of violence apart from an act of terrorism is the motive. These articles searches to further understand the psychological effects terrorism can have on children, as the researchers assembled a number of participants to study. Overall, these articles will be extremely useful to help me construct the arguments that I intend to make in relation to Sohrab in The Kite …show more content…
“Theme of Identity and Redemption in Khaled Hosseini’s The Kite Runner”. International Journal of Interdisciplinary and Multidisciplinary Studies 1.5 (2014): 166-175. Web. 19 Feb.
This article is very similar to “ Power Relations in The Kite Runner”. It provides a complete analysis of Amir’s path to redemption after he had abandoned Hassan, his best friend, in times of need. In doing so, it also provides a complete analysis of the psychopathic character of Assef, who conveniently meets the standard of which most people believe what terrorist are: savages, mentally deranged psychopaths beyond redemption. Though Assef may be a rare case, the argument that terrorists in general are psychopathic and mentally ill cannot be made, …show more content…
More specifically, the first study uses the case of the terrorist attack of Beslan in 2004 to argue the terrible psychological suffering the children had experienced. The second simply demonstrates how children living with traumatized parents who were terrorized may be prone to developing psychological issues. One limitation is that it does not put the nature of terrorism in context, meaning that the incident can be interpreted as an act of violence rather than an act of terrorism. This is simply because both acts of violence are extremely alike on the surface. The distinction that sets an act of violence apart from an act of terrorism is the motive. These articles searches to further understand the psychological effects terrorism can have on children, as the researchers assembled a number of participants to study. Overall, these articles will be extremely useful to help me construct the arguments that I intend to make in relation to Sohrab in The Kite …show more content…
“Theme of Identity and Redemption in Khaled Hosseini’s The Kite Runner”. International Journal of Interdisciplinary and Multidisciplinary Studies 1.5 (2014): 166-175. Web. 19 Feb.