Gender Roles In The Kite Runner

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“ We are all human, until race disconnected us, religion seperated us, and wealth classified us”. My quote selected does a great job reflecting on my theme Race and Religion play a major role on how we are viewed. Author Hosseini does a great job in bringing to light how split a country can truly be. Baba, Amir, Ali & hassan are major characters in the novel. Baba and Amir being Pashtuns & Ali and Hassan being hazaras. 2 different muslims who are classified to be extremely different in afghanistan. They both all live in one house and many others find that very peculiar. Amir being a Pashtun child and hassan being a hazara child, they both have many different privileges and the way both of them are viewed in society. Many people in the town don't understand amir and hassan’s relationship and don't quite understand why amir and hassan are friends amir being a …show more content…
I truly do feel your race & religion play a role in how you are viewed in society. The kite runner teaches, that your race & beliefs play a major role in how you are viewed in society and how others treat you. It is often said that your race and religion play a major role in how you, or your family may be viewed in society. “You’ve always been a tourist here, you just didn't know it “ (hosseini 232). In other words hosseini is basically introducing the idea to amir that he's never been viewed or lived a true average afghanistan lifestyle. Amir’s father has always had money so he never had to deal with the same issues others in afghanistan had to deal with. Not that amir was viewed and treated badly in society, it's just he never had to deal with the same struggles as 95% of the afghanistan population, so they looked at him differently like a “tourist”.
Author Hosseini also does a great job displaying the idea that, your race & religion which are two traits most people are raised up on and cant

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