Good afternoon Ms Abarno and class, today I’m going to discuss the idea of the influence of politics on people’s lives in the novel ‘the kite runner’, and on people’s lives today and in the past. This idea is highlighted in the novel ‘The Kite Runner’ written by Khaled Hosseini. The influence of politics on people’s lives is a major idea in the novel ‘the kite runner’ this is evident when the soviet invasion takes place and ruins the calm country Afghanistan once was. In the past the influence of politics on people’s lives has had a huge impact to people and society, this is demonstrated through World War One. Today the influence of politics on people’s lives is still negative but physical violence doesn’t occur as much as it used to. In
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The shootings and explosions had lasted less than an hour, but they had frightened us badly, because none of us had ever heard gunshots in the streets. They were foreign sounds to us then. The generation of Afghan children whose ears would know nothing but the sounds of bombs and gunfire was not yet born” this is displaying the sudden intrusion politics had on Afghani’s lives. Politics shaped Amir’s and Baba’s life in the novel. No one had ever heard gunshots in the streets but because of politics and the soviet invasion this was going to be a common sound for about the next decade. Everyone became suspicious of each other – no one could be trusted. Politics has caused family and friends relationships to fall apart, it caused poverty and worst of all it caused death. Politics had a huge negative impact to people’s lives in the novel “the Kite Runner”. Similarly to the novel ‘the kite runner’ Politics has had a major negative influence on people’s lives in the world in the
The shootings and explosions had lasted less than an hour, but they had frightened us badly, because none of us had ever heard gunshots in the streets. They were foreign sounds to us then. The generation of Afghan children whose ears would know nothing but the sounds of bombs and gunfire was not yet born” this is displaying the sudden intrusion politics had on Afghani’s lives. Politics shaped Amir’s and Baba’s life in the novel. No one had ever heard gunshots in the streets but because of politics and the soviet invasion this was going to be a common sound for about the next decade. Everyone became suspicious of each other – no one could be trusted. Politics has caused family and friends relationships to fall apart, it caused poverty and worst of all it caused death. Politics had a huge negative impact to people’s lives in the novel “the Kite Runner”. Similarly to the novel ‘the kite runner’ Politics has had a major negative influence on people’s lives in the world in the