The primary setting of the novel, The Kite Runner, by Khaled Hosseini, situating in Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul, drastically shifted settings in chapters eleven to fifteen to a popular American city. The radical change in location caused an offset in Baba’s lifestyle. Originally, Baba lived in an extravagant home in Kabul. The house came with the benefits of a servant, “marble floors… wide windows… gold stitched tapestries… [and] a crystal chandelier…” (p.4). It was “thought [to be] the prettiest house in all of Kabul,” (p.4). After departing to America, the land of freedom and protection, Baba and Amir merely moved into an apartment, with nothing expensive or luxurious. Furthermore, in Kabul, Baba prided himself on his successful rug company
