Khaled Hosseini’s novel, The Kite Runner, is an exquisite story that explores and shines light upon a plethora of concepts and issues. His diction and tone of writing allow the reader to not only gain a substantial understanding about the era and setting of the story but also feel the burdens of oppression along with betrayal and the joys of loyalty and friendship. Khaled Hosseini manages to effortlessly give his reader a glimpse of how the lifestyles of Afghani women play into marriage while also allowing the reader to gain a grasp on the religion of the serene city of Kabul, Islam. The tale of the two boys, Amir and Hassan, take place in the city of Kabul, Afghanistan. In the beginning of the novel, Hosseini talks about the serenity and
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In The Kite Runner, Soraya is a very significant example of the double standards held by Afghan people for their women. Hosseini writes about Soraya’s loneliness due to her actions when he says, “no one painted her palms with henna, no one held the Quran over her headdress, and it had been General Taheri who’d danced with her at every wedding.”(Hosseini 148) She had an extremely hard time getting married after she ran away with a man against her parents permission and this caused her to be seen a impure and an outsider in her society. This is why many women choose to strictly go by the rules of the book and not try to step out of bounds, in fear of how immensely their future can be affected. Hosseini further focuses on this injustice in their culture when he writes, “Baba knew how lethal idle talk could prove to a young woman’s prospects of marrying well. Afghan men, especially those from reputable families were fickle creatures. A whisper here, an insinuation there, and they fled like startled birds.”(Hosseini 148) On the other hand, with the people who follow radical Islam in power, it becomes even worse for these women because the punishments are not only terrifying but rather inhumane. People who commit adultery are stoned to death in public under radical law and this is an abomination to what Islam stands for. Violence and terrorism are not permissible and taking on the role of God by trying to punish others for their sins against Islam is absolutely
In The Kite Runner, Soraya is a very significant example of the double standards held by Afghan people for their women. Hosseini writes about Soraya’s loneliness due to her actions when he says, “no one painted her palms with henna, no one held the Quran over her headdress, and it had been General Taheri who’d danced with her at every wedding.”(Hosseini 148) She had an extremely hard time getting married after she ran away with a man against her parents permission and this caused her to be seen a impure and an outsider in her society. This is why many women choose to strictly go by the rules of the book and not try to step out of bounds, in fear of how immensely their future can be affected. Hosseini further focuses on this injustice in their culture when he writes, “Baba knew how lethal idle talk could prove to a young woman’s prospects of marrying well. Afghan men, especially those from reputable families were fickle creatures. A whisper here, an insinuation there, and they fled like startled birds.”(Hosseini 148) On the other hand, with the people who follow radical Islam in power, it becomes even worse for these women because the punishments are not only terrifying but rather inhumane. People who commit adultery are stoned to death in public under radical law and this is an abomination to what Islam stands for. Violence and terrorism are not permissible and taking on the role of God by trying to punish others for their sins against Islam is absolutely