" Propaganda is an amazing thing, it can lead people to believe or do anything" Walker, Alice. "Alice Walker Quotes." BrainyQuote. Xplore. Web. 8 Apr. 2015. <http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/a/alice_walker.html>. One person or even one nation cannot wage a war without the support of public opinion, which is molded tremendously by propaganda. Televisions to newspapers to books all forms of propaganda; all sway public opinion. The Kite Runner a book written by Khaled Hosseini is nothing more than a propaganda technique to try and get the world and specifically the United States of America to use Military force in the middle east. The Kite Runner takes place in Afghanistan a war-torn country divided by terror cells and religious extremist.The story depicts the mass executions, rape, public killings and the slaughter of thousands of innocent men,women and children.One man's father was killed by helicopter gunfire, hours later his two daughter would be
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He makes the main character, Amir somewhat week and cowardly. He is man who lives a good part of his life backing down from confrontation. Not only do we see this in him but we see it on the streets when the Taliban stare at him, and we see it at the soccer game when the Taliban murder the adulterers Hosseini, Khaled. The Kite Runner. New York: Riverhead, 2003. 288-300. Print. . The one man in the novel who stood up for something and did not change was Baba, and he died. What Baba represented is now dead Afghanistan. This for the most part angers the reader. It makes you want to step in and do something, become the Baba. Which in turn may make you think that in reality these people really do need our help over there. They are constantly backing down from confrontation and and they need us to help them restore their nation to
He makes the main character, Amir somewhat week and cowardly. He is man who lives a good part of his life backing down from confrontation. Not only do we see this in him but we see it on the streets when the Taliban stare at him, and we see it at the soccer game when the Taliban murder the adulterers Hosseini, Khaled. The Kite Runner. New York: Riverhead, 2003. 288-300. Print. . The one man in the novel who stood up for something and did not change was Baba, and he died. What Baba represented is now dead Afghanistan. This for the most part angers the reader. It makes you want to step in and do something, become the Baba. Which in turn may make you think that in reality these people really do need our help over there. They are constantly backing down from confrontation and and they need us to help them restore their nation to