Real Life In The Kite Runner

The Kite Runner, written by Afghan-American author by the name Khaled Hosseini, is a story about the friendship between Amir, a young boy coming from a wealthy family,and Hassan his closest friend who happens to be his father’s young Hazara servant. This story takes place in the country of Afghanistan during the 1970’s and ends somewhere between 2002 and 2003. This country has been very complex. We see brief fragments of this country’s history throughout the novel. Many of the events in this novel were caused by events that occurred in real life. During the times that ranged from the 1930’s and the 1970’s, Afghanistan was a monarchy that was ruled by a king by the name of, Zahir Shah. King Zahir Shah went on vacation and called upon his cousin, and former prime minister of Afghanistan, Mohammad Daod Khan, to maintain control of the country. He was in power for 6 years before being overthrown by the People’s Democratic Party of Afghanistan, also known as the PDPA. The former prime minister was killed later on along with most of his family. Since the PDPA was a communist party, it kept …show more content…
Rahim Khan, a character in The Kite Runner, describes daily life in Afghanistan as “fierce and no one knew if they would live to see the next day.” In 1996 the Taliban took control of Afghanistan. The people welcomed the takeover due to the years of fighting and violence. Rahim Khan remembered, “We all celebrated the Taliban takeover of 1996, which put an end to violence that occurred in our daily lives. “ But soon later that Taliban brought violence back to Afghanistan and the citizens found themselves in the same position as before. In The Kite Runner, we see how this dangerous group used terror tactics used by previous infamous men in the past. An example of this was the frequent executions that took place in a stadium to eliminate those who were unfit for their specific