Islamic Fundamentalism Governments are oppressive towards Men in lower social classes and almost all Women, as seen is the novel, Kite Runner and the film Osama.
In the Novel the Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini, one of the main characters, Hassan, was a Hazara. Hassans family worked for a Pashtun family, Amir and Baba. Hassan and Amir were best friends even with the class difference. In Afghan culture class is everything, This is shown right from the beginning when amir is reading a book and it says “the Pashtuns had persecuted and oppressed the Hazaras.” (Hosseini 9) this shows that the Hazaras have always Oppressed. Assef is a neighborhood bully who turns out to be more than Against common belief, Assef has such an extreme hatred towards the Hazaras that he asks Amir “How can you play with him? How can you touch …show more content…
Although Amir does not treat Hassan any differently than he would a normal Pashtun. Hassan in every aspect is Amir’s best friend. Oppression from the Talibs hit basically anybody who was not in there group. The Talibs left no survivors when they Massacre in Mazar-e Sharif in 1998. This was a genocide of all and any Hazaras. This led to a massive flee to different countries leaving the Talibs in complete control. The ruthlessness of the Talibs reign was felt by all of the social groups, but in men, were more targeted towards the hazaras.
Oppression was shown from a Woman's viewpoint in the movie Osama. Women could not be paid because it was illegal for them to work. Men did not need to pay the women if they worked for them. In Osama and in real life, families with no males would dress their female children as boys to get some income. This was done because a Woman could not leave the house without a
In the Novel the Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini, one of the main characters, Hassan, was a Hazara. Hassans family worked for a Pashtun family, Amir and Baba. Hassan and Amir were best friends even with the class difference. In Afghan culture class is everything, This is shown right from the beginning when amir is reading a book and it says “the Pashtuns had persecuted and oppressed the Hazaras.” (Hosseini 9) this shows that the Hazaras have always Oppressed. Assef is a neighborhood bully who turns out to be more than Against common belief, Assef has such an extreme hatred towards the Hazaras that he asks Amir “How can you play with him? How can you touch …show more content…
Although Amir does not treat Hassan any differently than he would a normal Pashtun. Hassan in every aspect is Amir’s best friend. Oppression from the Talibs hit basically anybody who was not in there group. The Talibs left no survivors when they Massacre in Mazar-e Sharif in 1998. This was a genocide of all and any Hazaras. This led to a massive flee to different countries leaving the Talibs in complete control. The ruthlessness of the Talibs reign was felt by all of the social groups, but in men, were more targeted towards the hazaras.
Oppression was shown from a Woman's viewpoint in the movie Osama. Women could not be paid because it was illegal for them to work. Men did not need to pay the women if they worked for them. In Osama and in real life, families with no males would dress their female children as boys to get some income. This was done because a Woman could not leave the house without a