Differences In The Kite Runner By Khaled Hosseini

The Afghani culture has been demarcated by signs of radical change in forms of government, class separations, and overall differences in the quality of life. In the book The Kite Runner, author Khaled Hosseini notes of the staggering disparity between the lives of the wealthy, who enjoy and embrace self-entitlement of their class, and the impoverished servants, who live a life of dilapidated destitution. In particular, this disparity is due to the indissoluble conflict between the high class Pashtun and the helpless lower Hazara class. The dispute would continue to highly affect the history of Afghanistan by destroying the foundation of equalness that should be customary to every single citizen of the country. By marking the distinct differences …show more content…
With every passing day, Amir feels ambivalent of his friendship with his best friend as he feels responsible for Hassan’s rape. Every interaction between the two seems decreasingly unpleasant. Amir makes the conclusion that for the pain of unable to do anything to help Hassan that day, Amir must make him and Ali leave Baba’s household. To achieve that goal, Amir “lifted Hassan’s mattress and planted [his] new watch and a handful of Afghani bills” (Hosseini 104). Hassan unexpectedly admits to performing this act, which results in Ali being embarrassed by the spectacle that Hassan created for his family. They leave and Amir’s goal is achieved. This set-up situation that Amir created with the monetary wealth directly plays into a key point in Marxism ideology. Amir’s realization of his perceived dislike of Hassan results in him acting on the consciousness of his feelings and most importantly, his wealth. Amir acknowledges before that “history isn’t easy to overcome” and that at the end of the day, he “was Sunni and [Hassan] was Shi’a,” which he uses to his advantage to bring to light what Hassan had done. From the perspective of the class structure of Afghanistan, it would make be extremely logical for the money to be taken from Amir, as the identity of Hassan and Ali is built for a life where they must make sufficient money in order to have a stable living. This particular situation would not have been created if the wealth of Amir weren’t present and if Hassan were not the status of a servant. Hosseini plays on the Marxist concept of creating a distinction in the economic status of both children in the duration of their damaged friendship to call how the identity of Amir helped him use his economic status in a way to demoralize Hassan and Ali, which leads to their exit from the household of Baba and