Hosseini’s father was a diplomat, mother a teacher, so they had some land and a house. And Amir's observations about that society pre-Soviet War, the hierarchy of that society, was how Hosseini remembered it in hindsight. And like him, Hosseini came to the States as an immigrant in the early '80s after the Soviets invaded Afghanistan. …” (Decamp 1) Though many love how sincere his novels are, some may argue that they are just like any other fictional novel. “While Hosseini drew much of the book — its cultural richness, accounts of ethnic conflicts, even its evocation of annual children’s kite contests — from his own experience, Amir’s harrowing story is fiction.” (Milvy 1) Since it is a story that involves the Muslim and Islamic religions, it is a book often banned or challenged at schools. While people dispute that his novels are just fictional and could offend those of Islamic Religion or those with Muslim features, this novel has a more positive rather than negative effect on the readers due to its’ ability to be an easy read and the narration by a believable
Hosseini’s father was a diplomat, mother a teacher, so they had some land and a house. And Amir's observations about that society pre-Soviet War, the hierarchy of that society, was how Hosseini remembered it in hindsight. And like him, Hosseini came to the States as an immigrant in the early '80s after the Soviets invaded Afghanistan. …” (Decamp 1) Though many love how sincere his novels are, some may argue that they are just like any other fictional novel. “While Hosseini drew much of the book — its cultural richness, accounts of ethnic conflicts, even its evocation of annual children’s kite contests — from his own experience, Amir’s harrowing story is fiction.” (Milvy 1) Since it is a story that involves the Muslim and Islamic religions, it is a book often banned or challenged at schools. While people dispute that his novels are just fictional and could offend those of Islamic Religion or those with Muslim features, this novel has a more positive rather than negative effect on the readers due to its’ ability to be an easy read and the narration by a believable