Why Do People Mistake The Kite Runner?

When many people think of the Taliban, they think of a terrorist group like Al-Qaeda with intentions of attacks on other countries, like America. The most probable reason why people mistake the Taliban for a terrorist group is because they are extremely strict in their ways of controlling the people of Afghanistan. People all over the world consider their rules and punishments unreasonable, for multiple reasons. When the Taliban first moved to Afghanistan, they were kind and wanted to help the citizens, but things changed dramatically as time went on. The rules and punishments of the Taliban are cruel and The Kite Runner is a great example of how the Taliban treats the citizens of Afghanistan. The rules are similar to those of the Holocaust …show more content…
The women had much more freedom with many things, ranging from the clothing allowed to the highest level of education. Prior the Taliban took over the country, men and women were able to go to college and have the highest education they wanted to receive. People were very interested in sports and had celebrations for every occasion. When the Taliban first came to Afghanistan, they claimed they wanted to help everyone. The Afghans viewed the members as saviors, praising them for helping the country and improving it, then everything changed. The Taliban became aggressive and began beating the Afghans for little things that broke their new overly-strict rules. In The Kite Runner, the scar that Rahim Khan has on his forehead is from a Taliban soldier from when he broke one of their new rules (Hosseini, Khaled). Amir also had occurrences with the Taliban, but the first time he had seen or heard about them was on T.V. or on the internet. When Amir first saw the Taliban, he saw them not long after they had turned evil. He saw the Taliban on T.V. destroying statues and harming the citizens, and he became scared of the people he had previously known as saints to the country and its