Hazara people

People change all the time and in The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini talks about a boy in Afghanistan Amir who lives with a wealthy dad Baba, his mom passed away at birth and ever since he blamed it on himself. His best friend Hassan also his servant a Hazara which are a minority. The author shows Amir remembering back to his childhood in his point of view, always trying to impress Baba since he was very distant from his father. Putting down people and breaking long term relationships for his…

his paranoia and guilt which also lead to Macbeth becoming a complete maniac. In conclusion you can see that betrayal played a big role in both of these books and how betrayal ruined a childhood friendship and drove a man insane. Betraying the people they were closest to was never a good idea for either of these characters because as a result in doing so it only left them both in a pit of…

“Now, no matter what the Mullah teaches, there is only one sin, only one. And that is theft. Every other sin is a variation of theft” (Hosseini 17). In The Kite Runner, author Khaled Hosseini mentions how a young boy grows up with his father in a small town in Afghanistan. During his life he faces many tribulations, but with great persistence he overcomes each roadblock he encounters. Hassan wished Amir and him were able to go on just as the did before the incident in the alleyway; he misses…

Developing Through Friendship The Kite Runner is a novel written by Khaled Hosseini about the life of Amir, an Afghan child whose closest friend is Hassan, a Hazara child. The Hazara are usually looked down on as the lesser race, which is why Amir has to hide his friendship from other people. This causes many problems for Amir, such as a violent confrontation with Assef, a child obsessed with Hitler, which almost ends with a fight. Amir’s problems only worsen when he witnesses Hassan being…

characters in the novel. Amir is the narrator and the protagonist of the novel. Hassan is Amir’s bestfriend and half-brother as well as Baba’s servant. Amir and Hassan represent different ethnic groups in Afghanistan – Amir is Pashtun, and Hassan is Hazara. Amir and Hassan also characterize the difference of the rich and poor in the Afghan society. Amir is the son of a successful man in Kabul. He has everything- education, house, books, and possessions. There are only two things that he does not…

Khaled Hosseini wrote the Kite Runner with the intentions of displaying the contrasts of good and evil as well as how one may be able to overcome immorality and become a better person through the use of symbolism. The novel begins with a light hearted and childish tone as it depicts the relationship shared between Amir and Hassan. The two face normal insignificant problems that every child runs into. Such as Hassan and Amir having to go up against the school bully, Assef, and Amir struggling to…

The Kite Runner’s framing has the feeling of being very intentional. In the beginning of the book, Hassan is Kite running for Amir. Hassan doesn't get very much respect at all because he is a Hazara which is a very unrespected type of people in this area. Amir, however, does get some form of respect thanks to his father. Due to Hassan basically being hated on because of his ethnicity, he is raped in the alley, and Amir does nothing to save him. Over multiple years, the boys stop being friends…

throws a pomegranate to Hassan and tells Hassan to hit him back,however Hassan never hit him back. In 1976, Amir turned 13. Baba invites more than 400 people to his party. Amir receives a gift, a biography of hitler, and throws it away. Amir was sitting in the dark and Rahim Khan showed up, and starts talking about how Amir almost married a Hazara before and that his family rejected the marriage. Rahim gives Amir a…

and deceit. The themes in the Kite Runner connect to the author Khaled Hosseini’s life through the author’s numerous experiences with social inequality, assimilation, and the economic impacts of the war in Afghanistan during the late 1900’s on the people of Afghanistan. The author’s experiences with social inequality during the late 1900’s in Afghanistan as it was dominated by racial and ethnic prejudice clearly connect to those of the main characters in the book. As the story unfolds, Amir,…

Fear can cause people to make very drastic choices. Being scared can often make someone do things without thinking about the outcome. The novel The novel The Kite Runner By Khaled Hosseini is about betrayal of a young boy towards his friend and it reveals that even the people someone thinks they know can hurt and betray them in the worst way. In Khaled Hosseini’s book betrayal is the result of fear out of a difficult situation. The first way that Hosseini's book shows betrayal is when a young…