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War’s Devastating Effects Many historical events in Afghanistan are influencing and affecting many people, and it’s devastating effects may even be felt all the way around the world. Khaled Hosseini’s historical novel The Kite Runner is a story about Amir, a Pashtun, who attempts to find his place in the world after past events throughout his childhood leave him traumatized. Amir feels guilty about how he treated his half-brother, Hassan. Hassan is killed by the Taliban, and Amir is offered redemption from his guilt. As an adult, Amir acts upon this offer and travels to Afghanistan to help Hassan’s son, Sohrab, find a new home. After a long struggle with Sohrab, he ends up taking Sohrab to the United States. The historical events that are cited in the novel significantly impact the characters in the story. The characters need to get used to the sounds of bombs and gunfire for years to come. In Kabul, nobody can be trusted anymore; people begin to tell on each other for making derogatory comments about the government. Sohrab’s orphanage was in one of the most war-ravaged neighborhoods. Amir and Hassan are frightened by the shootings, explosions, and fighting surrounding them. Amir, Hassan, and Ali huddle together. Ali tries to help keep the boys calm. Bombing and gunfire in Afghanistan began on the night of July 17, 1973: We stayed huddled that way until the early hours of the morning. The shootings and explosions had lasted less than an hour, but they had frightened us badly…

Name: Hameedullah Takhari ID: 15450 Individual Assignment Deadly Taliban Attack on Kabul Bank Branch It was a good usual sunny day of, 19, Feb, 2011. As the normal working day, every worker was on his way to the destination of their offices. Meanwhile, the Afghan Army and Police were lined in the gate of Kabul Bank branch of Jalalabad city unaware of any incident around. While the Afghan Army and Police was lining up for the entrance to the bank branch in the line of them there were some…

Every Man in this Village is a Liar is an honest and confronting memoir about the reality of the conflicts and war in the Middle East. “It’s not necessarily focused on combat zones exclusively, it’s also about the war for ideas, the war for democracy for Islamism,” Stack said in a 2010 C-SPAN interview. “There are a lot of themes woven into it.” Stack opens the novel with her experiences with sexual assault from Mohammed Zaman, who was her best source until this occurred. She also goes on to…

"children dressed in rags", with their entire families living in "broken mud houses and huts"(243). Amir 's driver, Farid, had a friend whom "the Taliban [had] killed"(256) and whose village was burnt to the ground. This impoverishment shocks Amir, as it is nothing like the country he left behind. Instead of the city of his youth, Amir found "rubble and beggars… everywhere [he] looked"(257). Amir feels responsible for the misfortune that transpired in Afghanistan. He now "feels like a tourist in…

prison. All the SEALs would joke about it during training, then it would hit them again, and it was time to get serious again. These men went into that mission, ready to die for their country, because they believed this is it, we are at war because of him, now were going to go kill him. These Navy SEALs wanted this mission more than anything because they knew it was it, and if they died, then they would die for something great. (Resource Four) Two Black Hawk helicopters took off from airfield…

Parvana’s mother, sister, and school teacher agree to have Parvana turn into a boy; cutting her hair very short and dressing in her brother’s old clothing. After a bit of convincing, Parvana gave in and agreed to turn into a boy, so she will be able to make money for her family while her father is imprisoned by the Taliban. At the start of the sixth paragraph, page 61 it states, “They were going to turn her into a boy. ‘As a boy, you’ll be able to move in and out of the market, buy what we…

In Literature many characters face struggles with their past and must deal with them. Amir from Khaled Hosseini’s book The Kite Runner must face his past in order to achieve the redemption he so desperately needs. Hosseini uses Amir’s attempts to relieve his guilt, the kite, and Amir’s illness that results from his guilt, to show that despite our past sins there is the possibility for atonement. Throughout the book Amir struggles with the memories and the guilt from his past. Amir tried multiple…

I n chapter twenty, Amir and Farid traveled from Jalalabad to Kabul, on their way Amir saw the devastated landscape, result of two consecutive wars. Amir had seen some part of first war with his own eyes, and now he was seeing the relics of second war with Farid’s eyes. On their way, Farid pointed towards mud-hut villages of the people he once knew, who were now either dead or living in refugee camps in Pakistan. While passing through a half burned village Farid mentioned one of his friend who…

cake and swayer take a visit to Jalalabad and occupy the house of Baba’s relation. once they arrive they need an outsized ancient Afghan dinner. cake with pride tells everybody concerning the kite tournament, however swayer doesn't fancy it. when dinner, all of them change posture to bed within the same space, however swayer cannot sleep. He says aloud that he watched Hassan get raped, however no one is alert to hear him. He says this is often the night he became Associate in Nursing insomniac.…

feel Baba’s resentment for killing his wife and it hurts him and he feels as if Baba doesn’t love him. After winning the kite competition Baba showed more affection towards Amir. Immediately after the competition when Amir walked into the study, he was shown the most affection from Baba he had ever experienced. “Then a smile played on my father's lips. He opened his arms. I put the kite down and walked into his thick hairy arms. I buried my face in the warmth of his chest and wept. Baba…