Kabul

Fereshta, Mirvace’s widow, was born in 1365 (1986). She only speaks Dari and she is illiterate. She has no formal education, whether academic or religious, and she has never worked outside the home. She lives in Kabul and has never left Afghanistan. She does not plan to attend the trial in the United States. The witness testified that the purpose of her deposition “is to protect her husband’s rights” and the lawsuit seeks compensation for his loss. She does not have an attorney in…

war torn Afghanistan from the 1970s till the early 2000. It depicts the life of two women living in the same neighborhood –Mariam and Laila, and how their lives intertwine after a series of events and how they support each other in the Taliban ruled Kabul. Although the book is a work of fiction, it is a social commentary on the lives of women in Afghanistan and the oppression they face due to the rules imposed upon them by the Taliban. Khaled Hosseini is an Afghan-born American novelist and…

Jalil's wives do not want anything to do with Mariam; so they force him to let her marry a widowed shoemaker in Kabul named Rasheed. At first he treats Mariam appropriately, but after she suffers her miscarriage, he abuses her verbally and physically. The only use Rasheed has for Mariam is her ability to replace the son he lost years ago. Down the street from Rasheed…

create a new life for themselves when they move to America. Having to move from Afghanistan to America was difficult, but to Amir and Baba both locations were considered “home”. America, however, was a reality check for both compared to their lives in Kabul. In America Amir and Baba were faced with the truth of what was really going on in their lives. Moving to America made it easier to hide the truth, but the burden of keeping secrets complicated relationships.…

Richard von Weizsacker, a famous German politician, once said ¨Seeking to forget makes exile all the longer; the secret of redemption lies in remembrance.¨ This statement reveals that in order to achieve redemption and escape guilt, it is necessary to first accept and remember, rather than running away from the disgrace that caused said guilt in the first place. The longer it takes to remember means that more guilt that will bottle up and cause unwanted pain. So awful is this pain that…

Rahim from last summer. He sits on a bench and thinks about Baba, Ali, and Kabul. Chapter 2 Amir and Hassan were trouble makers doing things like reflecting sunlight inside their neighbor’s windows. These were Amir’s ideas but Hassan never blamed it on him when they were caught. Amir’s mother died when giving birth, and Hassan’s mother ran away after giving birth. Amir lived with his father Baba in a lavish home in Kabul and Hassan and his father Ali lived in a small mud hut. It was in the…

they were going to climb the tree. Amir received a call from Rahim Khan telling him that a way to get redemption for the past is to get hassan’s son out from kabul and bring him back to america and take care of him. “There is a way to be good again, he’d said. A way to end the cycle. With a little boy. An orphan. Hassan,s son. Somewhere in kabul.”(Hosseini 227) This…

In a lifetime, everyone will face personal battles that may result in guilt. Some may be large and others may be small. Guilt can stem from things such as sneaking out or telling something untruthful. People find peace of mind through redeeming themselves, in other words, we do something that makes up for the cause of guilt or sin. In The Kite Runner, written by Khaled Hosseini, Amir’s guilt and his urgent need for redemption are consistently a part of his life as he is growing up. The author…

Amir is a young boy in Kabul, Afghanistan, during the 1970s. He lives with his father, whom he calls "Baba,” and their servants, Ali and Hassan. Ali is one of Baba's oldest friends, but because he is Hazara, a race of Afghan descended from Moguls, he is considered lower class and must work as a servant. Hassan is Ali's son and Amir's closest friend. Because Hassan is also Hazara, he is not allowed to go to school with Amir and must work with Ali. Amir spends most of his free time playing with…

well it all started on a beautiful winter day in Kabul. Amir was a jealous kid that wanted to make his father proud. The reason that he was jealous was because of Hassan, who was hired by Amir’s father as a servant. Hassan was a very uneducated kid who was absolutely brilliant at Kite running. Kite running was one of afghans national sports in the 70’s. Hassan was undoubtedly the best kite runner in Kabul. Hassan’s kite running brilliance made Baba proud and made others such…