Kabul

One of our major and consent activities is making decisions. There are those decisions that we make from our own choosing, but most of the time they are forced upon us. Good and bad decisions help in shaping our future. Sometimes, though, life puts us into a position where we are forced to make an ultimate decision, one way or another. In the story, The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini, the audience learns about decisions that could impact your life in various ways. Hosseini wrote about the life…

In the “The Kite Runner” by Khaled Hosseini, Farid says to Amir “You’ve always been a tourist here, you just didn’t know it.” This is an important quote in the novel because it sparks Amir’s revelation that he never had to live the life that an average Afghan had to while living in poverty. Amir began to understand how Hassan had felt and lived all their lives growing up. Overall Farid said this to Amir because Amir was Pashtun, he was sheltered from violence while growing up and because of the…

The Islamic Republic of Afghanistan is a landlocked multiethnic country located within South Asia and Central Asia. The country’s strategic location along important trade routes connecting Asia to Europe and the Middle East has made it a target by invading emperors and armies for centuries. The unforgiving Afghan terrain of deserts and mountains has left even the strongest armies defeated. The Hindu Kush mountain range runs northeast to southwest dividing the Northern provinces from the rest of…

the dishonest one. Eventually, Amir is risking his life to save and adopt Sohrab and complete his ‘duty’ to his family’s legacy. He has the courage to go back to Kabul and make things right again. Amir’s character goes from self-centered to helping others, which is a BIG change for him from his past. He has the courage to go back to Kabul to save Sohrab from being harmed, and to redeem himself from his guilt from his…

Afghanistan is a country with a deep history. Many famous people have encountered the country including Alexander the Great, Genghis Khan and Tamerlane. Afghanistan is one of the poorest countries in the world with little to offer agriculturally. This paper describes Afghanistan’s population in spite of the country’s instability due to their physical environment, dysfunctional military, and lack of money. Afghanistan is a country surrounded by land. Its nearest coast line it the Arabian…

Redemption plays a major role in “The Kite Runner” written by Khaled Hosseini as the book is about how Amir redeems himself after horrible decisions as a kid. This is best demonstrated by how he tries to redeem himself after the rape of Hassan, the war in Afghanistan, and the fight between Amir and Assef. He makes the book very violent by creating a number of violent actions that leads to other violent acts. Hosseini makes all of this violence to show the readers that violence is part of the…

ethnic group; with that being said it is no surprise that they make up the majority of the Taliban. The Hazaras are mainly Shi’a Muslims and are found at the bottom of the ethnic class system. In the context of the story, many Hazaras migrated to Kabul after living in rural areas. The conflicts between the two groups are rooted in their religion and beliefs, and since Hazaras are the minority, they…

thousands of his own Afghan people in Afghanistan. And even the ones before and after him, who are responsible for the lives of millions of innocent Afghan citizens, including women and children were all graduated from major universities in Kabul and outside of Kabul. You don't have to believe me, ask the thirty million of Afghans, Iraqis, or President Gorge W. Busch, who received…

In sociology, social structures are the organization of relationships, and patterns. This forms the basis for guidelines and cultural norms that can achieve the goals placed on a macro scale within a population. In most cases, Social structure creates a hierarchy in society which dictates the social treatment of people based on their social stratification. The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini stresses the placement of social structures in afghan culture. The social structure devolves beliefs…

Hassan and servant to Baba, Amir’s father. Ali helped to raise and form Amir into the man that he would become. By caring unconditionally for both Amir and Hassan, he showed Amir that he could be loved, which helped Amir to love others. The first time Kabul was bombed, Ali stayed up all night with Amir and Hassan “clenching them with tenderness,” (Hosseini 35). He loved both boys endlessly even though neither of them were his sons. Later in the book, the reader finds out that Ali was raising…