Afghanistan And America In The Kite Runner

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...in English by an Afghan writer, but if that were its only claim to fame, it would hardly have become the sensation it is. The author, Khaled Hosseini not only gives Westerners a look at life in what to them is an exotic country, he constructs the novel and its characters with such depth and feeling that readers become captivated and have to find out what happens next, and how these characters resolve their great difficulties. This paper discusses the novel and the way in which Hosseini compares Afghan and American cultures within the context of the book.
Discussion
As is probably well-known by now, the incident that sets things in motion and forever changes the protagonist Amir, is the rape of his boyhood companion Hassan by a group of bullies. Amir and Hassan are close and on the day of the attack, Hassan is Amir’s kite runner (Hosseini). In Afghanistan, kite fights are great sport: kites’ tails are covered with glue and broken glass, and the object...

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