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We haven’t covered every element of this genre. Instead, we hope this guide will provide a springboard to help you plan, and to get you and your students thinking about the text in more detail.  \nOverview  \nThe political context of Hosseini’s story of two brothers is of fundamental importance to the events which unfold and those events which have happened in the backstory. Hosseini incorporates into his narrative the late 20th century and early 21st century politics of both Afghanistan and the western world. The story shows how the lives of ordinary people are affected by domestic and international power politics. In writing The Kite Runner, Hosseini had a clear political intent: to humanise a region, for western readers, which is either remote or clouded by negative media coverage. Significantly Hosseini chooses to make his narrator a writer who himself has a political and personal mission – a mission to tell the truth about himself and his country.  \nCentral to Hosseini’s post-modern novel is the division between the two factions of Afghan society: the politically and financially superior Sunni Pashtuns and the oppressed Shi’a Hazaras. The two protagonists, Amir and Hassan, represent the two different ethnic groups and the different lives lived by those with and those without political power. This inequality is initially foregrounded through the characters’ homes,(Amir’s ‘mansion’ and Hassan’s ‘mud hut’), but is also present in the representation of everyday life for Afghan people in the early chapters of the novel. The ‘school text books’ Amir reads barely mention the history of the Hazaras showing how seriously they are marginalised, invisible to an extent. Hazaras are also subjected to terrible insults such as ‘mice-eating, flat-nosed, load carrying donkeys’ which is aimed at Hassan in the streets of Kabul and reflects the oppressive attitudes of many Afghan Pashtuns. Indeed, the divisions are so deep that even after the Soviet invasion the Hazaras are still scorned by their compatriots, and after the rise of the Taliban the divisions are intensified because the Taliban are largely Pashtuns. Late in the novel when Amir returns to Afghanistan to try to atone for his sins, the otherwise positively characterised Farid asks why Amir ‘came all the way from America for…a Shi’a?’  \nOther power struggles and political tensions are also important in the narrative. The Soviet invasion, the rise of the Taliban, Amir’s feelings of inadequacy with  \nregards to his father, Soraya’s rebellion against her parents (because of her having lost ‘the genetic lottery’) and Amir’s physical fight with Assef for Sohrab, are all examples of conflicts between those with power and those without. In this way, Hosseini comments on gender politics, class and ethnicity by his representation of contemporary Afghan society.  \nIssues of power and ethnicity  \nThe central event of the novel is the rape of Hassan, an atrocity that results from his loyalty to his Pashtun friend Amir (Assef calls Hassan a ‘loyal dog’) . This event which Amir witnesses and about which he does nothing haunts him for life. Assef’s brutal actions on a domestic scale reflect the later, historically grounded,‘massacre of the Hazaras in Mazar-i-Sharif’. As a child, Amir knows he is complicit in the obscene bullying of Hassan, his friend, but at first refuses to acknowledge his guilt, instead compounding Hassan’s misery by heaping on him further cruelty. As he moves into adulthood, carrying the burden of his sins, Amir realises he can only gain redemption by recognising his abuse of power, atoning for his wrongdoing and by rescuing and loving Hassan’s son Sohrab as a person in his own right, distinct from his ethnicity. Amir’s learning – and courage perhaps-is reflecte","cbCainxS7KnbpY3f","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCainxS7KnbpY3f","pdf",151842,"English","# Overview\n## Political context and narrative intent\n## Issues of power and ethnicity\n## Settings and historical backdrop","[{\"question\":\"Why is the political context considered fundamental in The Kite Runner?\",\"answer\":\"The narrative events and backstory are shaped by late-20th and early-21st century politics in Afghanistan and the western world. The story highlights how ordinary people are affected by domestic and international power politics.\"},{\"question\":\"How does the novel portray division between Afghan social factions?\",\"answer\":\"It centers on inequality between Sunni Pashtuns and oppressed Shi’a Hazaras, represented through protagonists Amir and Hassan. The text also shows marginalisation through schooling and public insults.\"},{\"question\":\"What role do major historical settings play in the narrative?\",\"answer\":\"The timeline spans about forty years and reflects Afghanistan’s turbulent history, including the Soviet invasion, guerrilla war, Taliban rule, and events after 9/11. Kabul and its landscapes are depicted as devastated by ongoing political conflict.\"}]","Elements of political and social protest writing - The Kite Runner | PDF",1792467879]