Perception In The Kite Runner
Americanization of two Afghans:
The Transformation of Social Perception in The Kite Runner
The primary goal of the critical review is to apply an analytical framework to The Kite Runner by investigating the mechanism which drives the radical transformation of social perception observed in both Amir, the protagonist, and Hosseini, the author, throughout novel. This essay will offer a brief introduction to the critical review of the novel by means of a throughout scrutiny of its context, theme and genre. Before making progression to the analysis of the mentioned elements, the subsequent paragraph will first provide a peek at the plot of the novel.
Instead of following a chronological order, Hosseini adopted a non-linear structure for the …show more content…
Butler (2012) spelled out the potential impacts of cultural influences might lead to misleading perception. Based on the argument, she further questioned the novel’s authorisation of representing the divisive nation that has been attached to labels of war and terrorism (Butler, 2012). At the same time, Aubry (2009) also recognized the political landscape at the moment, of which Afghanistan was centred around war on terror, has inextricable relations to the novel’s reception and resonance, as headlines of warfare in Afghanistan, coupled with the popular topical affairs of terrorism, has not come to a complete conclusion ever since the September 11 attacks (Liao, 2013). New Historicism literary theory would, thus, be mainly applied in the critical review, along with the several other approaches such as Psychoanalysis, Marxism and Feminism.
As globalization and, particularly, Americanization undergo, the world is becoming even more mutating and interdependent, resulting in the alteration of “identity, self, selfhood and subjectivity” in our social perception (Anishchenkova, 2014). The Kite Runner functions as a beacon in the darkness, reminding people from surrendering their identity to the increasingly complex world. Its importance should not be
The Transformation of Social Perception in The Kite Runner
The primary goal of the critical review is to apply an analytical framework to The Kite Runner by investigating the mechanism which drives the radical transformation of social perception observed in both Amir, the protagonist, and Hosseini, the author, throughout novel. This essay will offer a brief introduction to the critical review of the novel by means of a throughout scrutiny of its context, theme and genre. Before making progression to the analysis of the mentioned elements, the subsequent paragraph will first provide a peek at the plot of the novel.
Instead of following a chronological order, Hosseini adopted a non-linear structure for the …show more content…
Butler (2012) spelled out the potential impacts of cultural influences might lead to misleading perception. Based on the argument, she further questioned the novel’s authorisation of representing the divisive nation that has been attached to labels of war and terrorism (Butler, 2012). At the same time, Aubry (2009) also recognized the political landscape at the moment, of which Afghanistan was centred around war on terror, has inextricable relations to the novel’s reception and resonance, as headlines of warfare in Afghanistan, coupled with the popular topical affairs of terrorism, has not come to a complete conclusion ever since the September 11 attacks (Liao, 2013). New Historicism literary theory would, thus, be mainly applied in the critical review, along with the several other approaches such as Psychoanalysis, Marxism and Feminism.
As globalization and, particularly, Americanization undergo, the world is becoming even more mutating and interdependent, resulting in the alteration of “identity, self, selfhood and subjectivity” in our social perception (Anishchenkova, 2014). The Kite Runner functions as a beacon in the darkness, reminding people from surrendering their identity to the increasingly complex world. Its importance should not be