The Kite Runner Oral
English Oral – The Kite Runner (Social Class/Marginalization)
Good Morning/Afternoon [TEACHER NAME] and my fellow colleagues. My speech today will emphasise the discriminatory behaviour between different social classes.Throughout The Kite Runner, discrimination between different social classes is quite evident and is shown in many cases throughout the novel. The author of the novel,KhaledHosseini,uses a biased point of view to describe and portray the events, characters and culture represented in the story. In the novel, Khaled Hosseini uses prejudice as a tool to tell this story of betrayal and redemption. The story is set in Afghanistan, and the ethnicity of the characters plays an essential role in the relationships and situations that arise. Whilst the author uses individual characters to tell the story, he portrays the general attitudes and history associated with the characters’Hazara and Pashtun ethnic origins and the conflicts that subsequently arise. Ali and Hassan represent the marginalized group in this story. They are considered by the ruling class to be of lesser value due to their ethnic origin, religious beliefs, appearance and social standing. They are discriminated against because of these differences.
The Kite Runnerorbits around the life of Amir, a wealthy non-practising Sunni Muslim Pashtun living in Afghanistan. His father, his Baba, is very wealthy and has a Hazara servant, named Ali. Ali’s son, Hassan, is Amir’s servant, yet Hassan regards Amir as a close friend although Amir doesn’t feel the same.“The curious thing was, I never thought of Hassan and me as friends either… In the end, I was a Pashtun and he was a Hazara, I was Sunni and he was Shi'a, and nothing was ever going to change that. Nothing”. Amir thinks of Hassan as more of a companion when he wants one, rather than a friend, due to the marginalized beliefs of his people that Pashtuns are superior to Hazaras. The author gives us a glance of this when Amir reads about the
Good Morning/Afternoon [TEACHER NAME] and my fellow colleagues. My speech today will emphasise the discriminatory behaviour between different social classes.Throughout The Kite Runner, discrimination between different social classes is quite evident and is shown in many cases throughout the novel. The author of the novel,KhaledHosseini,uses a biased point of view to describe and portray the events, characters and culture represented in the story. In the novel, Khaled Hosseini uses prejudice as a tool to tell this story of betrayal and redemption. The story is set in Afghanistan, and the ethnicity of the characters plays an essential role in the relationships and situations that arise. Whilst the author uses individual characters to tell the story, he portrays the general attitudes and history associated with the characters’Hazara and Pashtun ethnic origins and the conflicts that subsequently arise. Ali and Hassan represent the marginalized group in this story. They are considered by the ruling class to be of lesser value due to their ethnic origin, religious beliefs, appearance and social standing. They are discriminated against because of these differences.
The Kite Runnerorbits around the life of Amir, a wealthy non-practising Sunni Muslim Pashtun living in Afghanistan. His father, his Baba, is very wealthy and has a Hazara servant, named Ali. Ali’s son, Hassan, is Amir’s servant, yet Hassan regards Amir as a close friend although Amir doesn’t feel the same.“The curious thing was, I never thought of Hassan and me as friends either… In the end, I was a Pashtun and he was a Hazara, I was Sunni and he was Shi'a, and nothing was ever going to change that. Nothing”. Amir thinks of Hassan as more of a companion when he wants one, rather than a friend, due to the marginalized beliefs of his people that Pashtuns are superior to Hazaras. The author gives us a glance of this when Amir reads about the