The Kite Runner: Character logs: Amir: Narrator Mother dies giving birth to him in 1963 Aches for his mother Pashtun Sunni Rich by Afghanistan standards First word “Baba” Seeking love and acceptance from his father Baba In awe of his father Good at reciting poetry Avid reader Bad at sports Selfish Sometimes wishes Rahim Khan was his father Has a master-servant relationship with Hassan His belief in God: When Hassan catches the Kite‚ Amir is shocked saying‚ “And my god – if he
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state against terrorism. Importance of Pakistan Location Location of Pakistan Pakistan is located between 23 degrees.30 North to 37 degrees North Latitude and 61 degrees East to 77 degrees East Longitude. China lies in the north of Pakistan while Afghanistan and Iran are in the West of it. India lies in the East and in the South is Arabian Sea. The Importance of Location The location of Pakistan is not only unique in the world but of special importance in South Asia. Pakistan links the east with the
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the same powerful effect it has on the reader. Despite the differences in social classes between Amir and Hassan‚ they still loved each other‚ no matter what happened at the end of the day. As shown by Assef’s beliefs which were shared by much of Afghanistan‚ Amir and Hassan had a rare relationship. Even though society frowned upon their relationship‚ they were still friends. This goes to show that by the author defining characters by their stereotypes and making it such a big part of their personality
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oriented projects‚ foreign aids and responsibilities. The government doesn’t have that much money on which they can provide health care insurance this time still the foreigners help them‚ the foreigners give them medicines and more like this. In Afghanistan health care is gradually upgrading as proof by an improved access to care. Enhanced quality of patient care‚ and more knowledgeable health care workers in rural areas. These improvements show the effects of streamlined cooperation between the Afghan
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ability to continue to persevere towards their freedom. Women must endure much injustice in patriarchal Afghan society. In Thousand Splendid Suns‚ the book takes place in warfare. War is what destroys the soul of women in Afghanistan. War leads to women being oppressed in Afghanistan socially‚ culturally‚ and politically. The women in the novel are seen as oppressed yet hopeful. Socially Mariam and Laila are faced with oppression publicly in streets‚ abused‚ and didn’t receive an education. In
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Importance of Pakistan:- The strategic importance of Pakistan is unique because of being a close neighbor to Middle East‚ having a common border with China‚ India‚ Iran‚ Afghanistan and less than one hundred kilometer distance from Central Asian state of Uzbekistan. Bridge between South Asia and South West Asia; Iran and Afghanistan are energy abundant while India and China are lacking of. China finds way to Indian Ocean and Arabian Sea through Karakorum. China with its fastest economic growth rate
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This is an historical novel about the pre-Russian invasion and pre-Taliban rule of Afghanistan‚ as well life in Afghanistan under Taliban rule and life in a post-Taliban Afghanistan. Although the story is fictitious‚ the information about the political‚ social‚ and cultural systems of this Middle Eastern country provides a contrast to the contemporary headlines about Afghanistan primarily being home to terrorist cells. The Kite Runner paints a realistic portrait of a country about which most readers
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The Kite Runner takes place in Afghanistan‚ where conflict between the Sunni-Muslim Pashtun’s and the Shiite Hazara’s is very heavy. But this rivalry is not against only the Shiite Hazara’s‚ but it includes all kinds of the Hazara people‚ including minorities of Sunni Hazara and Ismaili Shia Hazara. In 1747 when Afghanistan was originally founded‚ Pashtun had the vast majority of the state. It wasn’t until the Hazaras immigrated to Kabul in the second half of the twentieth century‚ that their religious
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away. Afghanistan had gone overnight from a monarchy to a republic. Tired of listening to the radio news‚ Amir and Hassan went to climb their favourite tree. On the way‚ a young "sociopath" named Assef and his friends confronted them. He taunted Hassan for being a Hazara; Assef also had a habit of taunting Ali‚ whom he called Babalu. He praised Hitler and then said that he wanted to finish what Hitler started and rid Afghanistan of Hazaras. He called Amir and Baba "a disgrace to Afghanistan" for taking
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Pakistan and Uzbekistan. Relations between the two states were established when the republic of Uzbekistan became independent following the collapse of the USSR‚ the relations between the two countries were initially strained by the situation in Afghanistan which both countries border as they supported different factions Afghan factions. However relations improved after the fall of the Taliban‚ both countries seeking to improve relations for the sake of trade‚ Pakistan wishing to gain access to Central
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