known as Auckland’s Folly‚ it was a contest between the British East India Company and the tribes of Afghanistan from 1839 to 1842. Approximately 4‚500 British and Indian Sepoy soldiers‚ and 12‚000 camp followers died in the ruinous retreat from Kabul through the Gandamak Pass to Jalalabad. Famously (if exaggeratedly) only one British survivor‚ assistant surgeon William Brydon‚ made it to Jalalabad on 13 January 1842. History ultimately remembers the war as a grave misstep‚ even though the British
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Summary Amir recalls an event that happened twenty-six years before‚ when he was still a boy in Afghanistan‚ and says that that made him who he is. He lives in a nice home in Kabul‚ Afghanistan‚ with Baba‚ his father. They have two servants‚ Ali and his son‚ Hassan‚ who are Hazaras. One day‚ Amir and Hassan are playing when they run into three boys‚ the group of Assef. Assef threatens to beat up Amir for hanging around with a Hazara‚ but Hassan uses his slingshot to stop Assef. Hassan’s birthday
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shoemaker from Kabul. Mariam has already been living an unpleasant life and she comes to find that Rasheed is abusive after the many miscarriages she suffers from. Rasheed had lost a son many years ago along with his previous wife‚ and Rasheed continued to take his anger out on Mariam for her inability to have children. Eighteen years later we meet Laila who lives down the street from Mariam and Rasheed. Laila and a boy Tariq fall in love when Laila is just fourteen and when Kabul is being bombed
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years (1556-1605 CE) to become the greatest ruler in medieval India. Akbar as Young Emperor Akbar’s father Humayun was living under refuge‚ since his defeat in the battle of Kanauj (in May 1540) by the forces of Sher Shah Suri. Akbar was brought up in Kabul at the household of his paternal uncles‚ Kamran Mirza and Aksari Mirza. After 15 years of exile‚ Humayun returned to Delhi. With
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The story opens in pre-Taliban Kabul‚ Afghanistan. The protagonist‚ Amir‚ is recalling events from his childhood. He lived a lavish life with his father‚ Baba‚ and their servant‚ Ali and his son Hassan. Hassan and Amir grew up together and were almost like brothers‚ however Ali and Hassan belonged to the religious minority group‚ the Shias‚ and Baba and Amir‚ Sunni Muslims‚ superior. The different religious sects made it difficult for the boys to be real friends‚ despite their many character similarities
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into their homes with a shard of mirror’ and their relationship seems to illustrate a brotherhood. This brotherly love is sealed when they carve ‘Amir and Hassan – The Sultans of Kabul’ on a tree where Amir usually reads a story to Hassan. This relationship between them is conflicted by the society they live in. Kabul is divided between Pashtuns and Hazaras. Pashtuns are the higher class‚ whereas Hazaras are the lower class‚ which is indicated by the fact Hassan is the son of Ali; the servant of
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is potentially the most important chapter in the novel for structuring the shape of the narrative and may be seen as the turning point in the novel. During this chapter‚ Amir is handed a letter by Hassan writing about his son Sohrab and how life in Kabul has changed dramatically since he and Baba fled to America. Rahim Khan explains how Hassan and Farzana were killed by the Taliban and as his dying wish‚ Amir must go and rescue Sohrab. It is revealed that Baba is Hassan’s father‚ making him and Amir
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is an underlying cause of the problems Amir has with his friendship with Hassan. Amir is also jealous of the unwavering loyalty and strong personality that Hassan has. Years later‚ an adult Amir goes back to Kabul to save Hassan’s son‚ Sohrab. He is in Assef’s hands. So Amir is there in Kabul to save Sohrab from Assef. The cleft lip comes into play in the climax of the novel. In Chapter 22‚ Amir faces Assef
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to a literal interpretation of the Koran. Prior to the rise of the Taliban in Afghanistan‚ Kabul is described as very peaceful. Children could walk the streets alone‚ and people seemed content. Kabul was carefree‚ with its kite flying tournaments every month and with Amir reading Hassan stories daily‚ under the shade of the pomegranate tree. When Amir returns to Kabul during the Taliban occupation‚ Kabul is described as being in turmoil. “Rubble and beggars. Everywhere I looked‚ that was what
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The novel “The Kite Runner” by Khaled Hosseini is rich in symbolism that enhances both the plot and the themes. A major symbol is the “Pomegranate tree” which stands for the vitality and growing lifelessness of Amir and Hassan’s friendship through their childhood and adulthood lives. In the novel‚ the author shows us how the Pomegranate tree is meet with twists and turns of Amir and Hassan‚ which could be a representation of their friendship. Amir and Hassan’s childhood and adult lives
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