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Au t h o r

✣ N am e: Khaled H ossein i✣ Bor n in Kabul , Afghan istan✣ Father : d ip lom at of Afghan For eign

M in istr y✣ L eaving: ar ound Soviet invasion

Hist o r ic a l Bac kg r o u n d

✣ Rel igion✣ Soviet-Afghan W ar (1979-1989)✣ Sunn i vs. Sh i ’a

⨳ A m i r (P ash tu n ) - S u n n i M u sli m⨳ H assan (H az ar a) - S h i ’a M u sli m

✣ P u blication (book 20 0 3, f i lm 20 0 7) 9 11

Main Par t I

tur n ing poin t / 1st cl im ax

Main Par t i i2nd cl im ax

Main Par t IIIr edem pt ion

Th esis St at emen tThe young writer’s childhood in and

journey away from Kabul is intertwined with family issues, betrayal of friend,

social conflict, immigrant hardship, until he finds his redemption in his short trip

back to rescue a child.

As the movies unveils the mysterious world in Afghanistan, it actually

stereotypes Taliban regime and conveys a biased idea of this country, which

could be seen as an American imposition of a false image on its racial

Other through this movie.

Fr ien d sh ip & f ami l y r el at i o nFreddy & M onica

Rel at io n c h ar t sBaba

Amir

Rahim Khan

Hassan

Ali

Father and Son

Close friends

Masters and servants / Friends

? ?husband and wife husband and wife husband and wife

sterile

brothers

acts like Hassan’s father

Baba ’s c h a r a c t er s

❖ integrity (irony) ❖ bravery

baba t o Amir✣ h as h ar d er at t i tu d e

✣ blam es Am ir ’s m om ’s death on Am i r ?✣ f eels unbalanced due to H assan?

BABA t o h assan✣ has af fect ion to H assan✣ m akes com pensat ion

Rah im t o Amir

✣ h e i s m or e l i k e a f ath er⨳ gen t le and pat ien t

Fr ien d sh ip

✣ Best f r iend for each other→ br oth er ly lov e

✣ G r ow in g u p an d p lay in g togeth er✣ I n f lu en ce of B aba

“But we were kids who learned to craw l together , and no history, ethnici ty, society, or rel igion was

going to change that ei ther . I spent most of the fi r st twelve years of my l i fe playing w i th

H assan.” (Chapter 4)

Un eq u al R el a t io n sh ip

✣ Status→ A gh a & ser v an t (H az ar a)✣ D if f er en t p er son ali ties✣ S im i lar to th e on e of B aba & A l i

1. G r ow in g u p togeth er2. M aster & ser v an t r elati on sh i p→ B aba n ev er r ef er s A l i as h is f r ien d (in d i f f er en t)

Amir → H a ssa n

✣ L oving H assan since he knows he’s the one who car es for h im

✣ Stor y tel ler

Amir → H a ssa n

✣ Jealousy and insecur i ty 1. Baba’s af f ect ion f or H assan2. “H e hates m e because I k i l led her . M y m other .”

Amir → H a ssa n

✣ Cowar d ice and sel f i shness1. W i tnessing the r ape scene w i thout stand ing up f or

H assan → lead ing to the br oken r elat ionsh ip (gu i l t ) 2. Fr am ing H assan again and again secr et ly

Hassan → Amir

✣ Phy sical ly str ong & br ave1. Pr otect ing Am i r f r om the th r eats2. T he best k i te r unner in Kabu l

Hassan → Amir

✣ Self less and L oy al1. Ki te inciden t2. Adm i t t ing whatever cr im es Am i r f r am es h im3. Sacr i f i cing f or defend ing the house

Hassan → Amir

✣ L ook ing up to Am i rEducat ing h im sel f in or der to get in to Am i r ’s wor ldi l l i ter ate→ l i ter ate

✣ Stick ing to h is own p r incip les (power fu l?)

Po meg r an at e t r ee

✣ Sy m bol of th ier f r iendsh ip✣ W itnessing thei r r elat ionsh ip

Close→ al ien ation→ d iv ision→ sep ar ati onF er ti le- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > in f er ti le

So c ial c l ass & et h n ic t en sio nCarol

Rel ig io n & Rac e

Religion Shi’a Sunni

Race Hazara Pashtun

et h n ic d iv isio n o f su n n i a n d sh i ’a

T he Pr ophet M uham m ad d ied ➜n ew cal ip h n eed ed to be n am ed

✣ S u p p or ter of A bu B ak r⇒ Su n n i

✣ th e cou sin of M u h am m ad⇒ Sh i ’a

The larger group of Muslims chose Abu Bakr, a close Companion of the Prophet, as the Caliph (politico-social leader) and he was accepted as such by much of the community which saw the succession in political and not spiritual terms. However another smaller group, which also included some of the senior Companions, believed that the Prophet's son-in-law and cousin, Ali, should be Caliph. They understood that the Prophet had appointed him as the sole interpreter of his legacy, in both political and spiritual terms. In the end Abu Bakr was appointed First Caliph.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/islam/subdivisions/sunnishia_1.shtml

Sh i ’a vs. Su n n id i f f er en c es an d simi l ar i t ies

✣ They share the same religious beliefs

✣ The main difference is the leadership claim

✣ Sunni are required to pray five times a day

✣ Shi'a practice permits combining some prayers into

three daily prayer times

Hist o r ic a l Bac kg r o u n d

“The Hazaras settled in Afghanistan at least as far back as the 13th century. Hazaras have always lived on the edge of economic survival. As a result of Pashtun expansionism in the late 18th and early 19th centuries which was fueled by Sunni prejudices against the Shi'i (thus attracting the help of the mostly Sunni Tajiks and Uzbeks) the Hazaras were driven to the barren dry mountains of central Afghanistan where they live today separated into nine regionally distinct enclaves. The Hazaras are primarily sedentary farmers practicing some ancillary herding. Many Hazaras also migrated to the major towns, particularly Kabul where they occupied the lowest economic rungs.”

http://www.afghan-network.net/Ethnic-Groups/hazaras.html

Pash t u n vs. Hazar a

✣ Sunn i I slam fol lower s

✣ lar gest ethn ic gr oup in Afghan istan

✣ hold alm ost al l posi t ions of power in Afghan istan

✣ Sh i ’a M usl im s✣ 9% of

Afghan istan ’s populat ion

Ch ar ac t er s

Pash tu n✣ Baba✣ A m i r✣ A ssef

H azar a✣ A l i✣ H assan

In f l u en c e o n t h e c h ar ac t er s

✣ Am ir⨳ B aba an d A li ’ s i n f lu en ce⨳ m aster an d ser v en t? f r i en d s?

✣ A ssef ⨳ bu lly ; teasi n g A m i r an d H asan⨳ later becom es a m em ber of T al i ban

✣ H assan ⨳ br av e bu t n ev er stan d s ou t f or h i m self

immig r an t ex per ien c eChr is

Wh at d o es mo v in g t o U .S.A mea n ?

New l an d

✣ Ethn ical gr oups✣ T r ad i t ion (Values)

Fin an c ia l pr o bl ems & Lo ss o f so c ia l st a t u s

✣ Gas stat ion✣ M odest celebr at ion✣ Flea m ar ket✣ T iny apar tm en t✣ Veh icles

Ou t sid er ’s po in t o f v iew

✣ Author ’s iden t i ty✣ Am ir ’s posi t ion

Ju st i f i c at io n o f set t in g t r o o ps & w a g in g w a r s

✣ D em on izat ion of T al iban

Red empt io nSandy

t h e st ar t o f Amir ’s R ed empt io n

t h e sc en e o f Po meg r an at e

Fac in g h imsel f

Def en d in g so h r ab

br av el y f ac e peo pl e’s ju d g emen t

“Fo r yo u , a t h o u san d t imes o ver ”

Fi l mic t ec h n iq u esH ar r is

Ki t e f l y in g : A n at io n w id e h o bby

✣ Requi r es str ategies, techn iques, and p r act ices.

✣ T he k i te r unner : whom ever r etr i ves the fal len k i te f i r st cou ld own i t .

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Cl o se sh o t s: k i t e sc en es

Main c o l o rBlack : the pastRed: bloodGr een : the f u tur eW h i te: m osque

Blue: f r eedomBr own : ear th , hom elandO r ange: ear th , war m th

Co l o r : in kabu l

Co l o r : in Amer ic a

Q&A🎃🎃

Ho w abo u t PIN K?🎃🎃

Co mpar iso n : a d u l t h o o d v s.c h i l d h o o d

Repet i t io n

Amer ic an n ar c issism

(D olan )

Am er ican way of v iew ing M id d le E ast cou n tr ies➔ d eser ted lan d , bar bar ic, an d d an ger ou s

c o n c l u sio nSandy

T he K i te Runner surely i s a nice movie that enl ightens us, and to shed l ight on the wor ld that we are not fami l iar w i th, which gives us more detai led images of this foreign land, and at the same time, to inspi re us to dream bigger and bolder .

Wo r ks Ci t ed✣ Doran, Eric W. “The World Views as Narcissists - and so do other

Americans.” PsyPost. PsyPost Organization. 26 Jun. 2016. Web. 26 Oct.

2017.✣ For ster , M ar c, d i r ector . T he K i te Runner . P ar am ou t V an tage, 20 0 7.

✣ H ossein i , K h aled . T he K i te Runner . R iv er h ead B ook s, 20 0 3.

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✣ http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/islam/subdivisions/sunnishia 1.s

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