The Kite Runner

Introduction In Khaled Hosseini’s novel, “The Kite Runner”,  Hosseini displays how conservative Afghan society views women as being innately inferior to their male counterparts throughout the novel.  He displays the lack of female agency in many ways.  Hosseini uses the character of Sanabur; Hassan’s mom , Khanum; General Taheri’s wife and Soraya; Amir’s wife to…

Introduction The Kite Runner, written by Khaled Hosseini, follows the narrator, Amir, and his memories from when he was a boy in Kabul, Afghanistan. The time of the novel is placed around the fall of the monarchy and ends around 2001 when the Taliban Regime collapsed. The story begins in 2001 with the narrator recalling…