Premium Essay

Taliban's Role In The Kite Runner

Submitted By
Words 345
Pages 2
When Taliban first came to the Afghanistan, people believed that they were heroes. Rahim Khan tells Amir: “When the Taliban rolled in and kicked the Alliance out of Kabul, I actually danced on that street. And, believe me, I wasn’t alone. People were celebrating at Chaman, at Deh-Mazang, greeting the Taliban in the streets, climbing their tanks and posing for pictures with them. People were so tired of the constant fighting, tired of the rockets, the gunfire, the explosions…”(p 200). People had hope that after tiring war with the Soviets, the life finally will get better. But as it turned out Taliban were cruel and not only didn’t improve the situation, but made it even worse: “In Kabul, fear is everywhere, in the streets, in the stadium,

Similar Documents

Premium Essay

Kite Runner

...KITE RUNNER QUESTIONS BY: JANHAVI AHUJA CHAPTER 20 STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS 1. Why is Farid treating Amir differently now? 2. Why were “fathers a rare commodity in Afghanistan”? Fathers were a rare commodity in Afghanistan because during the war it was the mean that went out to fight. They were looked at called out to fight for their country and to keep their families safe. Afghanistan like many countries in this sense because when there is a war they look for men to stand up and fight. With war deaths come, so if fathers are the ones fighting the war. It is them dying and being injured and going missing. So there was less fathers around in the time of wars. 3. What advice did Farid give Amir regarding the Taliban? The advice that Farid gave Amir regarding the Taliban’s is that to never go against the Taliban’s because they love to start conflicts. 4. What did Amir learn about his mother? From whom? Amir learned about his mother that she was a very beautiful woman and she loved almond cake and honey tea. He learned this from Dr.Rasul who taught at the same university his mother did. 5. Why are children with mothers but not fathers considered orphans? Why can’t their mothers take care of them? The text is not suggesting mothers cannot take care of their children.  In Afghan culture, that is what a woman's role is - to take care of and raise the children.  Because this and pleasing her husband are what women are supposed...

Words: 1781 - Pages: 8

Free Essay

Marxism and Formalism on the Kite Runner

...IntroductionMany times since his death in 1883, Karl Marx’s ideas have been dismissed as irrelevant. But, many times since, interest in his ideas has resurfaced as each new generation which challenges the unequal, unjust and exploitative nature of the capitalist system looks for ideas and a method to change the world we live in.Marx’s ideas – a body of work collectively described as Marxism – was added to by his closest collaborator Frederick Engels after Marx’s death and subsequently added to and enriched by the writings and living experience of Lenin and Trotsky who led the 1917 October Russian Revolution.For any person looking to change the world in a socialist direction the ideas of Marxism are a vital, even indispensable, tool and weapon to assist the working class in its struggle to change society.Most people who describe themselves as socialists will have at one stage or another looked at Marxist ideas and, unfortunately, some have chosen to ignore the rich experience and understanding that Marxist ideas add to an understanding of the capitalist world and how to change it.However, Marx’s ideas are once again becoming fashionable; even amongst people Marx would have regarded as his political opponents. Having been voted the thinker of the Millennium in a BBC poll in 2000, Marx has now been taken up by university professors and City analysts alike as offering one of the most modern ways to understand globalised capitalism.But, for socialists who wish to permanently remove...

Words: 5021 - Pages: 21