THE KITE RUNNER

The Kite Runner: “Power is a social construct that is determined by the ways that various group of people discriminate others”

The Kite Runner: “Power is a social construct that is determined by the ways that various groups of people discriminate others”

Introduction

The Kite Runner, by Khaled Hosseini, takes on the subject of ethnic and racial discrimination in Afghanistan with a case of the Pashtuns and Hazaras' relationship. The Hazaras are discriminated by the Pashtuns who have total control on Afghanistan for centuries. Hazara are Shia Muslims while the Pashtuns are Sunni Muslims, the same as the Taliban.

In Afghanistan there ...