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adsai
adsai
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High School - 12th Grade

If "The Kite Runner" is depicting various social classes, I would like to know which classes do the main characters represent?

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Posted by adsai on Wednesday June 4, 2008 at 8:22 AM and tagged with characters, social class, the kite runner, themes.

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  1. reidalot
    reidalot Teacher
    College - Freshman

    The main characters in the novel, The Kite Runner,belong to two distinct social classes, and that is the heart of the conflict in the novel. Amir, the narrator of the story is Pashtun. The Pashtuns "had oppressed the Hazaras" because the Pashtuns were Sunni Muslims and and the Hazaras are Shi'a (9). Unfortunately, Amir's best friend but also the son of his father's servant, Hassan, is Hazara. The young boy's friendship is made all the more poignant (touching) because of the religious and social barriers that block their relationship. The Hazaras are treated harshly and oppressed. To make matters worse, they are also physically different from the Pashtuns because they have Mongoloid features. Unfortunately for Hassan, Amir betrays him; this betrayal stems from the difference in the social classes. It takes a lifetime of atonement for Amir to face his own hypocrisy!

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    Posted by reidalot on Wednesday June 4, 2008 at 12:58 PM