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In t r o d u c t i o nChar l ie
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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