Culture Oppression

    Oppression of culture is present all throughout the novel The Kite Runner, a very obvious sign of this is when the Taliban come to the town and ban kite running. Kite running is a traditional event that is a very big part of the culture in Afghanistan, what happens kites battle to break the other kites strings, everyone chases the last kite to get cut and they try to retrieve the kite. We see this happen in the story when Amir is flying the kite and Hassan goes to chase it for him.When the Taliban bans this activity a part of the culture is taken away from them. Something that has been such an important part of their culture is gone for now.

In the story it is mostly the culture of the Hazaras that is oppressed. They are treated terribly by the Pashtuns. They can't read, this is shown when Amir reads Hassan stories but Amir makes up parts of the stories and Hassan, much to Amir's surprise, likes the stories. In Afghanistan the Pashtuns do not accept any other religions to be expressed. This is very different from what we experience here in Canada. When immigrants decide to come to Canada to live, they are encouraged to keep practicing their religion. This in my opinion is the way every country should be but sadly this is not the case, many people are killed all over the world because of the religion. I think in Canada as the years go by, are learning more and more about other religions and we are becoming more diverse. For example I know more about other religions than I ever thought I would. My parents know a tenth of what I know about other religions and I am proud of it and always have more to learn.