ESSAY PLANS/QUESTIONS: Flashcards
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Old vs new Afghanistan - parties vs stoning, etc
Baba and Amir immigration
Amir’s identity struggle with Afghanistan + USA
Specific nature of the power struggle
Hassan’s rape (Assef)
Pomegranate scene
Baba and prison guard
Pursuit of power
Russian soldier
Hassan with the slingshot compared to his final letter
Amir and Assef’s confrontation
Workings of the ruling class
The orphanage vs Ali and Hassan’s living condition
The stoning at the football stadium
The embassy (disregard to Sohrab)
Corruption, conspiracy, control
The teacher and the textbooks
Russian solider
The stadium (using religion to justify violence)
The connection of the smaller world vs larger world
Childhood bullies vs extremism
Baba and Amir escaping to America
Afghanistan getting coverage in US after 911
Social class
The descriptions of Amir’s house vs Hassan’s
Assef raping Amir
Textbook description of Hazaras
Gender politics
The Description of Sanaubar (Hassan’s mum)
The treatment of the woman in the truck
Soraya and Amir (traditional values)
The way that political and social protest writing is used to comment on society, particularly the representation of society at particular historical periods
Gunfire = beginning of the end of good Afghanistan
Stoning = Taliban’s destruction of Afghanistan
Getting a car = American society allows Amir freedom
‘In The Kite Runner, the personal and the political are always linked’
Yes = Amir’s life emulates Afghanistan’s condition
Yes = Assef’s character symbolises ruling class. He is a product of ethnic divisions.
Somewhat = Sohrab’s differences don’t matter in US
‘Hosseini presents a world in which ethnic differences always lead to violence’
Yes = Amir + Hassan, Amir uses it as an excuse
Yes = Assef and Hassan, Assef uses it as motivation
No = Sohrab overcomes differences in US
‘In The Kite Runner, resistance against those who have power and influence never succeeds’
Yes = Assef rapes Hassan for defying him
Somewhat = Baba + prison guard, needs another soldier
No = Amir + Assef at the end, again needs Sohrab + power in numbers
