Racial Discrimination Portrayed in Khaled Hosseini’s “The Kite Runner”

Abstract

Khaled Hosseini’s first novel, The Kite Runner, which tells the tale of two young boys in Kabul, Afghanistan, was published in 2003. It demonstrates how the main character of the novel endures pain in order to receive love and devotion from his father Ali and his bond with Hassan. The Taliban’s control over the Afghan people is discussed. It also mainly discussed about the two ethnic groups of Afghanistan. Pashtun and Hazara are the ethnic groups. When the Talibans take over, life becomes a desperate struggle against poverty, brutality and anxiety. The novel The Kite Runner’s title, “Racial Discrimination,” makes it very evident how the oppression of the Hazara people affected humanity. Since racial discrimination is predicated on factors such as race, color, national origin and ethnicity, it serves to hinder the equal recognition of human rights and the fundamental freedom of public life in the spheres of politics, the economy, culture, and society. The story examines the different ways that the Pashtuns discriminate against the Hazaras on the basis of their lower social position.