Kite Runner :: Literary Analysis, Khaled Hosseini

Silence is like pushing the off button on career (Hosseini 361). In the novel Kite Runner, by Khaled Hosseini, Amir is an exceptional model as to how ignoring life can later cause a unlike conclusion. The point of his friend, and later revealed half brother, being raped affected his life towards the end of the story. Throughout the novel, numerous differences come up like customs, everyday objects, and punishments that are non the same as the United States. This book gives a verbal view point as to how the 2 diverse locations (the United States and Afghanistan) are not unconstipated close to being similar at any point in their residents lives. Kite Runner gives the privileged citizens of the United States situations that some competency not even consider acceptable living environments and conditions. Customs serve as a significant stand out as to why Afghanistan and the States are not on the same page in many instances. For example, Afghanistan permits men th e right to much than one wife because Babas second cousin, Homayoun, family consisted of two wives (82). Americas men are only supposed to be married to one women or else it is considered polygamy. If any American man was married to more than one woman at the time then it would be unacceptable and the punishment would most likely be jail. In the story Amir describes the traditional family dinner he has that consists of wareing on the floor while sharing the meal on a common platter in groups (85).However, most Americans eat dinner with their family at a dinning room table and have their own individual plates of food. A life changing moment for Amir was when he asked his capture to ask General Taheri for his daughters hand in hymeneals (161). Usually in America the fathers do not have to agree upon the marriage for it to even take place. In other words, Amir would have asked General Taheri himself or he would not have cared about the fathers opinion and just went not bad(p) to p opping the question to Soraya, General Taheris daughter. Customs are what make everyone distinct from each other but it can also cause a discrepancy if they are to unrelated and insulting to one another. The fact that the two places think unconstructively of each other is made apparent in various snippets of the novel.