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The Kite Runner
Author: Khaled Hosseini 
  • Afghan-American
  • Born in Kabul, 1965
  • Moved to USA, 1970
  • Practices internal medicine
  • His first novel 
The novel
  • First Afghan novel to be written in English. 
  • Over 9 million copies sold worldwide. 
  • Translated into over 25 languages. 
  • Is on the list of "Banned and Challenged Books" 
  • Graphic details, sexual violence
  • The film was banned in Afghanistan. 
  • The child actors left Afghanistan for safety reasons. 

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The Kite Runner
Time period 1960 - 2000
Setting: Afghanistan

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Slide 4 - Vidéo

Slide 5 - Vidéo

Afghanistan
  • Landlocked (Pakistan, China, Iran, etc..)
  •  Mountainous
  • Modern country in 1960s and 1970s -> no headscarves, women went to school, art, music, fashion shows
  • Always an interesting country in bigger conflicts for power between the West and the East (USA/England - Soviet Union)
  • Soviet-Union supported coup d'etat
  • Soviet Union attacked from the North and took over Kabul
  • Afghan president that listened to the Russians
  • Chaos in Afghanistan - Russia soldiers didn't know what they were doing there. Thought they were fighting against the USA. 
  • Struggle for power in Afghanistan - Taliban won - Islamic republic -> 9/11 -> war in Afghanistan -> Bin Laden 

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Slide 7 - Carte

Important Background Information
Very mixed population: 
  • 22 languages (Dari and Pashto officially recognized in consitutition)
  • Sunni and Shia Muslims
  • Racial conflicts
  • The Kite Runner: Pashtuns and Hazaras - differences in religious beliefs, cultural practices, social status, physical appearance. Pashtun majority race and ethnic (Sunni Muslim), Hazara minority race (Shi'a Muslim). Hazaras were also discriminated against because of their looks. They are the weakest and poorest race in Afghanistan, easily subjected (onderworpen), insulted (beledigd), tortured (gemarteld) by Pashtuns.
  • Kite Fighting is one of Afghanistan's national outdoor sports. 

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The Kite Runner
the author
Khaled Hosseini

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Slide 10 - Vidéo

Slide 11 - Lien

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the Kite Runner
Themes

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Themes
Friendship
Father - son relationship
Discrimination
Immigration
Guilt and redemption

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Extra
If you have no clue of what 
was being shown 
about Afghanistan, here is a short video in Dutch!

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Slide 17 - Vidéo