https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/krgender Made with a warm hug en-us 2019-01-30 10:37:41 UTC 2025-11-26 04:04:44 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/krgender/wish/325774001 Double standards outlined by Soraya's narrative but also Amir's 'I was a man, all I had risked was a bruised ego']]> 2019-01-30 10:43:53 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/krgender/wish/325774001 https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/krgender/wish/325774043 RACE AND CLASS
Hazaras v Pashtuns

Hassan and Amir , the opening description
 " perfectly round face"
 " like a Chinese doll" 
" You the Hazara"

]]> 2019-01-30 10:44:03 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/krgender/wish/325774043 https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/krgender/wish/325774077 'Their sons go out to nightclubs looking for meat...I make one mistake and suddenly everyone is talking about bangs and Naomi's' the animalistic and predatory languages emphasises the extent in which afghan men can get away with doing anything which culture deems inappropriate however women cannot defy the afghan patriarchy ]]> 2019-01-30 10:44:12 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/krgender/wish/325774077 https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/krgender/wish/325774128 "How did she know fathers and sons called talk about women freely but no Afghan girl, no decent girl, queried her father about young men" even a woman's ability to ask questions is looked down on

]]> 2019-01-30 10:44:24 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/krgender/wish/325774128 https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/krgender/wish/325774228 2019-01-30 10:44:44 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/krgender/wish/325774228 https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/krgender/wish/325774271 'War doesnt negate decency. It demands it' criticises the double standards and sexualisation of women in any situation, even married women are not exempt from the expectation to sell their body in exchange for freedom or safety]]> 2019-01-30 10:44:50 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/krgender/wish/325774271 https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/krgender/wish/325775166 “And no father, especially a Pashtun with nang and namoos would discuss a mojaraad with his daughter” - for a daughter to discuss our even acknowledge other males is seen as violating the values of pride & honour- feminine modesty and restraint equates to respectability- open expression of the their sexuality and desire reflects badly on the men in their life- father for example. Women must employ restraint and adhere to strict custom for the sake of men - “honour and pride. The tenets of Pashtun men. Especially when it comes to the chastity of a wife or daughter”. ]]> 2019-01-30 10:48:29 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/krgender/wish/325775166 https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/krgender/wish/325775218 "The general did not approve of women drinking alcohol and soraya did not drink it in his presence" ]]> 2019-01-30 10:48:42 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/krgender/wish/325775218 https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/krgender/wish/325775325 Hosseini purposely limits female narrative to highlight how women are hid in afghan society. Sprays tries to overcome this double standard by having her own dialogue]]> 2019-01-30 10:49:16 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/krgender/wish/325775325 https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/krgender/wish/325775746 'If you were a boy living in kabul, the day of the tournament was undeniably the highlight of the cold season' double standards as women are not allowed to partake in major forms of entertainment]]> 2019-01-30 10:50:59 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/krgender/wish/325775746 https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/krgender/wish/325776188 "I was well aware that I had won the gender lottery"
A lottery is something which you enter yourself into - he becomes complicit to the gender inequalities and does not speak out against it.

]]> 2019-01-30 10:52:41 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/krgender/wish/325776188 https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/krgender/wish/325776767 “I went past the rose bushes to Baba’s mansion, Hassan to the mud shack where he had been born” - very stark contrast through use of setting- illustrates the severity of class and racial division- that people can live in complete luxury side by side with absolute poverty

]]> 2019-01-30 10:55:14 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/krgender/wish/325776767 https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/krgender/wish/325776814 Doubles standards shown through even the description of Soraya. It focu
es on her looks as a woman rather than describing her as a person. " a slim hipped beauty" even this is focuses on her qualities of being able to become a mother and bear children - something which gives women value in the afghan society ]]> 2019-01-30 10:55:27 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/krgender/wish/325776814 https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/krgender/wish/325777217 'It was Soraya who suggested she move in with Baba and me' Soraya is acting as a maternal figure which highlights the double standards in afghan society- women are only viewed as maternal or as a bad influence (sanaubar), nothing else. It's almost as though society doesn't view them as having their own individual identity ]]> 2019-01-30 10:57:23 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/krgender/wish/325777217 https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/krgender/wish/325777300 'Winter was every kid's favourite season in kabul, at least for those whose fathers could afford a good iron stove' 
Class- poorer people are excluded from the fun and happiness of wintertime as they cannot afford basic necessities
Gender- the fathers have control of money and finance, demonstrates the lack of financial freedom for women]]> 2019-01-30 10:57:46 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/krgender/wish/325777300 https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/krgender/wish/325777410 “You have always been a tourist here” - Amir,s childhood account of Afghanistan as a beautiful country is limited as a result of his significant privilege growing up- he has never experience the true reality’s of poverty for the likes of the Hazara people and those less affluent. Amir assumes that it is the Taliban regime which has decimated his country- this is not entirely true.]]> 2019-01-30 10:58:17 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/krgender/wish/325777410 https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/krgender/wish/325777674 "Beautiful and unscrupulous looks" substitute for her "dishonourable reputation" --> restriction against male counterparts, she disowns her father and therefore has a distorted reputation ]]> 2019-01-30 10:59:17 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/krgender/wish/325777674 https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/krgender/wish/325777724 The kite runner is a perfect representation of what women were valued for ,personal attractiveness more valuabke]]> 2019-01-30 10:59:27 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/krgender/wish/325777724 https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/krgender/wish/325778553 Double standards- amid is believed instead of has an because he is a Pashtun. Baba says that the greatest sin is theft, yet ignores Amie's lie ]]> 2019-01-30 11:02:38 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/krgender/wish/325778553 https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/krgender/wish/325778852 Soraya's family : Khala Jamila 'every woman needed a husband, even if he did silence the song in her']]> 2019-01-30 11:03:58 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/krgender/wish/325778852 https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/krgender/wish/325778916 'She was a shy woman, so courteous she spoke in a voice barely higher than a whisper and she would not raise her pretty hazel eyes to meet my gaze' social expectations of women suppress their personality and personal freedom]]> 2019-01-30 11:04:15 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/krgender/wish/325778916 https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/krgender/wish/325779200 Even the fact Baba must ask Taheri that his son can marry Soraya's suggests she is being handed over in a business transaction, Amir doesn't even ask Soraya he just assumes]]> 2019-01-30 11:05:37 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/krgender/wish/325779200