Chapter 7 brutality by Neil Hussey https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/TKRbrutality Made with a wink and a smile en-us 2018-12-10 10:55:12 UTC 2026-02-12 14:44:25 UTC hello@padlet.com "Hassan didn't struggle. didn't even whimper" nhussey1973 https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/TKRbrutality/wish/312850117 Hassan refuses to be broken by physical and mental torture. He takes all Assef gives, but refuses to be give him the satisfaction of his pain]]> 2018-12-10 10:57:57 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/TKRbrutality/wish/312850117 Yes https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/TKRbrutality/wish/312850399
Yes- the rape takes away Hassan's childhood, thus showing how it mentally oppresses Hassan as well as physically. Homosexuality is the greatest taboo in Afghan culture ( 'My father said that it's wrong) so Hassan being raped by Assef, emphasises how he'll be even more oppressed in Afghan culture

]]> 2018-12-10 10:58:55 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/TKRbrutality/wish/312850399 "I ran because I was a coward" nhussey1973 https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/TKRbrutality/wish/312850641 Noun "coward" - suggests Amir is worse for not standing up to oppression - also suggests he never has to because of his PAshtun roots. The rape has more of an emotional effect on Amir than the physical brutality felt by Hassan]]> 2018-12-10 10:59:43 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/TKRbrutality/wish/312850641 https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/TKRbrutality/wish/312850813 Hassan does not struggle against Assef; ‘the look of the lamb’- meek and resigned, aware of his position. Mentally oppressed and does not have the will to fight back.]]> 2018-12-10 11:00:11 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/TKRbrutality/wish/312850813 "Saw the resignation in it. It was a look I had seen before. It was the look of the lamb" https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/TKRbrutality/wish/312850935 Hassan sacrifices his dignity for the sake of Amir's relationship with his father- he bears the brutality and degradation of what is done to him for Amir's sake- sacrificial lamb

]]> 2018-12-10 11:00:31 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/TKRbrutality/wish/312850935 https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/TKRbrutality/wish/312851135   Excluded and socially isolated from society from the outset of the play before the rape occurs, he is constantly belittled for being a Hazara. 

]]> 2018-12-10 11:01:12 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/TKRbrutality/wish/312851135 No https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/TKRbrutality/wish/312851276 The lack of love and affection given to Amir by Baba has mentally oppressed Amir into committing morally wrong actions which has led to Hassan's rape. "ba held me close 
to him, rocking me back and forth. In his arms, I forgot what I‟d done. And that was good.” 
When this thirst for love is satiated a longing for more is created. Because Baba always showed affection to Hassan, and 
if Hassan wasn‟t 
there, Amir would be loved. This causes the cold but logical decision to expel the emotionally detached Hassan from his life: to be alone with Baba. 
This escalates the development of the “evil” Amir, which Hosseini tastefully accomplishes. 
]]> 2018-12-10 11:01:42 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/TKRbrutality/wish/312851276 https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/TKRbrutality/wish/312851297 Dehumanises Hassan through animal imagery "disrespectful donkey" and uses the noun "Hazara" in the declarative "Its just a Hazara" as an insult to show superiority but also presents Hassan to be disposable in Afghan society.]]> 2018-12-10 11:01:46 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/TKRbrutality/wish/312851297 "one eyed Assef"- could be said to be symbolic of the brutal eye-for-an-eye society that the characters exist within https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/TKRbrutality/wish/312851457 2018-12-10 11:02:21 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/TKRbrutality/wish/312851457 "something he can play with when he's bored..kick when he's down.. don't ever fool yourself into thinking you're anything more" https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/TKRbrutality/wish/312852136 mental oppression, enforcing the psychological subjugation of Hazara people- reinforcing that Hassan is inferior, a second class citizen]]> 2018-12-10 11:04:37 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/TKRbrutality/wish/312852136 https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/TKRbrutality/wish/312852217 Omar's brother -> "with those tight little eyes how does he see anything" --> mental oppression as it belittles Hassan's race.]]> 2018-12-10 11:04:56 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/TKRbrutality/wish/312852217 No https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/TKRbrutality/wish/312852219 The actions of the Taliban is the greatest symbolism of brutality as it mentally/ physically oppressed all Hazaras, not just Hassan (holistic)- "We' shoot them right there in 
front of their families..
. Let them remember who they were, where they belonged.” - Link to Hitler, not the first time this sort of oppression has occurred. Neo-Nazi views of Assef


]]> 2018-12-10 11:04:57 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/TKRbrutality/wish/312852219 the lines "you Hazara" as well as the lines describing Hassan's mother as a "Shi'a Muslim" and an "ethnic Hazara" hints at the oppressive society, because these are often the first descriptors used in regards to these characters. Thus showing that people become defined by what makes them different, thus showing that the society is oppressive as an 'us and them' mentality permeates the society. https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/TKRbrutality/wish/312852278 2018-12-10 11:05:08 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/TKRbrutality/wish/312852278 'Assef was standing over them, the heel of his snow boots crushing the back of Hassan's neck' https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/TKRbrutality/wish/312852660 Physically above him, idea of crushing under foot is realised here, physical symbol of oppression. ]]> 2018-12-10 11:06:25 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/TKRbrutality/wish/312852660 "your father won't find out.. there's nothing wrong with teaching a disrespectful donkey a lesson" https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/TKRbrutality/wish/312852801 Assef is massively hypocritical- promotes very rigid, fundamentalist Islamic values whilst behaving in a way considered to be completely deviant by many Muslims in ]]> 2018-12-10 11:06:57 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/TKRbrutality/wish/312852801 https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/TKRbrutality/wish/312852919 “I found no sign of Hassan”, suggests Hassan has become distant from Amir which mimics the start of the novel where both are on different branches of the tree to suggests class discretion and inequality, always been a divide between the two ]]> 2018-12-10 11:07:22 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/TKRbrutality/wish/312852919 https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/TKRbrutality/wish/312853328 The rape of Hassan appears to point where there is no redemption for Assef, he continues his reign of terror even more so than before, takes children from the orphanage to enslave and control, humiliating oppression; ‘the of bells with each step… the bell around his monkey’s neck had made that same jingling sound.’ ]]> 2018-12-10 11:08:51 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/TKRbrutality/wish/312853328 Hassan refuses to be broken and that is a symbol of physical and mental oppression but rather even more a symbol of strength and his heroic nature https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/TKRbrutality/wish/312853404 2018-12-10 11:09:07 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/TKRbrutality/wish/312853404 'It's just a Hazara' https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/TKRbrutality/wish/312853410 Refers to Hassan as 'it' dehumanises him. Mental oppression so that Hassan almost believes it. 'look of the lamb', as if accepting the fact he will always be seen and treated like an animal.]]> 2018-12-10 11:09:09 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/TKRbrutality/wish/312853410 https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/TKRbrutality/wish/312853458 2018-12-10 11:09:18 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/TKRbrutality/wish/312853458 "I'm letting you keep the kite, Hazara. I'll let you keep it so it will always remind you of what I'm about to do"- brutality at it's worst. Assef is not only attempting to cause physical harm, but long term emotional harm. could symbolic of the wider, vindictive nature of the society https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/TKRbrutality/wish/312853969 2018-12-10 11:11:03 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/TKRbrutality/wish/312853969 'His voice cracked' https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/TKRbrutality/wish/312855147 Not only physically brutal but so mentally and emotionally abused that even his voice, his freedom to express himself as a human, has been broken and attacked.]]> 2018-12-10 11:15:03 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/TKRbrutality/wish/312855147