Kite Runner Question by Ellen O'Donovan https://padlet.com/elodonovan/igkzf5ygj8dg ‘Opposition to anything that oppresses human freedom is the element that dominates The Kite Runner.’ To what extent do you agree with this view? en-us 2019-03-13 08:25:20 UTC 2019-03-17 09:15:38 UTC hello@padlet.com Katie and Souren katiebland2001 https://padlet.com/elodonovan/igkzf5ygj8dg/wish/342090256 Modern society provides many platforms for individuals to convey social commentary to diverse audiences. Literature gives new perspectives and ideas about social and political issues allowing people to engage with the story and the characters. The Kite Runner written by Khaled Hosseini in 2003 outlines the life of the protagonist, Amir, a Pashtun Afghani refugee who fled to America as result of political tensions in Afghanistan. The book elaborates on the complicated relationship between Amir and his Hazara friend and servant as a persecuted minority in the Afghanistan society. A Streetcar Named Desire is a play written by Tennessee Williams in 1947 that tells the story of Blanche DuBois, a southern belle, plagued by mental illnesses in a fast evolving post WWII America, governed by the American dream of the European Immigrants. Hosseini and Williams use their respective works of literature to portray the class conflict of their era, adaptation to new societies and the representation of the nature of humans through the internal conflict of their protagonists.The authors utilise their genre of literature and their medium, use intense imagery and employ symbols and allegories to comment on the society. 

Tennessee and Hosseini capture the zeitgeist of their respective eras by using characterisation and theme to comment on the social conflict of their time. Hosseini portrays the character of Hassan as the loyal servant to Amir.  

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