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Corruption Of Power In The Kite Runner

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The corruption of power and excess power is evident in regards to how the characters of The Kite Runner interact with each other. One can see this through the interactions of Amir and Hassan, a wealthy Pashtun in society compared to a servant Hazara. Due to the Pashtuns being in control and overpowering the Hazaras, Hassan is denied basic human rights that Amir takes advantage of, for example the right to education. Hassan is an “illiterate Hazara” who would never surmount to anything other than being a servant simply because of the culture he was born into (Hosseini, 34). Amir uses this to his advantage by informing Hassan that imbecile means smart and intelligent, then saying that “Hassan is an imbecile” (22). This is an abuse of power as

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