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Man's Inhumanity To Men In The Kite Runner

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Themes in the Novel “For you, a thousand times over” (Hosseini 2). This quote appears in the novel The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini. Hassan tells Amir the quote repeatedly because he is loyal to Amir. Amir tells Sobrah, Hassan’s son, the quote because he is trying to earn his trust. Hassan and Amir work through the themes of, families bring comfort and conflict, defining moments and finding my way, and man’s inhumanity to man. Hassan works through the themes of, families bring comfort and conflict, defining moments and finding my way, and man’s inhumanity to man. “ I forbid you to do this!” Baba bellowed. “Do you hear me ? I forbid you” (Hosseini 107)! Ali and Baba are fighting over Hassan leaving. Ali just wants to protect Hassan because he has been through a lot. Baba is trying to fix this because he doesn’t want to tear apart his family. “...he lived in the only house in the village that had a walled garden. “This is my wife, Rahim Khan,” Hassan said proudly” …show more content…

Everyday in our society and in the novel, men are killing other men with no regrets. “The Talib, looking absurdly like a baseball pitcher on the mound, hurled the stone at the blindfolded man in the hole. It struck the side of his head...The man in the hole was now a mangled mess of blood and shredded rags” (Hosseini 271). This man was stoned to death by a Talib. The Talib did not care because he was like that when he was young. He liked torturing people and beating them up. “I closed my eyes and covered my face with my hands” (Hosseini 271). It may look like the author is for man’s inhumanity to man, but he is not. The only reasons he brings up all that happens, is to show the readers what is happening in the world and how some people are completely oblivious to it. It is horrible to watch the news and see that a man has killed another. Many people are so use to this violence, that they do not care anymore. The world should not be like

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