Pashtun people Essays

  • Personification In The Kite Runner

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    The focus of this essay is to analyse and critically discuss chapter six of The Kite Runner novel. The examples will be provided as well as the effectiveness of each stylistic feature. The author of the Kite Runner novel is Khaled Hosseini. He was born in 1965 in Afghanistan and then moved to America in 1976. Whilst living in America, he published three bestselling novels, one of which is The Kite Runner. The Kite Runner novel depicts the Afghanistan condition from the fall of the monarchy in Afghanistan

  • Najmah's Personality

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    personality.(BS-3): When Nusrat came into Najmah’s life, she learned to trust again and found the hope she needed to return to Golestan.(TS): Najmah has been through many losses that have shaped and impacted her as a person. (MIP-1): Najmah lost all of the people that she loved, this impacted every part of her life and she struggled each

  • The Joy Luck Club Diction Analysis

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    employment of diction helps Amy Tan reveal Lena’s deep temptation to speak her mind about her troubling marriage to her husband, however, it also shows how she winds up complying to her husband’s wants anyways. “Protests” usually consist numerous people advocating for a certain idea to the public either violently or peacefully. Even though she stands alone against her husband, Lena feels so strongly about her cause she is even willing to “protest”, she “want[s] to”. She knows what she wants, but

  • Research Paper On Malala Yousafzai

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    Taliban started taking over every aspect of their life in swat. They set curfews for everyone an anyone who disobeyed their ruling would be killed. As life went on under Taliban rule the violence progressed and eventually people started fleeing the valley. Malala was among the people who fled the valley. Three months later the valley was deemed safe to

  • Summary Of Russell Baker's Animal Farm

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    Napoleon shows no regard for the animals that work hard to make the farm prosper. Joseph Stalin had a similar attitude towards the proletariat. His government took almost everything that citizens produced. This led to the starvation and suffering of the people of the U.S.S.R (Joseph Stalin). Since Napoleon’s and Stalin’s main objectives and actions match, it’s obvious that Orwell wrote a very accurate representation of Stalin in Animal

  • I Am Malala Rhetorical Devices

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    one girl stood up for the education of all women and changed the entire world. In her book she connects with the reader by using several methods of rhetoric. She used similes, pathos ,and logos, which made her story connect to the readers and made people see education in a different perspective. At an early section of the book Malala uses the rhetorical strategy of a simile. Throughout Malala’s book and story in general, she often talked about how supportive her father was. Malala was raised in an

  • Christina Lamb's I Am Malala The Powerful

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    thought that the bullets would silence us. But they failed. And then, out of that silence came thousands of voices.” This meant that thousands more started to be aware of Malala and her campaign for education. To clarify, this meant that many more people joined her fight and supported her

  • Personal Essay: Working For Fede

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    “In our lives, change is unavoidable, loss is unavoidable. In the adaptability and ease with which we experience change, lies our happiness and freedom.” —Buddha My future was created by people who saw possibilities for me long before they were clear in my mind. My parents sacrifices, my siblings accomplishments and mistakes to the countless individuals that made my life and the many roads that I have traveled rich with diverse experience. I share in the belief that destiny is created by the results

  • A Rhetorical Analysis Of I Am Malala

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    Malala Yousafzai is a girl from Pakistan who lived in the Swat valley when her troubles began. Malala is praised internationally for her use of peaceful protest to spread her message of educational equality for women and the crudeness of the Taliban. She does so using rhetorical strategies throughout her novel; ‘I am Malala.’ The rhetoric Malala uses really makes her story seem more relatable and appeals emotionally to the readers. It is the story of a young girl growing up in a country where men

  • Plight Of Women And Children In Emmanuel Dongala's Johnny Mad Dog

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    face many threats and obstacles as they try to flee from war. Many of these include struggling to find food and safety, as well as physical and mental trauma caused by the war. We see these factors in Johnny Mad Dog by Emmanuel Dongala and Disposable people? : the plight of refugees by Judy A. Moyotte. Both of these authors use different types of narrative techniques to show us the plight of women and children in civil wars, mainly in Africa and the Middle east. These struggles brought about, are challenges

  • He Named Me Malala Analysis

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    I learned about the deep culture, where I could understand why she spoke up for education rights and what motivated her to continue her support for equality. She only saw that boys where being educated in Pakistan and that people thought that women should not be educated. This motivated her to fight for equality and women’s education rights. Usually the deep culture is what causes the most problems and wars. So, when the Taliban noticed her motivations, they shot her. But

  • Malala Research Paper

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    once through her head and her friends were also injured. Malala was moved to Birmingham, UK for hospital treatment since she was in critical condition and was discharged in January 2013. This attack lead to protests in Pakistan and over 2 million people signed right to education petition and as a result the National Assembly ratified Pakistan's first Right To Free and Compulsory Education Bill. In consequence, Malala became a global advocate for girls who are denied their right of education. In 2013

  • For American Kids Hauling Water Is A Living Sparknotes

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    Everyday the children of Afghanistan can’t go to school. Instead they they have to go out and get water for their families and to sell. The Text “The Plight of Afghan’s Child Water Carriers” written by Sayeaed Jan Sabwoon and the video “For Afghan Kids Hauling Water Is A Living” by Zarif Nazar have many similarities and differences. The video “For Afghan Kids, Hauling Water Is A Living” Zarif Nazar focuses on using visual to show what the kids teaching up and down broken and dangerous steps carrying

  • How Does Hosseini Use Symbols In The Kite Runner

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    the Pashtuns and the Hazaras. Their ethnic differences tore them apart causing a great deal of discrimination and cruelty. Hosseini uses symbols, antithesis, and visual imagery to convey the unequal treatment of people in Afghanistan based on what ethnic group they belong to and their status. Antithesis is present when Baba and Ali are introduced into the book. Not only is Baba is a well respected character in the book, but he is also a handsome man. Amir described Baba as a “towering pashtun

  • Pashtuns In The Kite Runner

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    throughout this book, Amir and his father are Pashtun who are Sunni Muslims. Ali and Hassan are Hazara’s and are Amir’s and Baba’s servants. Hazara’s are Shia Muslims. The book The Kite Runner covers ethnic complications between the Hazara and the Pashtuns. Early on in the book we find out about the turmoil situation between the Pashtuns and Hazara. They do not get along mostly due to ethnic and religious differences. The Pashtuns are the privileged group of people in Afghanistan and the Hazara are the

  • The Kite Runner Research Paper

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    Ethnical Problems in The Kite Runner In The Kite Runner, there are two major Afghan ethnical populations depicted the Hazara and the Pashtun. The Hazaras was normally put down and insulted by the Pashtun. The Hazara have been persecuted throughout history and in the late 1900’s, Pashtun King Amir Abdul Rahman Khan ordered the killing of all Shias in central Afghanistan, leaving tens of thousands of Hazaras dead. Hassan experiences daily bullying on the count that he is a Hazara. The Hazara have

  • Use Of Judgment In The Kite Runner By Khaled Hosseini

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    some people can let this ruin their relationship with others. The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini tells the story of a young Pashtun named Amir and his moral journey towards redemption after an unfortunate childhood experience with his best friend, a Hazara named Hassan. Hosseini’s novel uses literary elements to explore the ethical and political divisions of Pashtuns and Hazaras in Afghanistan. Khaled uses his novel to show how these mental divisions affect relationships and how some people treat

  • Racism In The Kite Runner

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    dignity. This book is going to show you racism, a friendship that experiences devastating times, and a family bond that lasts forever even during extremely hard times. Racism is shown throughout the novel by showing how Pashtuns and Hazaras in Afghanistan did not get along. Pashtuns

  • Social Conditions In The Kite Runner

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    country, mainly believe in Muslims in Islam, divided into Sunni and Shiite. Pashtun is the first great nation in Afghanistan, mainly believe in Sunni. As the largest faction in Islam,Pashtuns hold a major position in Afghan society、politics、economy、culture, claiming to be the "Orthodox", against Shiite the Hazara believe in. Hazara is the third most populous nation in Afghanistan. However, they are discriminated by Pashtuns and other ethnic groups; moreover, their social status never been taken seriously

  • Ethnic Conflicts In The Kite Runner

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    Everyone is affected by their history and the culture they grew up in, this effect often seeps into how people interact. This is never more the case than with the people of Afghanistan, where deep social and ethnic divides lead to conflict every day and large-scale attacks every couple of weeks. These conflicts usually occur between the majority Pashtuns and the minority Hazaras. In The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini, the effects of ethnic and cultural divisions on human interaction is examined through