Cultural Context

This post is a little different. It's not broken down in two examples with some story behind them to bulk the answer up a bit, no. This a take your choice of a selection and tell how that choice affects the story and your, my, understanding of it. I've chosen the Taliban.

The Taliban has a role in Hosseini's book because it is set in Afghanistan. If you didn't know this yet, it is set in Afghanistan. Assef, the antagonist and bully in the book that I have previously mentioned, ends up being the leader of the Taliban Army. The Taliban ruled largely in Afghanistan during the time of like, 1996 to 2001, and had diplomatic recognition from some other countries, as well. The Taliban surfaced after the Soviet Afghan War and was a key influence in the novel The Kite Runner to the life of Amir and Hassan. Assef grew to be the Taliban leader and Assef has always troubled Amir.

Amir was often bullied by Assef throughout the story, though Hassan often defended him. Before Assef joined the Taliban, he got at Amir by violating his friend. Assef had his soldiers later raider his fathers house and kill Hassan and his wife. After constantly being picked on by Assef, and his army, Amir made it a mission to get back Sohrab, Hassan's son, who the Taliban held. It is time for Amir to try to correct what was wronged, and show his own loyalty that he couldn't to Hassan, to Hassan's son. Assef and the Taliban prey on Amir throughout the story, but Amir grows stronger, and learns to defend himself, and in the end, saves Sohrab.

Is that it? I think I'm done. This has been a look at how the Taliban influenced the story, and how with greater understanding, the story can make more sense. 

There's no more required postings. I do not know if this blog will be used again, maybe I'll use it like any other blog now, or maybe I'll switch it up and turn it into a runner's athletic blog, because with a title like Spying the Runner, it could totally be athletic, right? Yeah... We'll see. This has been fun, may we will meet again in the future.