The Theme of Religion. Throughout the story of The Kite Runner, we engage and have an inside view of the Afghani culture.
Religion
Throughout the story of “The Kite Runner”, we engage and have an inside view of the Afghani culture. We learn how the people in the Afghani society deal with everyday responsibilities and their own aspect of life. In this novel, I find that religion has a great impact in an individual persons life in the Afghani culture. The Muslim culture that the characters live by has great importance on their actions and internal emotions. As like every religion, not everyone is in tuned and near to their faith. In the novel, we find two different types of people, the Afghans that are religious and the ones that are still on the fence or unsure on what or who they believe in. In the text, Ali and Hassan are the perfect example of strong religious family, where on the other side of the yard we find Baba and Amir, who doesn’t this God has great importance in there life, and you find most of the struggle and damage in there family.
We find the division between religions between the two social types. The less privileged Hazara, We see that the Sha’I Muslims are more religious and in tuned with God and you can see by the text a lot more peaceful. From the beginning of the novel, we see that Ali would sing songs about there religion to the young boys. Ali and Hassan were very strict on their prayer or namaz. Namaz is the five daily prayers to God. Amir would remember Hassan going into the shack and pray with Ali and a few moments later he would be out and play. The tranquil character of Ali and Hassan showed the peace they had being religious. Never once you see Ali or Hassan complain, maybe because of the social class and they were nothing but a servant or it was the compassion they have from being so close to God. You always saw a smile on Hassan’s face and even when he went through the worst times, he always made Amir feel better about himself. In the text we learn a lot about Ali and we see how he deals with things peacefully and even though he is mistreated he will always remain unhurt. “They chased him on the street, and mocked him when he hobbled by. Some had taken to calling him Babalu, or Boogeyman.” This is how people, like some sort of monster, treated Ali but he always kept the same face and walked by. In this situation it takes a real man not to say anything, a man who understands how life is and religion is a big part of their life. If I would imagine Baba or Amir in this situation, the emotions will get to them. Baba would probably reprimand the people and Amir would be to weak and not defend himself and cry and show weakness. You find much insecurity in Amir throughout the story, he is not as religious as Hassan and wonders why you have to be, Amir struggles with searching for love he desperately needs from his father and in need of who his own identity is.
