An Essay on Orientalism Through Novel the Kite Runner by...

In this time period many authors have written books that are pieces of propaganda portraying the â€Å"Orient† the east to be Orientalist which heightens the risk of hate crimes aimed at people of the east. The author Khaled Hosseini who wrote this novel The Kite Runner tells the story of a man who wants to make up for all the wrongs he did throughout his life. This novel portrays Orientalism. Orientalism is a negative point of view that is to look at the west (Occident) with. This novel The Kite Runner has many characteristics that tell us that this book is portraying an Orientalist view. An example of this would be characters that show themselves as everyday Afghanistani stereotypes. This novel does not only portray stereotypes of the east†¦show more content†¦This is because the west equally distributes the rights of men and woman but in Afghanistan it’s not equal. Every other country is evolving but Afghanistan is getting left behind. Another example of t his would be on page 186, it states: â€Å"he’d take a bite of the food his wife placed before him, sigh, and push it away†¦ this made Khanum cry.† This shows that women are scared of men because if they do not do the things that please them the men could do anything to make them miserable. In this case General Thari forbid Khanun to do anything that like to do. The general forbid her to sing in which she was very passionate about now she doesn’t and she is sad. Thirdly, in this novel after any character gets out of Afghanistan they come to their senses. An example of this would be Amir. Amir faces his problems but he makes up for his past misdeeds. He gains courage and regrets turning his back on Hassan when he got raped by Assef. He faces his fear by getting beat up by Assef. (â€Å"If he leaves this room alive let him go†). An expert named Sarah Hunt writes for the Occidental College paper she says that: constructed of the same cultural and political materials as Western readers themselves. Therefore, in the case of The Kite Runner, Hosseini’s foreigner-as- protagonist Amir actually becomes less and less â€Å"foreign† to the Western reader over the course of the novel, and begins to function as a sort of