Marxism In The Kite Runner

complex minds of people. Most people are familiar with the term “Marxism,” or at least the majority can name a few words they associate with that term: class conflict, oppression, and communism. The literary Marxist approach, however, consists of more than just those few definitions. Marxism, in theory, is a way to create a utopian society by eliminating class conflict. The core principles of Marxism are illustrated in the Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini. The main character Amir, a wealthy Pashtun and

Throughout the world marxism has been adopted through government. This is the case with the novel The Kite Runner , this novel is about a young Pashtun boy named Amir and Hassan, a Hazara who is Ali's servants son, they fight kites in the city of Kabul. Hassan is a successful "kite runner" for Amir; he knows where the kite will land without watching it. Amir and Hassan have grown up together yet in two different social class. Marxist criticism is focusing on social class and how their government

another layer of depth not initially seen by the average reader. Marxism is a methodology used to analyze class conflicts, especially in capitalism. In Marxist thought, the upper class, the bourgeoisie, is oppressing and using the working class, the proletariat, for their own profit. This strife between the classes will eventually lead to a revolution, bringing a socialist or communist economy. In Khaled Hosseini’s The Kite Runner, the main character, Amir, struggles with the issue of class, specifically

“Whoever controls the means of production in society controls the society.” (Martin) Marxism can be used to explain and inspect actions, characters, settings, and ideas in a multitude of texts. In the novel The Kite Runner written by Khaled Hosseini, the Marxist views on the class system, religion, and the ownership of goods are prominent and introduce an interesting and captivating perspective to the story. The following questions are answered within this essay through the point of view of a Marxist:

the Pashtuns in every way possible. The Kite Runner effectively examines the social and racial tensions present in Afghanistan in order to create a Marxist criticism of the power struggles that are present. The power struggle between the Hazaras and Pashtuns come to a violent climax in he novel when Hassan is raped by a racist Hazara boy, Assef. Hassan went to retrieve the winning kite for Amir after they won a kite running tournament together. The kite landed in a back alley, and when Hassan went

The four texts “The Namesake” by Jhumpa Lahiri, “The God of Small Things” by Arundhati Roy, “The Kite Runner” by Khaled Hosseini and “The Inheritance of Loss” by Kiran Desai all share the theme of a struggle for identity either though geographic, political or cultural displacement. Both “The Namesake” and “The God of Small Things” are examples of post-colonial literature. Through their themes and settings, they both show the repercussions of post-colonialism, cultural shift, suppression, migration