Society And Its Disorder In Les Miserables And The Kite Runner

The kite runner explores the idea of social hierarchy and how is causes discrimination to those surrounded by it. Social hierarchy is organized through a social structure called the caste system that separates the different social classes. The caste system plays a very important role in the kite runner. The book illustrates how the discrimination of the Hazaras is accepted and practiced by the Pashtuns. Their differences have led to the Pashtuns being the majority group and the Hazaras as the minority group. This discrimination has become built into society and effects everyday life. As Pashtuns, Amir and Baba have the opportunities to receive an education and start their own business. While the Hazaras, Hassan and Ali, may only work as servants. This discrimination

In Biblical times women were the owned property of a man. Men ruled over women and their children. Women had very few, if

I agree with the statement that in the novel Les Miserables, the author Victor Hugo is trying to say that human nature is basically good. In the most basic sense, the definition of good trying to do the right thing, even if there are negative consequences. It often means having to sacrifice and give up something to do the right thing. Throughout the book, many characters sacrifice their happiness and morals in order to do what they believe is the right and fair thing. Even when faced with serious consequences for being honest, characters more often than not still choose to do the right thing. Some may argue that Victor Hugo is saying that human nature is basically evil because some characters commit evil actions. However, in most cases, characters don’t always have evil intentions, their execution is just poor and makes them seem evil. Everyone thinks of themselves as a hero, almost everything a character does is because that’s what they believe is the right thing to do. Whether or not it really is could be up for debate but for the most part, most characters don’t have evil intentions and attempt to usually do the right thing. Victor Hugo is saying that as a whole, human nature is inherently good.

For thousands of years there has been a strong distinction between the roles of men and women. Often times in stories there will be women that are only mentioned for their beauty and charisma. Hardly ever will you see pages upon pages being spent talking about the true character and accomplishments of women characters. Even though stories like The Epic of Gilgamesh and the Book of Genesis were written thousands of year ago, (when stories were told mostly told from a males perspective) the light shined on women in the texts show them as wise, strong, and greatly influential beings. In The Epic of Gilgamesh and the Book of  Genesis, the writer shows the women as bringers of knowledge,  guidance, and care to the men in the texts that are lacking thereof.

Traditionally, men are viewed as strong, dominant and logical, while women are regarded as the weak sex, thus being dependent on the males to make decisions and to protect them as well as their children. These roles go far back in time when males in fact had to protect their families from other tribes, wild animals etc. Even today the same values are applied both in real life and in media. In general a woman is depicted as wife, mother or a sex object. (Sex, Gender, Gender Identity, Sexual Orientation”, Year unknown).

Our world has been a male dominated society from the beginning of time. In most cultures, especially in ancient times, women were thought of as secondary to their male counterparts. Women were considered a possession just as a house or piece of property is considered a possession. The role of women in these early societies did not receive an education but was to take care of the household and have children. The women of the Minoan and Mycenaean ancient Greece cultures held much more roles than homemakers and mothers; they were allowed more freedoms and rights also oracles, priestesses, and political advisors yet they are also seen by men as nothing more than a mere possession.

In Les Miserables and The Kite Runner the relationship between a father and his child is crucial to their development and growth. But their child also has a great effect on their father.

As readers, we see how the analysis of conflictive themes has been taking over literature scenarios. When reading between the lines of certain books we can perceive themes such as conformity and rebellion. Mostly these themes can be seen in writings from times of social upheaval. According to The Oxford Dictionary, the word conformity means “behavior in accordance with socially accepted conventions or standards”, while rebellion means “the action or process of resisting authority, control, or convention.” These terms create a constant battle among societies. A certain amount of conformity needs to exist in life in order to avoid disorder. This is the reason society has laws, rules and expectations. Literature represents life, and these themes can be found at the root of many literary works. Conformity can also be considered as silence. This silence is based on the restrictions of real feelings and thoughts in some literary pieces. During the sixteenth century, the emphasis on conformity was at its height. Works of literature from this time period have often reflected a fascination and frustration with this particular characteristic. People do not want to be restricted in terms of expressing opinions and developing certain activities. When facing oppression, denial of their freedom, they rebel, and that contributes to the part of the process of change in society. Not all kinds of rebellions are rationally fundamental, but when they are, it can transform society for the

Women are often assigned to something that illustrates weakness and lower in rank than men, and men are always regarded as individuals that is high in rank and possess the strength. According to Marshall (2004, as cited in Ng, Yee, Chong, Lee, & Ahmad Tarmizi, 2013) it is reported that males are always seem as people with independent characters and carrying the important roles in everything they do whereas the females are always be referred to dependent characters in which they always come after men in almost everything. It also happens in language usage in which "man" always take the lead in our language (e.g., male generic, male occupational terms, etc.).

In the world today, the beliefs and values of your culture depends on who or what has power over you.  Power is the ability to influence or outright control the behavior of people. Whether your views are for religious reasons or because of your family name, power can be abused and twisted to your own liking. In both Les Miserables and The Kite Runner, it is based on how you are viewed in society and the social class society puts you in.

From the Book of Genesis we can observe the male role of domination. In this book a man was created before a woman and was given domination over all creations upon the earth. God said, “Let us make a man in our

These problems however, do not only appear in the book, but are apparent in our own society as well. These issues can be seen everyday by everyone, and it greatly affects the society. For example, violence can be seen on the news every day. It seems like there is always a new attack on someone or a murder, and similar to how in the book violence ruined many people's lives it ruins people’s lives in our society too. Also, stereotyping causes a lot of issues in our society. People stereotype others on things like race, gender, or even things like their hobbies. This stereotyping can cause more violence which ruins even more lives, similar to the book and how the greasers and Socs hated each other because they were all the same, even though, in reality, they were really different. It also causes people to judge each other and make other people feel lesser about themselves. The final ill is classism, which is judging people based on their financial state. This is similar to stereotyping because people are judging others just because of one attribute. In our society, people are quick to think all people who are richer buy expensive cars and waste all their money and don’t have any worries, even

We start out with the use of the male dominated language in the Bible. Much of the development of Christianity has been primarily mostly by men, so our understanding of Christianity and the Bible may come from a more masculine perspective. Mainly men today translated the vast majority of Bibles available. To be honest, I never really gave this topic much thought as an adult before because I just assumed the obvious, that God is a male. All my life, from my parents, extended family, friends and church, this is what I have always been taught and exposed to. This just comes to show that the Bible just enforces the picture in our minds of a male figure since the beginning of time and in turn, we teach our future generations the same. Japinga states that,

Is it frustrating to be in a position where you want your voice to be heard, and want to lead certain people or group, but someone tells you it’s a man 's job to do that? According to Webster Dictionary, “gender role is the overt expression of attitudes that indicate to others the degree of your maleness or femaleness.” Since the beginning of time, gender role has been present in the society, humans especially have been expected to perform in many ways in regards to their gender. For example, women have been expected to be domesticated, homely and less active in political, social and economic power. Adam in the Bible was seen as the head, the leader while Eve was expected to be subservient.

The best place to start is Ephesians 5:22-24, “22 Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands as you do to the Lord. 23 For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body, of which he is the Savior. 24 Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything.” This verse is all you need to see that God commands a woman to submit to her husband and follow his authority. As any Christian would know, God’s word is the final word and we should not need any other reason to follow his commands. In the 20th century women’s rights is an extremely large and controversial topic. People now a days are so caught up in the fight for personal rights. Women see that they can be independent in the workplace and earn just as much as men. This makes it hard for women to accept that they must be submissive to men and allow the man to make all the final decisions in the home and in their