Violence In Ayn Rand's The Kite Runner

“The practice of violence, like all action, changes the world, but the most probable change is to a more violent world” (Arendt pg 80). Violence is contagious, like a disease, which will destroy nations and our morals as human beings. Each individual has his or her own definition of violence and when it is acceptable or ethical to use it. Martin Luther King Jr., Walter Benjamin, and Hannah Arendt are among the many that wrote about the different facets of violence, in what cases it is ethical, the role we as individuals play in this violent society and the political aspects behind our violence.

Cruelty is something that eventually causes agony in the best of us. In The Kite Runner, the author uses cruelty in the novel to push the story and characters in a new direction. Cruelty acts as a driving force for the protagonist, Amir, and the people he interacts with. The author does this by placing the characters in unfamiliar situations and forcing them to react to those situations. Initially, Amir is placed in an unfamiliar situation when his friend, Hassan, is abused. His actions while he is in this situation set off a chain reaction forcing the characters to navigate difficult situations. Throughout these difficult situations, Amir grows emotionally as a result of the cruelty around him.

Mankind has long accepted violence as a fair means to achieve equality. In human history, the most thorough changes are brought in by the most radical overthrow of the old structure, knocking down the walls that separated the silent majority from the minority, sweeping aside the commands of the oppressors, tearing down the chains of oppression that once trapped them away from their inherent rights of freedom, in an effort to achieve justice for themselves and their countries. Revolutions in particular illustrated that the groups that desire reform but are willing to compromise for stability, take longer to implement changes, while the groups that are more devoted to revolutionary change and are often unafraid to use violence, could implement

In every great piece on literature there always ends up being a scene with some sort of violence. In the book The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini there are a couple of points that include violence that help carry the plot and contribute to the overall meaning of t there are a couple of points that include violence that help carry the plot and contribute to the overall meaning of the work. There are two scenes in particular that really show this concept such as Hassan’s rape and the fight between Armir, Assef and Sohrab. Both scenes are not just there for show, they carry the story along and show what the characters personalities and how they contribute to the plot.

Cruelty is a topic that can function as a major plot point in stories and connect to several different literary elements. An author may use cruelty to express a theme, or a message about the real world, exemplified through a story. Cruelty could also be used as a device in order to progress plot. Even as a character trait, cruelty can give the reader more insight into a story’s plot, setting, or even the characters themselves. In Khaled Hosseini’s The Kite Runner, cruelty helps to communicate different themes, progress the plot, and give insight into characters.

When you grow up in the world we do you are told that you can achieve anything and be whoever you want to be. What if you couldn’t tell anyone what you were dealing with, what would you do? Ayn Rand chose to write about it. She connected us with her history through the character, Equality. She translates her struggles through him and in doing this she made an impact.

Ayn Rand is also very impassioned in her response to the moon landing, The July 16, 1969, Launch: A Symbol of Man’s Greatness. She uses the events of July 16, 1969 to serve her own purpose, to further the philosophy of objectivism. Objectivism, according to the Language of Composition, “values individualism, freedom, and reason” (33). These themes are very apparent in her commentary. Rather than seeing a rocket launch as a government endeavor, with many people working hard toward a common goal, she sees it as “the concretized abstraction of man’s greatness.” She sees the human race as a singular being, and nature as something to be contained, and conquered successfully. The moon landing is evidence of man’s superiority,

Habitants of the Middle East fear for their lives, even by just being an innocent bystander. There, violence occurs daily and harms people both physically and emotionally. Although the novel is fiction it is written partly from the author of the Kite Runner’s author, Khaled Hosseini’s experience. In this case, the setting takes place in Afghanistan since Hosseini lived there during his childhood. The novel starts off as very easy-going and narrates Amir’s enjoyable childhood with his best friend Hassan, who is also his servant. However, both Amir’s and Hassan’s lives take a dark turn when they are both emotionally and physically damaged both directly and by their own country. Khaled Hosseini uses techniques such as symbolism and setting to

Violence is never justified; even in the most irksome circumstances. Using violence will only result in chaos. Many faced oppression thousands of years ago, and many -still- face oppression like: People of Color, LGBTQ community, immigrants, women, Muslims, and plenty more.

As children, young adults, adults and the elderly we all have one trait in common; To be accepted. Although, in trying to become accepted, we can lose friendships and trust from people we love, but far worse we could lose ourselves, trying to be accepted for someone we are not. In the novel “The Kite Runner” by Khaled Hossieni, we as the reader see many different situations in witch Amir is putting his real self aside and taking his anger out and betraying someone very close to Baba and Amir himself, closer than the reader and the protagonist Amir will learn until further on; Hassan the servant’s son. In this powerful novel we see very real situations unravel, to be more specific we see one act of violence that relates to every reader in a

In literature, no scene of violence exists for its own sake. In the book titled The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini, many scenes contain violence, and these violent scenes give meaning to the story. The Kite Runner exhibits the friendship among Hassan and Amir, and how one disloyal action can lead to years of guilt. War, murder, fighting, and sexual abuse is what makes up the violent scenes in this book. These scenes contribute to the overall meaning of the book and each scene impacts the book in a different way.

The action of betrayal is disloyal to one person, a treachery or one's country. Throughout “The Kite Runner” Amir fears that he will continue to be let down by his father and let Hassan down in the process. Baba has kept many secrets from Amir and his servants; Hassan and Ali. He believes that his money is why people confide in him and keep a relationship with him. He puts a lot of blame on Amir for the past to help ease his conscious and be aware of his own selfishness. In Khaled Hosseini's novel, “The Kite Runner” we can evaluate the excess amount of betrayal and manipulation through the ethnicity lens because of how the Pashtun’s treat the Hazara’s in the sense of pity and demeaning.

For example, the talibans in afghanistan are using violence against other people, women who tries to speak up for themselfs are constantly getting hit. Just like in malala, malala tries to speak up for herself and gets shot by a taliban. Children is the most affected because at a young age they get to witness some of their family members getting shot by taliban just like in the novel “The Kite Runner”. Sometimes some children are used to be a soldier at a young age.

Violence against oppression is immoral , violence is not the answer to many problems we face throughout the world . We should be trying to solve oppression in a more professional and peaceful manner.

Many literary works throughout history have used violence to teach a lesson or to help the author get his or her point across. The Kite Runner is no exception. Hosseini used violence all throughout this book to show how important courage was to him and how important of a trait it is for everyone to poses. He did this on more than one occasion whether it was with Hassan’s rape, Sohrab trying to kill himself, or Amir and Assef fighting. Hosseini started off the novel showing what it is like to have a lack of courage then he moved to gaining courage and finally ending with being able to use that courage to help others.