As documented in The Kite Runner, fundamentalism, specifically the Taliban’s method of enforcing religious law, had a significant impact on the lives of women and children in Afghanistan. From watching Baba, Amir and Rahim Khan’s stories, we also learned that fundamentalism created a huge crisis involving refugees and internally displaced people. In addition, scenes with Assef showed us that those individuals that came into contact with the Taliban endured some of the most brutal, inhuman and degrading treatment that the world has ever witnessed.
- Recall the scene from The Kite Runner where Amir goes back to Afghanistan and reaches Ghazi Stadium and sees the Taliban set up for public executions on the soccer field up until the scene where Amir meets Assef again. Then think about what you do from the minute you wake up until about 5pm on school days.
- Read the Taliban’s Rules and Punishments (Handout 4.1) and reflect on the rules you break on a daily basis and the possible punishments under the Taliban regime. (200 words)
- Respond to one classmate. In your response include a reflection on the end of the film.(at least 100 words)
1) Amir goes to talk to the person who took his nephew and he saw an execution and when he went to go talk to him at his place after. Assef recognized him and knew who it was even though he had a beard on. So when Amir told Assef that he was taking the boy Assef attacked Amir and Sojab did what his father did for Amir when they were kids. He used the sling shot and shot Assef in the eye and they escaped all the way back to America where they were safe. This is very different to what we have to go through because we do not have all the violence and the Taliban that is because we are not an unorganized country like Afghanistan. History shows that if you do not want to be taken over by an outside power then you won't at all costs. That is because of the will of the people. In Afghanistan this is not the case because they are not able to because they were weak in the light that they had a corrupt government and not any sort of structure at all.
ReplyDelete2) I break most of them except the ones that have to do with Islamic culture because that is not my religion. The major ones would be listening to music, watching TV, movies, Celebrate labor day, Used to have long hair, have to shave my beard, clap at sporting events that I may or may not be a part of, I use the internet, Dance at weddings, I gamble, and Burry family members that have died. Most of what the punishments are you either die or become really close to dying so doing all of these I would possibly be dead on a daily basis because I could not just quit doing all of them. I would like to not have to shave my beard though it would make things a lot easier and have one less thing I would have to worry about. All of this is just a part of our culture and it would be difficult to just stop at any given time. Some things i could do without but some things are needed like TV to get the news and internet to find answer to question that you may have. I have never really flown a kite but it looked like a lot of fun so I would like to try that if I can get a chance.
I agree it would be hard to stop doing things.The movie ended on a note that the boy was rescued and they made it safely back to America. There were many parts in the movie that Sohjab reminded Amir of Hassan. For example, when Amir was fighting with Assef and Sohjab picked up a slingshot. This went back to when Hassan scared away the boys when they were little. Another part was when Hassan told Amir he would run a thousand times for him and at the end of the movie Amir tells the same thing to Sohjab when flying a kite. There was a lot of foreshadowing and surprise towards the end.
DeleteI agree with many of the rules that you broke if you were under the Taliban rule because we are guys and probably think the same way as each other. The punishments that they have are nuts and should not be as forceful as they are. The end of the movie is Amir going to the Taliban compound where his nephew is located and he wanted to take him home. But he did not know that Assef was the one person that was holding him there. So he had to fight Assef and he was losing pretty badly but his nephew bailed him out with his little sling shot just like his dad Hassan had. The two escaped and Amir and Sohrab got back to America where Sohrab can be free and not under the Taliban rule anymore.
Delete1. The scene shows the whole culture and new government that forced itself to power. The executions and speeches clearly show dangerous consequences for laws broken against their religion.
ReplyDelete2. After reading the rules regarding females, if I were in one of their positions I would probably be dead or whipped the very next day. There are so many strict rules that I would never even think of as being bad. For example, not traveling on a bus because men are on it or being accompanied by a close male relative at all times. I would lose track and probably be whipped for all the little things. The one law that struck me the most is that men must never hear a woman’s footsteps. There are so many laws regarding woman and the consequences are excessive. Public whipping, shooting or hanging bodies from a crane. For the rules regarding all Afghan-Males and females, they have strict laws to. They are very protective of the woman and control their whole lives, yet they publicly execute and beat them. Women basically don’t have a role in their lives. In contrast, women in America are increasing in the work field and getting higher education. It seems as if people cannot have joy and be happy even at sporting events and weddings under the Taliban rule. The Taliban takes away all the people’s rights and freedom to the point where they have to watch what they say.
The end of the movie was really good! At first I thought the kids had ran away, and that he wasn't going to find or see him again. I still don't really like Amir for what he did to Hassan at the beginning of the movie, but he sort of redeem himself at the end. The over all movie was pretty good, I think it would have been better if Hassan would have stayed alive the whole movie.
DeleteI agree with the rules you listed. I would definitely be whipped or killed because of losing track the rules. The rules that Taliban gave are very ridiculous. Why all the rules have to focus on women? Men and women are equal, why men can do this but women can't. Moreover, I found out two rules that don't get along each other: Female can'e be treated my male doctor and Female can't be doctors. So who will cure females if they are sick? Or they just wait till die?
Delete1. When Amir came back to where he was born and raise, he said he seemed like tourist even though he was in his country. Everything has changed: the trees were chopped down and children don't fly kites anymore. When Amir saw Assef, he couldn't recognize him and he was hit by Assef. Hassan's son saved Amir by the slingshot and it reminded me of Hassan used slingshot to save Amir when they were younger.
ReplyDelete2. As a girl, I think I would break most of the rule under Taliban’s regime. I go to school every day and I want to make friends outside of school, that’s why I played sports and participate in outdoor activities. However, according to Taliban’s rules, females are not allowed to go to school or participate in any activity outside the home. They said female can not be treated by male doctors. However, they don’t allow females become doctors or nurses. So my question is: How can females be treated if they are sick? Men and women are equal, if men can laugh out loud and show their faces, why females cannot. This is very unfair. In my opinion, if male and female don’t know each other well by talking or touching, they will not have real love. I feel like they don’t have choice to choose who they want to marry. I feel so uncomfortable when they ban music, movies; they are ridiculous. If I am stressed, I will listen to music to ease my stress. I can’t live without music and I think so do others. Life will be really boring without music; people will never be happy without music and do whatever they want to do.
1. When Amir was traveling back to Afghanistan he reached this soccer game and after the game the Taliban unleashed a public execution on a woman. The woman was being killed because they said she committed adultery. But then Amir saw Assef and Assef recognized his face right away even with his beard on. I do not even think about anything as I wake up for school until 5 pm. Everything is the same and I could not even imagine witnessing someone being killed.
ReplyDelete2. I break most of the Taliban's rules on a daily basis. They have rules that are so dumb to Americans because we do not follow the religion because we have our own. I listen to music, watch TV, watch movies and do all of that stuff mostly every day because I have the freedom to do that. The biggest one that I follow is that I have to shave my beard. According to the Taliban, you can never shave your beard, it has to be long for when you get to be older. That is why Amir had to get a fake beard when he got to Afghanistan. They even have law enforcement that are called the beard police. If i were to live under the Taliban regime, I would be dead before I even step foot on the land. They probably hate americans more than they hate anyone else. Every rule that they have there we do not follow, or we have rules that are the exact opposite. I do not believe one American would survive in Afghanistan for more than 30 seconds. The punishments that these people have are outrageous and should not exist. This is why the Taliban should be overthrown and not have power.
I believe Zach said it correctly when we have a short list of rules to follow and that the people live under the taliban’s control must really not like us since all of their laws are freedoms to us. In the end of the movie I was confused since the little boy just disappeared and his uncle went all that way and through all those struggles just to find him, but then again I understand the fact of him being terrified of the man coming to get him for daily prayers like he said so he went and hid. I think it shows that the Taliban has created a controlling fear over their people and it needs to come to an end.
Delete1. When Amir returned to Afghanistan he attended an execution of a woman and man being charged with adultery. His intentions were to go and get his nephew and as a result he was half beaten to death. On a regular school day, I wake up, wash my face, brush my teeth, and put on my clothes for school. Once school is over I find myself sitting on the couch watching T.V.
ReplyDelete2. I find it very funny that women are treated as if they cannot be independent and need a man. The fact that a woman cannot talk to a man outside of her family is ironic. Judging from the rules, it is as if they are trying to make women disappear and belittle them. On a regular day, I break just about all of these rules without evening noticing it. I am just a vocally loud person, and the rule about women not being able to laugh loudly would affect me a lot. Showing your ankle is something that is just so natural in america, If those rules were set here we would all probably be whipped or dead. I don't agree with any of these rules and because I am a female I find them to be very offensive and unnecessary.
You are right, and I agree I jsut don't know who someone could Not be a little independent. All the rules I read are natural in America and being famale I also find it offensive.
Delete1) In the scene of the soccer game Amir was just looking for the man who took his nephew from the orphanage and after the game he meets the man he does not recognize, but has old problems with. On a daily basis I wake up and get something to eat and take a shower then go to school, and after school usually take a nap until it is time to go to work.
ReplyDelete2) After going through and reading the rules of the Taliban I would most likely of been killed off a long time ago. I’ve broken many of their rules and would bring a lot of shame to their culture if I was to live within it. For example I’ve broken rules on clapping at sporting events, watching television, I have long hair, I shave my face usually, I use the internet on a daily basis. If I were to try and conform to the Taliban’s rules I do not believe I would survive. I have these freedoms because our government protects the right of self decision and the Taliban takes those freedoms away. They are very harsh on punishment and breaking the laws especially the beard laws since you must never shave for you need a beard in your wiser years, they create a police force just to ensure that people have real beards. I would not be able to conform to that lifestyle of being watched and governed harshly all day everyday. I think I would much rather live somewhere else or take the death punishment than have to live that kind of lifestyle.
I agree that the beard punishment is very out of hand. Men should not be told how to keep their body. It is there body and they should be able to do whatever they want with it. They even have a beard control and that is just the waste of a job. The fact that people are getting paid just to make sure that all men have beards is ridiculous. The head person could put that job towards something that would help the community like a street sweeper or garbage control.
Delete1. When Amir goes back he sees a women be executed because of adultery. It didn’t look she had a trial and the way she died was very undesirable. Knowing what I do from day to day, go to school, softball practice, hang out with friends, even had the chance to drive myself places… I would probably die in a much worse way.
ReplyDelete2. The second law I would break because I rarely go out with my brothers or dad. I go to school with Jarod but a job or sports practice would break it instantly. When I get gas I talk to Male “shop keeps” all the time and my family doctor is Male. The whole subject of going to school every day… I wouldn’t wear a burqa if it was 100 degrees out. It’s not that I like talking to strangers but I don’t see the problem with chit chatting sometimes. I like heals so that would be broken, as well as the playing of a sport, and I like to sit on a balcony at a hotel. So yeah I would absolutely die if I went there back them because knowing what I do know I just could be there.
Tegan explains this part of the film very well. She explains her day to day life and how she lives and also what the consequences she would have because of the things that she took part in. In todays society in Afghanistan women are restricted to many laws and regulations that women must follow. Woman are mistreated and are disrespected by men in their society. She mentioned that sports practice would break the rules of society and she would be punished so life in America on an everyday basis is the completely different from us.
Delete(1). Amir returns back to Afghanistan to try to find his brother Hassan's child who was still alive and living there. He was told that he would be able to locate him from someone at the soccer field called Assef. Amir ends up being a part of a public execution where a man and a woman are stoned to death. Comparing Amir's day to the point of where I wake up and how different they are. My day is nothing compared to the horror that Amir would see in a single day in Afghanistan. He woke up not knowing that he would see two people being stoned to death but that was something that he could not leave and was forced to witness.
ReplyDelete(2). The rules that the Taliban set and the rules that I would have broken are unimaginable. Every rule that the Taliban set in regards to being banned are normal in our everyday lifestyles here in America and we have the freedom to practice any of them we please. If i were in Afghanistan i would most definitely be killed for breaking the rules the Taliban set in regards to the society there. The lifestyles we live when compared to that of those in Afghanistan are complete opposites and would not be anywhere near the same. We have many more freedoms.
I agree. I wonder why they have all these strict rules for, what's the point. I wonder if that's what they believe or is it them over using their power. A lot of there rules take so much away from their independent freedom it's almost like being held prisoner in you're own country. Women have not rights it's like their not even human they're treated more like pets. It make you thankful to be a American citizen.
Delete1.When he gets to the stadium he tries to go down and talk to the guy but they didn't say much so he goes to his place but he's not there and have to talk to Assef who beats him up but his nephew saves him and they escape.
ReplyDelete2. Listening to music when I'm home I listen to at least an hour a day. Watching television it's an everyday thing it's all I do when I'm home. I don't wear Islamic clothing in fact I don't like wearing similar clothes as others. All boy students must wear turbans it's kind of the same as wearing uniform. No one can gamble but I make bets on video games and sports games that come on t.v.
I agree with Tommy I thought it was different for the Taliban picked the soccer field for excucting people. I like how yours is short and gets to the point of what you are saying.
Delete1. When Amir goes back to Afghanistan to find his nephew he was told by someone that he had to go to Ghazi stadium where he would meet up with Assef. The Taliban would use the soccer field as execution men and women that have done something wrong.
ReplyDelete2. Looking at the list of Taliban's rules and punishments I break many of them it wouldn't be fun living in this way of not able to anything fun. I watch television, listen to music, celebrate labor day, watch movies, I don't wear Islamic clothes, I use the internet it would be really hard for Americans going their and living we wouldn't even last long.
It is sad but true that this is how the people in Afghanistan have to live and that they have to do what the Taliban says because they are not strong enough to fight against them as a country.they are still in the country today. Going from the life style before the Taliban to the one after the Taliban had arrived
DeleteGood summary of Amir as he goes back to Afghanistan to find his Nephew .I agree with you. Looking at all the taliban rules it would be tought to follow the rules because they are so strict. I also break just about every rule on here , and their are even more strict rules for women. So these rules are way to hard to follow.I would end up being punished by the taliban too. Since it wold be way to hard to abide by all the rules. Especially for People coming from America, since we have the freedom to do things that we want to do.
Delete1.l In the scene at the soccer field, the life there is different than our lives here. Those children witness people getting shot and stoned regularly and that is a lot for a kid to go through. Most American children wake up in the morning, go to school, play with there friends and then be home by dinner to eat and go to bed. This is not the case here because there life styles are ran differently. They wake up and have nothing to do, they might do a couple chores but they do not have top worry about going to school.
ReplyDelete2.Looking at the list of rules and punishments, I would break almost all of them. I watch TV, I listen to music, and i don't wear there clothing. All of these things would have me killed at the soccer field so for their society, the rules are much more strict. This causes them to interact with each other and instead of anything time by themselves, spend time with others. This is actually a good set of rules to have but breaking them should not result in execution.; It is good for kids to get out and play with one another but if they want to take a break and watch TV for a little while they should be able to.
1)After watching the gruesome scene where Amir went back to find his old friend Hassan's son and was told to go to the stadium there in Afghanistan to meet the guy who knew where he was located or being held but ended up also watching the punishment of a women being stoned to death for being found guilty of committing Adultery I was very moved by the actions that were taken by the Taliban for the way women acted like it's just crazy to have that pop into your day so out of the blue. Like after taking the time to think about my day from the minute I wake up till about 5pm it's weird to actually think about because is such a routine and you don't really think about it like that because your so used to just doing the same thing every single day. For something like what happened to Amir if that were to happen to me it would be so shocking.
ReplyDelete2) After taking a look at the list of rules from the Taliban human rights there are lots of basic rules on there that I break every single day such as listen to music not only do I listen to music but I listen to it very loudly, I also watch tons of movies and television.
1) My daily life in America is much unlike the people in Afghanistan. I wake up every morning in my cozy bed, roof over my head, fresh food and water, etc. My daily struggles and worries are very minimal compared to others.
ReplyDelete2) It is unbelievable to me that these rules actually exist somewhere in the world. For someone not being raised in that culture I would surly be killed in no time due to breaking all of the rules. I wouldn't ever imagine or think to color my windows, not shake a males hand, see a male doctor, not be able to attend school, work outside of my home etc. The punishments set in stone for committing these "crimes" are nothing to mess around with either. A few examples of punishments are, public hanging, public stoning, public shooting, amputation of limbs, and several more. Shockingly, the most humane punishment would be imprisonment. This is the only punishment that does not physically harm or kill them. To me, these rules, regulations, and punishments seem absurd. I mean, not even being able to show your ankles? That's insane, especially on a hot day, these girls must be miserable. What are they even living for? They have no freedom, rights, or respect, even after they are married. I do not understand it one bit. All I can say is that I am thankful for my way of life. I would never survive living such a way.
1. Amir goes back to Afganistan because he is trying to find his nephew Sohrab. He knows that the man talking at the stadium knows where sohrab is. On an average day I wake up go to school and then lift. In one day back in Afghanistan Amir gets beat up , meets his nephew , escapes someones house while getting shot at and then flees the country.
ReplyDelete2. I break just about every rule on the list. I watch tv , use the internet , and listen to music. Also if one of my family members were killed I would want them to have a proper burial , and I also do not wear any islamic clothing. So since I break all these rules on a daily basis I would most likely be killed by the Taliban . Or like the women in the stadium was killed
Jaeden, your a rebel. you break all the taliban rules. but i do really think you should grow a beard. itd look good! I really liked your understanding of what Amir was doing and what his goals were. And you had a pretty good understanding of the taliban.
Delete1) When they played the soccer game , the kid Amir was trying to find the dude who took this kid from an orphanage and after the game he see's a man he does not know, but has problems with.
ReplyDelete2) After reading the rules of the Taliban I would probably get blasted right away hahahahaha. The way I live, I have broken many of their rules and they probably would have destroyed me a while ago.. Like when, watching television, I have some facial hair, I dont shave very often...I wear whatever I want, and I use the internet every day . If I were to try and conform to the Taliban’s rules I do not believe I would survive. I have these freedoms because our government protects the right of freedom as long as your going by the laws. The Taliban takes those freedoms away. They are very terrible way of putting on punishment and breaking the laws especially the beard laws since you must never shave for you need a beard when your old, Its kind of stupid.