Assef becomes a key official in the Taliban, which persecuted and killed many Hazara. Thus bringing Assef childhood vision to fruition in his adulthood. Overall, the Caste system cause a huge divide, the Pashtuns were the high class and the Hazara were the untouchables. These two classes caused tremendous heartache and tragedy within the Islamic community. The author appeared to be showing how something as trivial as someone’s heritage could have a devastating impact on a whole society. The author made it clear that one’s gender plays and vital role in Islamic society. What is good for the goose is not necessarily good for the Gander. For example, Hosseini showed the double standard that Islamic culture holds for men and women concerning sexual promiscuity. In chapter 13 Amir and Soraya are at the wedding of Soraya’s uncle’s son. Meanwhile, one of the guests at the wedding says that the groom married a virtuous and pure girl and did well not to marry his cousin Soraya. On the way home Soraya cries and vents to Amir saying “Their sons go out to nightclubs looking for meat and get their girlfriends pregnant, they have kids out of wedlock and no one says a goddamn thing. Oh, they're just men having fun! I make one mistake and suddenly everyone is talking nang and namoos, and I have to have my face rubbed in it for the rest of my life” (Hosseini, 2003, p. 179). This quote clearly shows that although men may do things that are culturally unacceptable they are …show more content…
Fundamentalist Islam. Baba represented those who lived in Islamic society and did not take the teachings of Islam to the extreme. Conversely, Mullah Fatiullah Khan and Assef represented the fundamentalist who took the teaching of Islam to the extreme; which ultimately lead to Al Qaeda’s rise to power in