Nothing is perfect and humans are as far as you can get from it. From the flawed society the population has created, oppression has formed. Hosseini subtly hints at the unjusts in this system. In his novel, The Kite Runner, Hosseini writes about two young boys growing up together in Afghanistan. Both boys are plagued with the inequality between their classes. The main character, Amir often thinks about how unfairly he treats his friend, but rarely does anything to make up for it. Later in the book Amir discovers his childhood friend, Hassan is his brother. Hosseini created Amir to be a mean spirited, temperamental child, while Hassan is mature, level headed and respectful. Hosseini uses these two and their relationship with each other to display the contrast between oppressor and oppressed. …show more content…
Amir accepted his position as superior without question and recognized the injustices as acceptable. Amir acted as if he were Hassan’s friend most of the time, but still considered himself above Hassan. Occasionally this blatant prejudice would be shown through his actions and words. He immediately thinks to himself "what does he know, that illiterate Hazara? He will never be anything but a cook. How dare he criticize you?" (Hosseini 34) after Hassan politely makes a valid point about Amir’s story. Amir believes he has power and authority despite the fact that they are seemingly equals. His reaction to Hassan’s intelligent response is to berate him and insult him, allowing Amir to feel powerful again. Although he is extreme, Hosseini want him to represent the idea of superiority in an oppressors