Reaction to The Kite Runner

I really enjoyed watching The Kite Runner. It was one of those stories that is very sad but has a happy ending. This movie was based in Afghanistan before the Soviet invasion. It shows Amir's life story and all the ups and downs that he went through.

In his home Amir's father had many people working for him which can be the same situation here the United States. If you have the money why not pay others to do your labor for you. His home was also very similar to what a United States home would look like in the seventies. The difference was in the religious artifacts and the designs. The designs in their home were from the middle east. So you were able to tell that they were living in some place in the Middle east from their home. All the texts that were around their house was all Arabic.

The dress was very different from what we would wear, after the Taliban took over. Before the Taliban invaded the people wore western style attire. Pants and sweaters and the women were not all covered up. When Amir came back they all needed to have beards and wear Islamic wear. The women were completely covered you could not even see their faces. Here in America we are free to wear whatever we want, there is not a threat on our lives when we wear something original.
I feel like there were more cultural similarities in this movie than in the others we have watched. They were very modern before being invaded. Free speech also seemed to be in place before they were invaded and were forced to flee if you were against communism. Overall they seemed to be living a Western style life until they were invaded.
The Kite Runner was a very intresting movie. They seemed to be having a easy way of life before it was torn apart by the Soviets adn the Taliban. It shows just how easy your life can change.