I chose to write my article on the caste system. The caste system is a social ranking inherited from classes and plays an important role throughout Kite Runner. The book asserts that there must be an order of the people to make things worthwhile. Both boys try to challenge the fact that the caste system is nothing more than a state of mind. The Afghan people feel alienated from their own history because of the caste system. Kite fighting is a perfect example of the caste system. One has the fighter attacking other kites and the runner chasing fallen kites. Hassan who is Shia while Amir is Pashtun and has many more opportunities due to his social class. Although they are friends, Amir is reluctant to acknowledge him in public. I believe that the caste system imposes many of its own, seemingly unintentional, rules on the people. This system even caused Amir to stand by while his servant was raped by local tyrants. Even if there are no laws on certain issues, the caste system can impose and enforce them through hatred and violence. The caste system forces people away from their own history. The novel tells the story of Amir, an Afghan living in San Francisco who receives a call from his father's friend living in Pakistan, a place that brings back bittersweet memories of childhood days gone by. in Kabul, Afghanistan. Amir recounts his idyllic childhood in Kabul, where his father enjoyed great financial success, power and prestige. Amir and his father house their servants or socially disadvantaged people within their jurisdiction. Unlike the wealthy background that Amir has become accustomed to, Ali and his middle of paper...... story plays a crucial role in presenting the powerful Amir in order to establish a clear line between who is rich and powerful and who is unhappy and bullied. Works Cited Barnes, Michael H. In the Presence of Mystery: An Introduction to the History of Human Consciousness. Connecticut: Twenty-Third Publications, 2003. Dumont, Louis. Homo Hierarchicus: The caste system and its implications. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1980. Hosseini, Khaled. The kite runner. New York: Riverhead Books, 2004. Kendal, Diana. Sociology in our time: the essentials. California: Thomson Wadsworth, 2006. Pruthi, R. K. Indian Caste System. New Delhi: Discovery Publishing House, 2004. Smith, Brian K. Classifying the Universe: The Ancient Indian Varna System and the Origins of Caste. New York: Oxford University Press, 1994. Subject: Response to Set FlagOK Fact Claim