Rationale
My group chose the BBC article “Afghanistan – Country Profile” as our nonfiction connection because of how important the country is to Amir in The Kite Runner. Not only does Amir come from Afghanistan, the different things that happen to the country during the course of the book deeply affect both him and the progression of the plot. The article details a brief history of Afghanistan as well as giving information on its current leader and general information about the land and population. In the book, Hosseini writes about the way Afghanistan changes after Russia invades and everything starts going downhill. We see through Amir’s eyes the devastation that happens in Afghanistan during the Taliban’s reign, and through the article we see the horror from the view of a writer twenty years into the future. The article provides a good parallel to the first-person view of Afghanistan portrayed in The Kite Runner.
Works Cited
"BBC News - Afghanistan Country Profile." BBC News. BBC, 7/5/2010. Web. 10 May
2010.
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