Kite Runner Literary Analysis

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Differences in economic status, appearance, gender, race, religion, and ethnic group often contribute to divisions in a community. In the novel, Kite Runner, by Khaled Hosseini, a social divide separates Amir and his servant, Hassan, from being friends, for Amir does not view them as equals. Amir commits small cruelties on Hassan as he becomes embarrassed of being friends with a person of a low economic class and a different ethnic group, Hazara. As Amir feels these pressures and expectations from society, he reflects, “But he’s not my friend! I almost blurted. He is my servant!” (41).When they are children, they are best friends, but as the children grow up, they are ripped farther and farther apart, due to the fact that they come face to