The Influence of Cultural Identity in Khaled Hosseini’s Kite Runner

Abstract

Over the centuries, literature has divulged Human life and the development of culture. The contemporary literature of Afghanistan has its own origins with rich heritage of traditional writings. The novel, The Kite Runner reveals the experiences of cultural identity in Afghanistan. It is observed that the diverse culture of Hazaras, an ethnic minority, has been humiliated ethnically by Pashtuns another majority ethnic community. Various humiliations in the narrative indicate how the novel vividly shows the cultural identity. In addition, it also investigates the central characters Amir and Hassan’s struggle based on the cultural identity. Further, it reveals the lives of the rich fashionable Afghans as well as the terrible life of the less privileged people. Therefore, the study concludes that in modern cutting edge technology, the identity of certain cultures is still concealed in the human heart.