So today, the hot topic is ~ Should Kite Runner be on the banned book list?
This book was Hosseini's debut novel, a New York Times Bestseller and optioned into a movie. The author explores the themes of war, loyalty, forgiveness, friendship, redemption, sacrifice, class and relationships. The novel centers around the friendship of two boys, Amir & Hassan, in Afghanistan. Amir is the privileged son of a wealthy businessman in Kabul, and Hassan is the son of Amir's father's servant. They are from different classes but are the best of friends and inseparable. The book has been challenged repeatedly and we thought the best way to respond to the grounds of banning is through quotes from Kite Runner
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The Afghan government banned the film because of a rape scene of a young boy and the ethnic tensions that the film highlights. Din Muhommad Rashed Mubarez, the deputy minister of the Ministry of Information and Culure states, "It showed the ethnic groups of Afghanistan in a bad light. We respect freedom of speech, we support freedom of speech, but unfortunately we have difficulties in Afghan society, and if this film is shown in the cinemas, it is humiliating for one of our ethnic groups.""There is a away to be good again"
This book is also banned in parts of the United States for offensive language, sexually explicit scenes and it's unsuited to certain age groups, particularly high school teenagers.
"Children aren't coloring books. You don't get to fill them with your favorite colors"
"Because when spring comes it melts the snow one flake at a time, and maybe I just witnessed the first flake melting"
"I brought Hassan's son from Afghanistan to America, lifting him from the certainty of turmoil and dropping him in a turmoil of uncertainty"
These quotes, taken from Kite Runner, were not written to combat banned books, but nevertheless they are powerful; adaptable in meaning to the one that reads it.
6 comments:
The book was banned in some highschools? It's a very emotionally and visually disturbing book (even I had trouble getting through it), but I think it's appropriate for a highschool student. It had a whole lot of information about Afghanastan, Muslims, etc. It is a great book.
I do not think this book should be banned. I do feel that age limits may be needed for some of the story but High School and above should be able to read the book and gasp the whole story that he tells.
The Kite Runner is an amazing book that I would happily have my children read. One scene in a book does not consitute the entire meaning of that novel.
Im in the midst of reading this book as a porject for school. I am a sophomore at my school and i feel this book shouldn't be banned its and excellent and informatitve book. it shows what happens all around the world. and i feel that it is mature in its content but may be what us americans need to understand whats going on in other countries.
i'm reading this book and i'm in 8th grade. it is pretty intense, but a really good book.
This website leads viewers into thinking the book is to be banned by all when critics only want to ensure it is read by age-appropriate people. If a school cannot show a young boy being raped in a movie, it shouldn't be assigned in a book. This isn't the only true story out of Afghanistan.
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