"The Kite Runner" may be the first book which reveals the harsh and hostile conflicts between the different groups of people during the devastating war in Afghanistan. I am originally from Afghanistan. I have read many books which included rape and sexual assault of women, but I have never read any books about sexually assaulting a man because, to my knowledge, there has never been one written. I appreciate the writers’ courage in writing a book that raises a worldwide voice for all the people who have endured any assaults in silence.
When I was reading this book, I got emotional because it reminded me of the tough reality which I spent more than half of my life in. In that time as the author indicates it was hard to survive, at any time anybody could harm anyone. In this book hate and love are described to the extreme point. For example being a witness of a sexual assault and remaining indifferent in spite of being able to intervene was difficult to understand. The victim, Hassan, could have been saved from such a tragedy. The feelings of regret and remorse seemed to trouble Amir, the narrator, for the rest of his life. He felt guilty with not intervening when his friend was attacked as a result of their association.
