Exploring Colonial Dehumanization And Oppression: A study of Khaled Hosseini’s The Kite Runner

Abstract

This study is all about a postcolonial framework to analyse the themes of dehumanization and oppression in the novel “Kite Runner “by the Afghan American novelist Khaled Hosseini. From end to end of the critical analysis of the novel, this research focuses on how the dominant Pashtun class continues inequality, unjust and violence against the marginalized Hazara people. The novel’s representation of the complex relationships between the characters like Amir, Hassan and Assef contribute to descriptive analysis of the techniques of oppression and the oppressed voice Subaltern.  Moreover, this study discusses how the dominant Pashtun class dehumanizes lower classes and silences their voices through the subaltern perspective. This study focuses on textual analysis, applying Gayatri Spivak’s theory of subalternity to dispute that the novel provides a significant investigation of the convergence between colonialism, power and identity. Eventually, this research displays how the novel Kite Runner provides a critical approach to the ongoing heritages of colonialism and oppression in Afghan society.