In my opinion The Kite Runner is an epic story with a personal story of what the Afghan people had and have to endure in ordinary everyday life; a country divided between political powers and religiously idealistic views and beliefs that create poverty and violence within the people and their terrorist-run country. The plot is more personal with the description of the culture and traditions of Afghanistan, along with the life of the people living in Kabul. The story provides an educational and enlightening account of a country's political chaos. Of course there are many things left unsaid and poorly explained in this tragic novel which, in my opinion, is an oversimplification. There is also heavy use of emotional appeal and an underlying message. This is a flag for propaganda. Khaled Hosseini's The Kite Runner begins in 1970s Kabul, Afghanistan, when the country is in a period of demise of monarchy. The main character, Amir, is the son of a wealthy Afghan businessman and his playmate, Hassan, the son of his father's servant, Ali. Hassan is a Hazara and Amir is a Pashtun, which makes them belong to different social classes. The author undoubtedly stirred my emotions and I admit I cried several times. I think this was the author's goal; this is an appeal to emotion, one of the errors of propaganda. Propaganda is a message or idea that convinces an audience to change their perspectives one way or another. There are many faces of propaganda, but this one, as far as I know, is easy to recognize. I'm not saying that I didn't like The Kite Runner, the author won me over after the first chapter and then I couldn't put it down. However, I am naive when it comes to politics and propaganda, so I didn't even consider this book a form of persuasion at first. But as I thought about it, I came to the conclusion that The Kite Runner is just that. There are many oversimplifications and stereotypes, even though they may come from a reality-based ideology. The Hazara and Pashtun ethnic group is not fully developed. Amir has always been defined as a Pashtun, but the Pashtun background has not been fully addressed. The narrator focuses only on the Mongolian-like physical characteristics of the Hazaras, and because of this diversity, they are considered a more humble class than the Pashtuns.