The Kite Runner:10

"There are a lot of children in Afghanistan, but little childhood." (page 318) I have been trying to spread out my blogs among the entire story, but I really have to talk about this phrase because it just stuck out to me while reading. It is sad that children in Afghanistan face the horrors and violence in their life. In Afghanistan, it is almost as if children are no longer children. They have lost all innocence so early in life, and they are unable to enjoy their childhood as a result of the violence occuring. When Hassan was raped, I was shocked that another kid did that to him. Assef obviously was robbed of a childhood, and he decided to do the same to Hassan, which ulitimately led to the loss of innocence in Amir as well. Sohrab losses innocence when faced with Assef as well, and as a child he tries to commit suicide. Child cherish life, but when robbed of childhood and the life of a child they turn into something no child should be. They become an adult at a young age, which is so sad to think about. This book opened my eyes to how much children should be protected. By opening their lives to the adult world at an early age, children begin a life without a chance to be kids.