In my opinion, The Kite Runner is an epic story with a personal story of what the Afghan people have experienced and have to endure in their ordinary daily lives; a country divided between political powers and religiously idealistic opinions and beliefs, which creates poverty and violence among the population and its terrorism-ruled country. The storyline is more personal with the description of Afghan culture and traditions, as well as the life of the inhabitants of Kabul. The story provides an educational and eye-opening account of a country's political chaos. Of course, there is a lot that is left unsaid and under-explained in this tragic novel, which I think is an oversimplification. There is also heavy reliance on emotional appeal and an underlying message. This is a propaganda flag. Khaled Hosseini's Kite Runner begins in 1970s Kabul, Afghanistan, when the country is in the era of the end of the 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 from different social classes. The author undoubtedly moved me and I admit that I cried several times. I think that was the author's goal; it is an appeal to emotion, one of the errors of propaganda. Propaganda is a message or idea that persuades the public to change their point of view in some way. There are many faces of propaganda, but this one, to my knowledge, is easy to recognize. I'm not saying I didn't like The Kite Runner, the author had me after the first chapter and then I couldn't put it down. However, I am naive when it comes to politics and propaganda, so at first I didn't even consider this book as a form of persuasion. But as I thought about it, I came to the conclusion that The Kite Runner is just that. There are many oversimplifications and stereotypes, although they may come from reality-based ideology. The Hazara and Pashtun ethnic group is not fully developed. Amir has always been considered a Pashtun, but Pashtun history is not fully addressed. The narrator focuses only on the physical characteristics of the Hazaras, Mongolian in type, and because of this diversity, they are considered a humbler class than the Pashtuns..