1. Effects of War or
Violence on Human
Behavior
Jessica Berrios

2. Violence in Afghanistan
 Civil War (1929), Civil War (1978), Soviet
War in Afghanistan (1979), Civil War
(1989), Civil War (1992), Civil War (1996),
War in Afghanistan (2001)
 Full of violence due to customs that have
been in the culture for centuries
 Religion

3. Effects
 War and violence can create:
– Weak Individuals
– Courageous Fighters
– Cold Hearted Monsters

4. Mariam
 Violence in childhood
 Marriage to Rasheed
– Abuse
 Weak until Laila came
 Violence drove her to her death
– Taliban

5. Laila
 Mother’s neglect after her brothers are
killed at war
 Physical abuse of Rasheed
– Motivation ( Children, Tariq, Mariam)
 Fighter
 Violence made her stronger and she was
able to move on with her life

6. Rasheed
 Most likely grew up watching family
members abuse women
 He was never taught that is was wrong
 He did what he saw and what he was
taught to do
 Violence he saw in his life turned him into
a monster

7. Connection to The Kite Runner
 The kids were taught to not be friends
with Hazaras and were highly
ddiscriminated against.
– Hassan and Amir couldn’t have a good
relationship
– Hassan raped by Aseef
– Children (boys) must also be taught that
women are less than men and that they must
obey men’s orders or there would be
consequences

8. Questions
 Can Rasheed’s actions be justified because of his
circumstances? ( Does the “why” matter?)
 Can the murder of Rasheed be justified due to
the circumstances? (Does the “why” matter?)
 Would Laila’s outcome still be the same if
Rasheed hadn’t been violent in their marriage?
 Was Mariam’s will to turn herself in a form of
strength or weakness?

9. Bibliography
 http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_in_Afghan