Essay on Why People will Remember Khaled Hosseini 300 Years from Now

               Hope is just a word, but it can be an amazing thing for many if they are provided this concept with some great perspective. It can change and transform the lives of people in so many different ways. This is what Khaled Hosseini has been doing for his whole life, telling stories and giving hope to people, who are deprived of their lands, or no more able to live there for any given reasons. He tells stories with so much beauty that a reader has to give attention to his writing. He is an Afghan-American novelist and has a great repute for his work for immigrants. He has written so many famous novels such as “The Kite Runner” in 2003 and “A Thousand Splendid Suns” in 2007 (Kakutani, 2013). His own story has been an influential one as he was a 15 years old boy when he came to the United States for asylum. At that time, he was known to very few words of English. But look at his transformation as he is not only a doctor now, but he is also nominated Goodwill Ambassador of the United Nations. He not only made his life successful but inspired immigrants all over the world (RFE/RL, 2012). Khaled Hosseini contains the ability to express the struggle that many immigrants face. He depicts how people lose their former way of life as soon as they enter the borders, Story-telling like this is hard to express but he does it beautifully.

               It is important to understand the perspective of Khaled Hosseini, why he thought so that telling stories to immigrants can develop hope in them. He strongly believed that telling stories of these refugees is crucial from countries, where any kind of fighting or war is going on. It is vital to tell the world how it feels to be in the middle of a war. He believes that people may not have the actual idea about war and its devastating effect on the people, who are being affected by it. That’s why after getting success in his life, he decided that he will do this job of telling stories of refugees in a different way so that consciousness of the people living in the western world can be prickled. He was a little child when his father retired from the Afghan Embassy of Paris, and the Soviet Union invaded war in Afghanistan. So, he and his family sought asylum from the United States, and they were given asylum (Wallace, 2017). He believes that refugees are important for the world, especially for the United States, and he endorsed this during an interview on a TV show titled “Late Night with Seth Meyers” (YouTube, 2018)

               It is not an easy thing to inspire people with your novels, and doing it with great success is even more difficult. But Khaled Hosseini is the man, who achieved both very early in his novel writing. He has written “The Kite Runner” in 2003 and this novel was a great introduction to Afghanistan and its people all over the world. The novel got so much acclaim from all over the world because his storytelling was quite different as compared to many other novelists. After the great response for his first novel, he became more committed to sharing the stories of deprived people who are seeking for refuge in other parts of the world so that they can live a better life, and save the future of their generation. Then he came up with another masterpiece in 2007, the novel named “A Thousand Splendid Suns”. His first novel was a great introduction to the lives of Afghani people, and the second novel was a great story of telling about the lives of Afghani women, which are under the Burqa. He also tried to write about stereotypes that the western world has developed regarding his country, Afghanistan. His first novel got great recognition in 2006 when he was given “the 2006 Humanitarian of the Year” from the U.S. Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. In 2008, he was included in the list of 100 most influential people in the world by Time Magazine (Bush, 2008)

               The idea of hope is a phenomenal one by Khaled Hosseini and it is astonishing to see his belief in storytelling. He talked about so many things in his remarkable novels and narrated stories of the agony and pain of the refugees. He believes that writing about pain is equally important, the pain of people, who are destructed by the harmful effects of wars, which are continuing for maybe no reason. He thinks that depicting this pain to the world is important so that they can make a difference to change the fate of Afghanistan and refugees all around the world (Al Jazeera, 2014). It is quite interesting to know that Khaled Hosseini thinks that he is not a professional writer, and once during an interview with CBS News, he said that “I never thought it was — I had the chops to do it,” But his remarkable story has been recognized by all corners, and that’s why even a Hollywood movie was also produced on story of his novel, “The Kite Runner”, a story of his own; when he was a little boy living in Afghanistan, who loved to fly kites in the skies of his country (CBS News, 2007)

               After looking at all the facts and information on the life of Khaled Hosseini, it is quite evident that his contribution to society has been immense in so many ways. Success is not about raising the standard of your life, but real success is when you use your position and success to change the lives of others. This path was chosen by Khaled Hosseini as he believed that it is his responsibility to inspire others, especially refugees with his inspirational story writing. It was not only to inspire refugees, but it was an effort as an eye-opener for the western world especially the United States to understand how war is devastating for people, and why the western world should embrace refugees from Afghanistan and other parts of the world. His life is inspiring others and it will continue to do so for so many decades to come because such influential people are always remembered by history, which has made so much contribution. When war will end in Afghanistan and other parts of the world, the people will remember him that he was the one, who also contributed to this peace, which we enjoy today after 300 years.

 References of Why People will Remember Khaled Hosseini 300 Years from Now

Al Jazeera. (2014). Khaled Hosseini: 'Why I write about pain'. Retrieved December 5, 2019, from https://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/talktojazeera/2014/06/khaled-hosseini-why-i-write-about-pain-20146279351493199.html

Bush, L. (2008). The 2008 TIME 100: Khaled Hosseini. Retrieved December 5, 2019, from http://content.time.com/time/specials/2007/article/0,28804,1733748_1733752_1735971,00.html

CBS News. (2007). Khaled Hosseini Soars To New Heights. Retrieved December 5, 2019, from https://www.cbsnews.com/news/khaled-hosseini-soars-to-new-heights/

Kakutani, M. (2013). Siblings Haunted by the Past, and by Afghanistan’s Cycle of Misery. Retrieved December 5, 2019, from https://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/21/books/and-the-mountains-echoed-by-khaled-hosseini.html

RFE/RL. (2012). Kite Runner' Author On His Childhood, His Writing, And The Plight Of Afghan Refugees. Retrieved December 5, 2019, from https://www.rferl.org/a/interview-kite-runner-afghan-emigre-writer-khaled-hosseini/24621078.html

Wallace, C. (2017). How Khaled Hosseini finds hope in telling refugees' stories. Retrieved December 5, 2019, from https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/sep/02/how-khaled-hosseini-finds-hope-in-telling-refugees-stories

YouTube. (2018). Khaled Hosseini Says Refugees Are Essential to America. Retrieved December 5, 2019, from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RL6okJjXlOw