"Homes that made Baba’s house in Wazir Akbar Khan look like a servant’s hut"(135). & "BMWs. Saabs. Porsches. Cars I’d never seen in Kabul, where most people drove Russian Volgas, old Opels, or Iranian Paikans"(136).

"Homes that made Baba’s house in Wazir Akbar Khan look like a servant’s hut"(135). & "BMWs. Saabs. Porsches. Cars I’d never seen in Kabul, where most people drove Russian Volgas, old Opels, or Iranian Paikans"(136).

      These quotes are both very unique as Hossieni uses symbolism to show the large discrepancies between wealth in Afghanistan and wealth in America. He uses Baba's old house and states it reminds him of a "servants hut" in comparison to some of the overscaled homes he catches glimpses of as he was driving. He then goes on to describe how he has never seen such nice cars in Afghanistan as he has in America, as he is used to seeing, "Russian Volgas, old Opels, or Iranian Paikans". It is the first time in the novel where we really get the ability to analyze the differences in economical wealth between Afghanistan and America. From this perspective we can infer that most of America's population can fulfill a lifestyle like Amir and Baba if they were to move to Afghanistan. Furthermore this can also account for a reason why Americans and other Westerners look down upon Afghans and other Middle Easterners. Wealth. When families migrate from Afghanistan to America, almost 90% of the time they will come here with very little money in search of a better life, much like many South Americans do. This triggers stereotypes and bad reputation, hence many Middle Easterners are looked at negatively from our very damaging and demanding culture.