The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini is a story that revolves around the life of a young Afghan boy named Amir and his path to redemption; the reader is a constant companion to the events of Amir's life, he is there to witness every great success and struggle he has had in his life. Throughout the story, Amir meets many people who have a serious impact on his life and play an important role in his character's development; the vast majority of these people, however, are male. While women don't have many roles in The Kite Runner, the types of roles they play are quite significant in terms of story and character development, such as acting as a mother or guiding figure. The reason for the lack of female characters in the novel could be because Hosseini wanted to exemplify the lives of all women in Afghanistan; today, women in Afghanistan are almost hidden from the public eye, so Hosseini, in a sense, “hid” them in history. Women in the United States have a life full of freedom and opportunity: they are able to do good work; they can support their families and are free to act and wear what they want. Now, Afghan women, instead of going out and looking for work, are not allowed to work or leave their home without permission from their husband or father. Women are dominated in Afghan society and in The Kite Runner, women have roles that are few and far between, however, the roles they do have are quite important to the development of the story. The Kite Runner is filled with many significant characters who contribute to the development of the story in one form or another, these characters however are mostly male. The female characters in The Kite Runner don't play as many roles as the male ones, but in the... center of paper... of the novel, the reader may have noticed that there is a distinct lack of female characters. : Soraya, Jamila, Sanaubar, and Farzana are some of the only known female characters in the novel. While there are only a few, the roles these female characters play in the development of the story and the development of characters like Amir and Hassan are of great importance. The reason why female characters are missing is due to the author's intentions to present a story that informs the reader, quite subtly, about how women are treated in Afghan society and to emphasize the recurring theme of "like father, like son ". . Ultimately, all the women are crucial to the story because they provide the reader with valuable insight into the customs and society of another culture, as well as helping to prove the old adage, "behind every great man, there is a great woman".’.