Possible content: Some will agree and focus on:
• Assef's rape of Hassan at a young age and encouragement/coercion of his friends to be complicit in the act
• The behaviour and language of Assef in chapters 22-23
• His cruelty and racist attitude towards Hazaras, ethinic cleansing and how it changes throughout the novel
• His cruel and oppressive rule as a Taliban official, his conduct in the stadium and comon disregard for human life
• His admiration and idolisation of Adolf Hitler
• Assef's relationship with Hassan and Amir
• his curelty and brutality towards anyone who he deems a threat
• abuse of his position of power in order to demonstrate the political muscle of the men in charge
Some will disagree and focus on:
• His religious convictions concerning God's path for him, being "on his side" - relate to origins of moral convictions
• victimisation and brutal treatment of Assef when imprisoned
• morality can be defined as a fundamental sense of right or wrong, Assef possesses the capability to differentiate between the two but has a warped perspective which leads him to confuse the two
• his love for the Taliban and God, etc
Accept any valid argument in relation to the task. There will be a variety of views. Some will question Assef's notion of morality and his position in the Taliban .