Analysis Of The Kite Runner By Khaled Hosseini

Kite Runner Sticky Notes Assignment STICKY COLOUR CODE: PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIPS IDENTITY VS. ROLE CONFUSION DISCRIMINATION (CASTE/CLASS) Theme: PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIPS Quote 1) “He motioned to me to hold his hat for him and I was glad to, because then everyone would see that he was my father, my Baba.” (Hosseini 16) As Baba is presenting his opening ceremony speech for the orphanage, Amir is admiring his father. This quote is significant because it clearly represents Baba and Amir’s relationship in the beginning of the novel. As the novel progresses we see change in relation between father and son, giving us a depth understanding the relationship they share. Clearly Amir respects Baba greatly, he wants everyone to know

I think these will do me a great favor to my graduation thesis, though I have not finished the whole picture yet. First one is something about the social background. As an historical novel, telling about the story of the pre-Russian invasion and pre-Taliban rule of Afghanistan, The Kite Runner paints a realistic portrait of a country about which most readers probably know very little and think of it as a country that is full of terrorist, weapons and attack. Although it is a fictive story, the representation of the political, social, and cultural systems of this Middle Eastern country provides a different picture to the contemporary stereotype about Afghanistan, which is primarily regarded as the home to terrorists. There is no doubt that the function is profound.

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Khaled Hosseini’s The Kite Runner tracks the journey of a young boy named Amir through his adult life, while having Afghanistan’s history set as a backdrop to his story. Throughout the novel Afghanistan’s history plays an important part of the stories development, and allows for the characters to develop in a effortless way. The main character in the story Amir, parallels Afghanistan’s history throughout the course of the novel. Although there are many similarities between the too, their are also many differences, the book also helps develop Amir as the main symbol for Afghan history as well as Afghan beliefs. Throughout the novel Amir struggles to once again find himself due to Hassan’s rape.

Instead they immigrated to San Diego, USA, where Hosseini obtained a medical degree in the University of California San Diego. He is now a full time author, and owns a nonprofit organization called The Khaled Hosseini Foundation. He has published three other books, all which is based on his hometown, Kabul, Afghanistan. The Kite Runner is a fictitious novel that tells a tale of a rare friendship between two boys, Amir and Hassan, and the price of betrayal. This book was written to share a glimpse of the ‘true’ Afghanistan to the readers, and to inspire people with a heartfelt story of brotherhood.

The Kite Runner, by Khaled Hosseini, tells the story of a boy named Amir and his story and journey throughout his life. In Afghanistan there are two major ethnic groups. These two ethnic groups are very different. The Pashtuns are the upper class and the Hazaras were much lower than them. Most Hazaras worked for Pashtuns, in this case, Amir is a Pashtun and Hassan is a Hazara that works for him and his father.

In his debut novel ´The Kite Runner´ Khaled Hosseini, an Afghan, seems to want to remind us readers around the world that the Afghanistan that we see on the news is not a true portrayal of the culture rich country. The novel follows the life of Amir, an upper-class Afghan who grew up in Afghanistan and who later moved to the United States during the Soviet invasion. Although the narrator and protagonist of the novel, Amir´s life is not the sole aspect of the novel but instead it is his relationship with his servant Hassan and the consequences of that which leads the narrative and the plot. We are shown how Amir and Hassan grew up as the best of friends almost as brothers who “fed from the same breast” (Hosseini, 2005, p.11). Yet during the kite running competition which is the highlight of every Afghan child’s winter, Amir´s happiness of winning the competition is overshadowed by the fact that Hassan gets raped.

The author puts a lot of moral ambitious character in the story the Kite Runner. Amir is an example of a moral ambitious character. He is evil in the beginning of the story, but as he matures and grows up as an adult. The Kite Runner By Khaled Hosseini, is a novel about a young boy named Amir and how he grows up in the Afghan war and how life was during the war. Amir's Moral Ambiguity is important to this story because he provides readers to like and hate him.

Redemption, the action of saving or being saved from sin, error, or evil. In the novel The Kite Runner written by Khaled Hosseini, the theme of redemption is evident throughout the book. Hosseini himself explained redemption in his own way, stating “true redemption is… when guilt leads to good”, and this “fiction is inspired by his memories of growing up in pre-Soviet-controlled Afghanistan and Iran, and of the people who influenced him as a child.” (768 Gale) The theme is shown through each and every character, whether it be Amir the protagonist or Sanaubar, the mother of Hassan. There is even redemption in the title of the novel because when Hassan runs to retrieve the losing kite, he is raped by Assef. While Hassan, “the kite runner”, is being sexually violated, Amir observes without saying a word.