Summary Of Khaled Hosseini's 'The Kite Runner'

No one is perfect and everyone makes mistake, but how does one come back from horrible things they have done and redeem themselves? The main character, Amir in The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini goes through a traumatic childhood that continues to haunt him throughout the rest of his life. He lives in a well off home with his father in Kabul, Afghanistan, along with their two servants Ali and Hassan. Having grown up together Amir and Hassan do everything together. A popular activity in Afghanistan is kite running, were the two make the perfect team, until one day a disturbing incident occurs.

Overcoming guilt and redeeming yourself The story, The Kite Runner, written by Khaled Hosseini in 2003 is based in Kabul, Afghanistan but eventually moves to California. The novel is written in first person and talks about the past using extended flashbacks, from the time period of 1975-2001. It is written as a confessional/redemption story. The book The Kite Runner is the story of an Afghan man named Amir.

Kite Runner Being an immigrant is about leaving one’s native country; but it is also, more importantly, about adapting and assimilating to a new culture. Relocating to a new country could sometimes cause a life-transforming moment. In 2003, when Khaled Hosseini published the mainstream fiction story, “The Kite Runner,” he was an extremely successful M.D. (Medical Doctor) who was practicing internal medicine. Throughout his novel, he describes different characters which possess different characteristics and personalities. As illustrated in the book, Baba and his family moved to the United States to get a better life, and they quickly started to assimilate the American culture.

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.

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.

In the kite runner by khaled hosseini the author uses symbolism to show how a connection between two people can help them get over their past. The central idea is shown when amir teaches sohrab how to fly a kite and amir was showing hassan’s tricks in kite running. The author develops this idea through the use of the kite is used to represent amir’s childhood with hassan and the strong relationship they had which is now a connection with amir and sohrab. In the passage amir explains to sohrab how hassan was very good at kite running “Did i ever tell you your father was the best kite runner in Wazir Akbar Khan?

This book however walked a straight path with the only obstacles being racism and the despair that Jefferson felt. What kept me reading was the joy of watching a, predictable yet pleasant, story

This will be portrayed by the different characters throughout the novel. Fistrly, In his work, Khaled follows the maturation of Amir, an Afghan boy, who was forced out of his country due to unrest. The protagonist, Amir, has an affluent life with his father, Baba, and their servants Hassan and Ali. During their early life, Amir and Hassan are inseparable friends and always engage in kite fighting tournaments.

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. Not only acting as a reminder of the ethnic discrimination between Pashtuns and Hazaras the rape is also the catalyst in the novel which ultimately sends Amir on a journey of reconciliation and redemption after many years

His own style helps bring out the tone of “Harrison Bergeron”. In the beginning of the story the author used a lot of repetition sentences to really emphasize on the layout of the story when stating multiple times “nobody was” or “they were/weren’t”. Throughout the story there are plenty of negative sentences speaking of what people used to be like and what they weren’t allowed to do now. Hazel and George’s dialogue were made up of several sentences that are all really simple and random and illustrates to the reader that to them there is not too much to talk about.

“You were bought with a price; do not become slaves of men”(1Corinthians 7). The novel The Kite Runner conveys a story of a young character, Amir. Amir underwent an obstacle filled upbring bring, in late 19th century Afghanistan. In this time he makes many poor decisions, creating atrocious effects. In The Kite Runner, Khaled Hosseini writes in such a fashion that evokes emotion, is relatable and has historical context, all of which are vital pieces in a classic novel.

Spencer’s brother Robert wants to sign up for war and Spence wants to fight in the war but his dad has other plans for him. When he gets into the war he wants to go to Airborne training. He is a brave and loving kid. Spencer meets Dieter in the end of the story by trying to save him but ends up dying in the process. By the end of the story I can say that Dieter and Spencer were round characters.

Hurston’s book displayed the controversial topic of abuse in the family. Many writers were afraid to touch the subject, but Hurston was able to introduce the problem. There are many instances of abuse from beginning to tend in the narrative such as whipping. Mrs. Turner is trying to set up Janie with her brother, Mr. Turner. In response, Tea Cake whips Janie to show his dominance.

He could have ran away, and at least gotten help. He also could have just jumped in and taken Hassan’s place. When Amir and Hassan are competing in the kite flying competition Hassan says this as he is going get the kite they cut down,“For you a thousand times over. ”(Hosseini 67) This quote is very powerful because it

Smith’s review for The Guardian of The Kite Runner shared some critiques on Hosseini’s novel. While praising its start as a “fiercely moral but subtly told story,” she claims it goes on to become an “unconvincing melodrama,” a statement with which I can’t help but disagree with. Perhaps some readers would have been satisfied with an easy ending, with little conflict and with all the loose ends tied up, but a majority likely preferred the “series of cringe-making coincidences,” that allowed the story to come full circle. Smith states, “The final plot twist is a tug too many on the reader’s heartstrings and evokes impatience, rather than distress,” arguing that Hosseini was “over-egging the pudding” which I feel is an overstatement. The emotion the final third of the book evoked was extremely strong, labeling the events that occurred as convenient coincidences takes away from the emotional power they