Analysis Of The Kite Runner

When Khaled Hosseini wrote The Kite Runner, he made several important choices involving narration. He chose to write the story in first person from a limited point of view. This is a very fitting decision because, writing in the first person adds a sense of intimacy that is crucial to this story; writing from a limited perspective allows the reader to make their own conclusions about what the characters are thinking. The way Hosseini writes The Kite Runner makes it very intimate, and feels like a person telling their life story. If The Kite Runner had been written in third person, or omnisciently, the story would not have impacted readers as much, and would have been too cold and impersonal to create emotional connections with the reader.

The Kite Runner is the first novel of Afghan-American author Khaled Hosseini. It tells the story of Amir, a boy from Kabul, Afghanistan, whose closest friend is Hassan, a young Hazara servant. Novel turns around these two characters and Baba, Amir’s father, by telling their tragic stories, guilt and redemption that are woven throughout the novel. Even in the difficult moments, characters build up to their guilt and later on to their redemption. Their sins and faults alter the lives of innocent people. First, Amir and Baba fail to take action on the path to justice for Ali and Hassan. Moreover, Amir and Baba continue to build up their guilt due to their decisions and actions. Although Amir builds up more guilt than Baba throughout the novel, he eventually succeeds in the road to redemption unlike his father. After all, Amir and Baba have many chances to fix their atonements but Baba chooses not to and Amir does. Baba uses his wealth to cover up his sins but never atone himself while Amir decides to stand up and save Sohrab and finally finds peace. Amir and Baba’s reaction to sins essentially indicate their peace of mind and how they react to guilt and injustice.

One major theme that is evident in The Kite Runner is that scars are reminders of life’s pain and regret, and, though you can ease the regret and the scars will fade, neither will completely go away. We all have regrets and always will, but though it will be a long hard process we can lessen them through redemption. The majority of The Kite Runner is about the narrator and protagonist, Amir. Almost all of the characters in The Kite Runner have scars, whether they are physical or emotional. Baba has scars all down his back from fighting a bear, but he also has emotional scars from not being able to admit that Hassan was also his son. Hassan is born with a cleft lip, but for his birthday Baba pays for it to be fixed, which left a small scar above his mouth. Hassan also has emotional scars from being raped. The reader is probably shown the emotional scars of Amir the most. Amir has emotional scars because he feels that he killed his mother, and also because his father emotionally neglects him. In the end of the novel, Amir receives many physical scars from getting beaten up by Assef, when rescuing Sohrab. Though scars will never go away and are a reminder of the past, not all scars are bad.

Amir’s mother, Sofia, dies in childbirth; Amir inherits her love of literature and probably her looks to some extent, but, her being dead, never receives any motherly love or guidance, which could have helped him out of the cowardly hole he later digs himself into. Amir’s father’s best friend and business partner, Rahim Khan, tries to give Amir the motherly love he clearly needs, fostering Amir’s love of writing and steadfastly standing up for him when Amir’s father, Baba, criticizes him, but Rahim Khan does not do enough to instill honesty, courage, and strength of conviction in young Amir. Amir’s best friend, Hassan, a servant a year younger than Amir, is everything Amir is not: athletic, brave, loyal, honest, and kind, inciting jealousy in Amir. Assef, a local bully, poses a real threat to Amir, hating Amir for the crime of befriending a Hazara (oppressed ethnic minority), but Amir is protected by Hassan, allowing young Amir to freeze and not stand up for himself in Assef’s presence. Last, but most importantly, is Amir’s father, Baba, and his views on Amir: he blames Amir for Sofia’s death,

As a foreword, the story of The Kite Runner focuses on a man named Amir. In his childhood, he enjoyed a high-class life in Kabul, Afghanistan, living with his father Baba. They have two servants, Ali and his son Hassan. They are Hazaras, a lower class ethnic minority in Afghanistan. In one Winter of their childhood, Amir and Hassan participate in a kite-fighting tournament; the goal is to be the last kite flying. When a kite is cut, boys chase after it as a

The two boys are almost always together and spend much of their free time in the outdoors. They encounter the main antagonist, Assef, who threatens to fight Amir. Hassan aims a slingshot to Assef’s eye and forces Assef to surrender. However, Assef assures the boys that they are not off the hook. Amir and Hassan continue to fly and run kites in preparation of the kite fights. To earn his father’s love and prove that he is good enough, Amir sets out to win a kite-fighting tournament. Hassan and Amir team up to win the winter kite-fighting tournament. Amir successfully cuts down the other kite and awaits for Hassan to chase down the kite. When Hassan seizes the kite finally, he runs into the unexpected enemy: Assef. Amir arrives to Hassan, and to his horror, witnesses Assef raping Hassan. Amir is too cowardly to say anything or stand up for

As Amir grows up in Kabul, he chooses to think only for himself, betraying the person who cares for him the most and in consequence, is overcome by crushing guilt. After Amir wins the esteemed kite flying competition, Hassan faithfully decides to run the last kite for Amir as a prize for Amir’s father, Baba. Hassan is confronted in an alley after chasing down the fallen kite by Amir’s past tormentors, Assef and his friends, who want the kite. Amir finds the boys, assesses the situation, and decides to hide himself in the alley. All the while Hassan valiantly defends the kite to the best of his abilities. He is soon overpowered three against one fight, and Amir watches in horror as Hassan is pinned to the floor and mercilessly raped by Assef. Amir

Since the fragile age of twelve, Amir has been living with the guilt of not being able to rescue is half-brother, Hassan, from getting raped. Being the son of a wealthy man, Amir had failed to prove to his father just how capable he was. Amir also felt very excluded from his father’s love because “Baba” would favor Hassan’s accomplishments over that of Amir’s. Hassan becomes the one thing in Amir’s eyes that was standing in between him and his father, and so Amir wins the kite flying contest just to prove to his father how capable he is. Celebration has come for Hassan, he starts to run everywhere. Next thing you know, he’s in the alleyway about to be assaulted by Assef.

One triumphant day, Amir won the local kite fighting tournament and finally earned Baba’s praise. Hassan ran to retrieve the losing kite, which was considered a trophy, and told Amir “For you, a thousand times over”. When Hassan finally obtained the kite, he was cornered by Assef and his friends. Assef was the neighborhood bully and had tortured Amir and Hassan for years. When Hassan refused to give up the kite, Assef beat and raped him. Amir watched the whole thing but didn’t interfe because he didn’t want to lose the respect of his father. The guilt ate Amir alive. “That was a long time ago, but it’s wrong what they say about the past, I’ve learned, about how you can bury it. Because the past claws its way out. Looking back now, I realize I have been peeking into that deserted alley for the last twenty-six years.” Soon after the incident, Amir tried to distance himself from Hassan and Hassan and his father eventually leave. A couple years later, Amir and Baba flee to America to escape the war in Afghanistan. Amir graduates and gets married but even after all those years;

Amir had settled in America and had cut off all connections of himself with Afghanistan. The physical journey helps Amir to establish his identity. Amir’s confrontation

Sohrab had lost his entire family whom he was well loved by and whom he loved deeply in return. He lost his home, and most importantly, his childhood. As Amir recited, ‘there are a lot of children in Afghanistan, but little childhood’, and Sohrab’s childhood too was lost in the wars and violence of Afghanistan. Moving to America distanced Sohrab even more from the life he knew and contributed to his loneliness and longing for his parents, but Amir helped this by providing a ceaselessly loving environment for Sohrab. When Sohrab was ‘starting to forget their faces’, Amir comforted him and gave him his Polaroid of Hassan and Sohrab – the singular picture of Hassan he owned. Amir’s solicitude never wavered, and he persevered to the best of his ability to create a home for Sohrab where he would be comfortable and loved, where he could hopefully feel joyful again despite the events of his past. Amir proved his loyalty to Sohrab and that he belonged in his family by defying the social prejudice between Hazara’s and Pasthuns. He assertively proclaimed that Hassan was his nephew and demanded to Soraya’s father that he should ‘never again refer to him as a “Hazara Boy”’. With the multitude of losses in Sohrab’s life, Amir’s endless devotion to Sohrab was a gain that wholly enlivened the novel. Sohrab had lost his greatly loved family, but through

Social conditions are what shape a country. Over the years, people, not only in Afghanistan, but around the world create norms that define people’s roles in life, their future, and how they should be treated based on their gender and beliefs. Khaled Hosseini’s first novel, The Kite Runner, comments on the social conditions of Afghanistan through telling a story about the lives of two Muslim boys; a privileged Sunni Pashtun, Amir, and his long-time friend and servant, Hassan, a loyal but disadvantaged Shia Hazara. Hosseini expresses Amir’s uncertain feelings toward Hassan which form the decisions he makes throughout the book. These choices result in Amir destroying his relationship with Hassan. The Kite Runner, by Khaled Hosseini is a commentary on the social conditions in Afghanistan as shown through the roles of women and men in society and the ideals of Afghan culture. Unfortunately, these problems are still active in most of Afghanistan.

The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini, a story of a boy as he unravels his journey throughout his life. The novel consists of multiple themes such as love, friendship, betrayal, guilt, , secrets, loyalty, and redemption. As the main character, Amir recalls his past events, all of these themes start to unravel specific events that occurred in his life. “There is a way to be good again” (Hosseini 2) is where the novel unfolds the deep dark life of Amir’s regret and guilt, Baba’s secret, and Hassan’s devotion. The book is a true masterpiece which keeps the readers glued to the story as it unfolds. One of the reasons, the story attracts many readers is due to The United States recent conflict with Afghanistan. However, the story has a personal

This novel tells a heartbreaking story about a friendship between to Afghan boys. While these boys have many differences their friendship is remarkable. Amir is born to a privileged class while Hassan to a disliked minority. Amir can read and write, but Hassan is illiterate. Amir is defenseless while Hassan is constantly defending Amir. They boys are always together and even though Hassan is Amir’s servant, Amir looks at him as friends. This unusually passionate story is also about the fragile relationship between fathers and sons, humans and their gods, men and their countries. This story also communicates about immigrant communities and what it means to be displaced from your homeland.

In the winter of that year, 1975, the tournament is held in Amir’s neighbourhood. Usually each neighbourhood has its own competition, but the nearby districts will compete together this time. A few days before the tournament, Amir’s father casually told Amir that he may win the tournament. An overwhelming desire to win seizes Amir as Amir thinks this will earn him Baba’s approval. The day of the competition comes. The tournament lasts all day, and Amir is doing well. Amir can see Baba sitting on a rooftop, watching. Eventually all that remain are Amir’s kite and one other, a blue kite. We have fought and Amir won the tournament, sending the blue kite flying loose. Amir and me cheer and hug, but Amir sees Baba motioning for them to