Book Reports On The Kite Runner

The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini is a great story of Afghan culture, and lifelong loyalty between the two main characters, Hassan and Amir. However it also examines the negative side of Afghanistan, including the Taliban and the Russian Republic.

“Or I could run. In the end, I ran. I ran because I was a coward.” [Amir Pg. 82]. The main character throughout the whole book is Amir. Then there is Hassan who is Baba’s servant's son who grew up with Amir. Baba is the father of Amir. Rahim is Baba’s friend. Ali is Hassan father he is also Baba’s servant. The Kite Runner is about a little boy and there servant’s son who lives with them. Amir and Hassan grew up together, they lived in the same house. Amir and Hassan love to fly kites to get ready for the tournament that they have in the wintertime. Amir and Hassan do the tournament, they win the kite fight. Hassan goes miss. Amir goes out and looks for Hassan, it starts to get dark out Amir starts to worry. Amir hears Hassan voice down and alley way. There was three other people cornering him.

As well as his need to recognize the past not hide from it. “I became what I am today…because the past claws its way out. Looking back now, I realise I have been peeking into that deserted alley for the last 26 years” (1), this quote provides evidence that Amir has reflected his past mistakes and chooses to define himself as a result of them. Later in the novel, Amir finds a form of redemption for his inaction that night in the alleyway when he chooses to return to Afghanistan and save Hassan's only

This one decision left a stain on Amir for the next thirty years. A quote on pg. 88 states “I wish someone would wake me up, so I wouldn’t have to live with this lie anymore” This quote explains how guilty Amir felt after seeing Hassan get raped as he desperately sought for anyone to find out but didn’t chose to tell anyone the actual truth. Another example from the text is when Amir tries throwing pomegranates at Hassan, as an attempt to get Hassan to fight back and punish Amir for choosing to leave Hassan. However, Hassan refused to throw any pomegranates at Amir, but instead smashed one into his face. A quote on pg.94 states “I wanted Hassan to fight me back for the way I failed him” This quote indicates that Amir wanted Hassan to fight him back, so he could have the “punishment [he] craved” (93) This demonstrates that Amir wanted to feel the act of being punished for his wrongdoing, similar to how Hassan was brutally raped due to Amir’s apparent mistake. Amir’s guilt forces him to travel across two countries to seek redemption for the mistake he made. 15 years later, Amir’s guilt led him to make the hefty decision of returning to Afghanistan “to be good again” (189) by rescuing Hassan’s orphaned son, Sohrab, from the terrible conditions he was left to face in Kabul. Amir sees this as an opportunity to redeem and free himself from

Amir in the story starts off as a young boy living in Kabul, Pakistan. He and Hassan are friends to the end until Hassan is raped by Assef. While Hassan is being raped Amir is

Over the course of the novel, Amir’s Character matures greatly because of the subsequent effects of witnessing Hassan’s rape.

powerful and moving story about two brothers, however it also does an outstanding job at portraying the culture and norms of Afghanistan; both the positive aspects and the negative aspects. Hosseini directly and

Past experiences shape our future and ultimately can influence who we are and how we perceive any situation we are placed in. In the story The Kite Runner, Amir struggles with embracing his life in America while also having to deal with the memories that haunt him from his past. Our past experiences and the effect they have on you will remain with you forever, it is your choice whether or not you turn that into a positive or negative.

Hassan’s death is instrumental in shaping the narrative of the novel and is arguably the turning point as it forces Amir to seek his redemption and debt to Hassan to Sohrab. The reason Amir came to visit Pakistan in the first place was to apologise to Hassan and being the only person alive and able, ‘Now everyone in that photo was either dead or dying. Except for me’, Amir was the only one left to save Sohrab from the Taliban and Assef.

In the beginning he is a scared boy torturing himself with memories of his cowardness and unloyalty. Amir doesn't rescue Hassan when he is being bullied and traumatized. Instead of him owning up to his actions he decides to hide his cowardice and get rid of Hassan. He tries to make Hassan look like a thief, which cause the discharge of the family servant. Amir states, “he was just a hazara, wasn't he?” Amir tries to explain his actions. Amir never learned defend himself or anybody else in any way because Hassan always took up for him and took blame. Throughout this tragic part, Amir’s character can most likely be described as cowardly and selfish. He feels as though he shouldn't be suffering, so he thinks if he if he doesn't see Hassan he wouldn't be reminded of the incident. In this part Amir is also young minded because he should be worrying about how help Hassan deal with what happened.

His journey to Afghanistan to seek redemption forms a way for him to realize what is truly important in life. Although Amir’s unintentional barbarity to Hassan is terrible, he is able to overcome his past sins and achieve personal salvation by confronting his actions and doing good. Amir is an ordinary boy and though his behavior harms Hassan, he is not cruel or sadistic. Rather, his evil deeds take a more benign form, disguised as a need to please his father.

The Kite Runner has many symbolic symbols throughout the novel. One of the most important and the most symbolic symbol is the symbol of the kite. The kite is a very important and a key point in the novel. The kite reflects Amir throughout the whole entire novel. The kite serves as a symbol to Amir’s happiness.

The social classes in Afghanistan in the 2000’s consists of a upper, middle, and lower class. The main focus is the upper and lower classes. The upper class consists of Pashtuns and the lower class consists of Hazaras. The Kite Runner, by Khaled Hosseini, follows the life of Amir growing up in Afghanistan and him returning during the Taliban uprising. The main conflict in Afghanistan involves the religious and cultural disagreements between the Hazaras and Pashtuns.

I always tried to convince myself it wouldn’t happen when I walked in. I would whisper to myself, “Maybe, just this once, they won’t do it.” As the ladies in long white lab coats guided me down the hallway, I heard the screams that always echoed from behind locked doors. It was getting harder to convince myself that soon, those screams wouldn’t be coming from my mouth. Once inside a room, they tortured me longer with the agonizing wait. The bead-maze(cultural) could only keep my mind off the foreseeable future for so long. It wasn’t until that oh-so-familiar face of my doctor came in with an abundance of needles, that reality set in.

‘All I saw was the blue kite. All I smelled was victory. Salvation. Redemption’. Good morning Ms Hatton and peers. We have all faced challenges throughout our life, but it is how we endure and face these challenges that shapes and demonstrates our character. In the text The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini, we see Amir, A young Afghani man struggle with guilt and identity as he grows emotionally and physically, challenged by those around him. Hosseini uses a multitude of language forms and features to investigate and explore the concept of challenge and endurance, and how forgiveness can free someone.