Symbols In The Kite Runner

Hosseini, uses syntax very powerfully throughout the story. He makes the reader feel the pain and feel the tension of each scenes in the book. " never mind that we taught each other to ride a bicycle with no hands, or to build a fully functional homemade camera out of a cardboard box. Never mind that we spent entire winters flying kites, running kites. Never mind that to me, the face of Afghanistan is tat of a boy with a thin-boned frame, a shaved head, and a low set ears, a boy with a Chinese doll face perpetually lit by a harelipped smile…"(25).

Amir cannot stand to look at Hassan and seeing the lamb-like eyes, so to make himself feel better about the situation, he frames Hassan. Amir is upset that Baba forgives Hassan but it is ironic because he is the one doing the sinful act and yet again it is Hassan who is saving and protecting Amir. These unfaithful acts are not in fact an act of selflessness but and an act of selfishness. Everything Amir is doing is for himself. He only cares about his own feelings but never is he putting himself in others people’s

He has traveled to Afghanistan to save his nephew he never knew. At this point Amir knows the dangers he faces in the war riddled country but he must seek a way to forgive himself for what he did to Hassan. In his quest to make things right again, Amir confronts Assef, ““WHAT’S SO FUNNY?" Assef bellowed. Another rib snapped, this time left lower. What was so funny was that, for the first time since the winter of 1975, I felt at peace. I laughed because I saw that, in some hidden nook in a corner of my mind, I’d even been looking forward to this.” (Pg. 289) This is a large turning point in the novel. Amir can finally feel like he is doing right by everyone and gaining redemption for his

Hosseini begins to show the loss of innocence and the effects of the conflict with the Soviet takeover. “The generation of Afghan

Just like his father, Sohrab is “great with a sling shot.’ He hits Assef in the eye with his slingshot, and he and Amir escape. The novel’s falling action is Amir’s efforts to bring Sohrab to the U.S. which he eventually was successful in doing. I thoroughly enjoyed this novel. I liked the author’s style and diction, both made the novel a fun and enjoyable read even though there were many dark parts to the novel. At times I found some of the terminology difficult, however I appreciated the setting as it allowed me to learn about Afghanistan. I loved many of the quotes, particularly the one that stood out was, “It may be unfair, but what happens in a few days, sometimes even a single day, can change the course of a whole lifetime.” This quote is so true and is the entire basis of this story, if Hassan’s actions had been different “on that frigid overcast day in 1975,”his entire life would have been different. I am thrilled that Amir was able to find peace and redemption as this shows strength of Amir’s character. I felt that Amir deserved his final redemption, however I wish that both him and Hassan would have known from early on that they were

The book explains how Amir had an underlying hate for Hassan, even though they partook in so many activities together during their childhood. One example of Amir’s underlying hate and betrayal towards Hassan was when Hassan was getting attacked in the alleyway while Amir was watching it occur, and not taking action. Based off Hassan’s loyalty, if the person getting attacked in the alleyway was Amir, and Hassan was watching, Hassan would have taken action and helped him, but Amir would not do the same. The reason why Amir did not take action was because he wanted to gain affection and love from his father, Baba, as explained in the book, “… Assef was right: Nothing was free in this world. Maybe Hassan was the price I had to pay, the lamb I had to slay, to win Baba.”

He said, “That was the best story you’ve read me in a long time” (Hosseini 30). That same night, he wrote his first story.  The decision of friendship and the relationship of Amir and Hassan may seem like a difficult decision at the beginning of the story, and at the time it is. But as the story goes on the choices these two characters need to make become harder and harder.

“A kite needs to be tied down in order to fly. I learned how important restrictions can sometimes be in order to experience freedom,” Damien Rice. Throughout the novel kites are constantly shown throughout the scenes involving Amir. The kites lead to Hassan's rape, the guilt of Amir, and the cutting of kite strings relate to the conflict and fighting in Afghanistan. In the The Kite Runner, Khaled Hosseini emphasizes the theme of violence and betrayal using the motif of kites.

Kites are the biggest symbol throughout the entire novel. Kite running begins as a way for Amir and Hassan to bond. Flying kites was only half of the fun of kite flying in Afghanistan. Once they had a battle, where a team of two would work to cut down other kites, there then is a race, “the kite run, to see who retrieves the fallen kite” (AmirDabbaghian). Both of them together made a great team that was just as capable as any other team.

After many years, a phone call brings Amir back to Afghanistan to face the challenges he left behind. The book is enriched with motifs and symbols, a prime reason why teenagers favorite this book. Hosseini's unique writing style

In life, we all come across people in our everyday lives. There are some of those who have had major impacts on us or those who have not at all. Either way, we are affected by them because even the minimum variances between us and other people allows us to gain new perspectives. In Khaled Hosseini’s novel, The Kite Runner, it is set in early 1960s to the early 1980s in Afghanistan. Although it was published 15 years ago, this novel is still read in many english courses due to the valuable knowledge that the novel debriefs about the Afghan people and people’s tendencies in general.

There is a multitude of symbols that can be considered throughout the novel The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini, however, one very prominent symbol is the kites. Amir and Hassan each had their own ideas of what kite flying meant to them, but ultimately the kites represented a time for the boys to come together and appreciate being able to behave like the friends that they were without the stigma of a Pashtun hanging out with a Hazara. The kites also tie together the entire novel, starting with Amir and Hassan, and then ending with Amir and Sohrab, Hassan’s son. First and foremost, kites and kite fighting tournaments are a genuine pastime that the majority of citizens have to look forward to. Amir even states, “And if you were a boy living in

Because of the obvious differences in beliefs and living in a very ethnocentric society, it was still very hard for Hassan and Amir to not get bullied or hurt by the other boys of the town because of their kinship. Hassan, Ali and other Hazaras were discriminated upon in the city of Kabul. In one passage of the book, Amir has found a book on the Hazara’s Shi’a Muslims religion. Intrigued on the religion he has only read a paragraph on in the history books at school, he shows the book to his teacher. He says, “The following week, after class, I showed the book to my teacher and pointed to the chapter on the Hazaras.

Hosseini also states that Hassan’s lip symbolizes the cultural and social differences throughout the novel, and how Amir's slingshot symbolizes the loyalty, their childhood, and explains standing up for what is right. The Kite Runner is a story of about an Afghan­American boy named Amir who has flashbacks that visually depict how his life was when he was just a young boy living in Afghanistan. It was a time of injustice as he searches for a redemption of his past guilts. Hosseini shows readers how Amir matures, and how he felt about different experiences during his life back in Afghanistan. The Kite Runner employs symbolism to show the experiences and moments in Amir’s life that have meaning to him and have left an impact on his life forever. By using symbolism, Hosseini makes readers think about how much earlier experiences and moments have shaped Amir’s life in The Kite Runner.

Hassan possesses an unimaginable strong sense of loyalty which led him to prioritize others ahead of himself. As a servant, Hassan must obey every order Amir gives to him but it is clear that Hassan does anything for Amir out of love and loyalty, no servitude. In the beginning, as they flew kites as children, Amir asks Hassan questions regarding his loyalty. On