The Kite Maker

Khalede Hosseini’s The Kite Runner represents the story of a young, aspiring author Amir, who takes a journey of sin and guilt, and his path to redemption through the power of words.

Thesis: Betrayal leads to feeling of guilt which forces the person in search of redemption either directly or through indirect actions and gestures.

Khaled Hosseini’s, “The Kite Runner”, uses an abundance of diction and tone, to convey a centralized motif. Hosseini, uses three specific symbols throughout the story, the cleft lip; kites; the lamb. The central symbols, tie into what the overall theme is of the story, the search of redemption, tension and love between father and son. Hosseini expressed his centralized motif of irony and regressing in time by using symbolism and figurative language to make his point more clear “I actually aspired to cowardice, because the alternative, the real reason I was running, was that 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.”

“For you, a thousand times over.” In The Kite Runner by Kahled Hosseini, there is a recurring theme of redemption that is portrayed by various literary devices. Kahled excellently juxtaposes devices such as irony, symbolism, and foreshadowing to show redemption within his first novel.

The Kite Runner is a historical fiction novel written in 2003 by author Khaled Hosseini. Set in Kabul Afghanistan, we follow the footsteps of characters and the hardships and challenges they face. Hosseini utilizes multiple symbols to shape the reader’s reaction towards the teetering relationships within the novel. Symbols such as a bear, pomegranate tree and a cleft help show the importance of different relationships.

Amir and Hassan, inseparable, fiercely loyal friends, have just won the annual kite-flying tournament in Kabul, Afghanistan in the winter of 1975 by cutting down all other kites in the air. Amir has just dispatched Hassan to retrieve as a trophy the last kite cut

Group is a non-governmental organization that helps minority groups and indigenous groups receive the rights they deserve and work in over 60 countries to help achieve their goal. They have been doing this for over 40 years. They share detailed information about about the history, the culture, and current issues about each particular group. Hazaras are a minority group, one that has repeatedly been dehumanized and has constantly struggled for basic human rights. They have not only been targeted throughout history by stronger forces, particularly by the Taliban in 1893 and the 1990's, but have also been oppressed by the other tribes of Afghanistan. Throughout all of this, the population has decreased significantly from 67% to around 9%. Hazaras are typically Shi’a Muslims, which is one of the reasons they are disliked by the Sunni Muslim community. Knowing about the history of the Hazaras emphasizes the cruelty that Hazaras in The Kite Runner face and adds a historical context to the story, one that I found helped me gain a better understanding of the novel.

Kite fighting is an important sport in Afghanistan, and characters have been able to find common ground by fighting kites. “Kites were the one paper-thin slice of intersection between [Amir and Baba’s] spheres” (63). When Baba tells Amir to think of better days on the trip to Pakistan in the oil tanker, Amir immediately thinks back to kite fighting with Hassan. “A breeze stirs the grass and Hassan lets the spool roll” (157). This shows the strong connection Amir has formed with Hassan through kite fighting. When Amir and Hassan finally win a kite flying tournament for the first time, Baba acknowledges Amir, and when he saw Baba proud of him, it was “the single greatest moment of my twelve year old life” (86). At the end of the novel, the first time Sohrab smiles after his attempt to commit suicide is when Amir cuts down another kite, and runs the kite for Sohrab (475). This shows the cyclical nature of the kite in the novel, as in the beginning of the novel, Hassan was running the kites for Amir, but at the end of the novel, it is Amir who runs the kites for Hassan’s son, Sohrab (476). Amir is drawn closer to the other characters in the novel by the kite, as kite fighting is a common interest between many of the

The purpose of the Kite Runner is to share a story of tragedy, guilt and self discovery. Throughout the story, Hosseini uses his personal connection to his childhood to portray the experiences and events that would possibly shape a young Afghanistan boy. In addition to this, the author writes this story to show adversity and give the reader a different viewpoint as to what it's like to assimilate oneself into a different environment with different customs. This story of pain, fear, and guilt affects an individual throughout the duration of their life. Regardless of one’s past struggles and disadvantages, you have the complete opportunity within yourself to strive for better. Despite what others think of you, or what outside forces may do to

The tragedies shouldn’t be the main focus of the novel, due to the fact, focusing on the on the horrific parts of the story only will show that they haven’t learned the true meaning behind Khaled Hosseini’s, The Kite Runner. The relationships in the book father and son, childhood friends, torn apart by discrimination and race, ranks in society, violence and warfare, and hope. Many can relate to the characters and the morals to the story. What's most felt is guilt and remorse, and the journey to redemption. It can be related to the past, present, and possibly future events. There are many main ideas to The Kite Runner, but one of them would be life lessons. There are many life lessons in The Kite Runner for instance, hope. In the book the Character

A soaring kite, deep blue and barely distinguishable from the sky, danced at the mercy of the young boy below holding its string in scarred, bloody hands. The juxtaposition between this jubilant activity and the scars hidden in the palms of the participants accurately parallels the situation in Afghanistan. To most Americans, talk of the war in Afghanistan is commonplace, just like kite flying. However, comparable to the scars that each kite flyer holds within his hands, Afghanistan’s true miseries are hidden from the world, overlooked and “a testament to the Western-backed government's failure to assert authority and curtail rogue strongmen” (Rasmussen). Though the Western government sends troops, the government of Afghanistan remains too feeble to rebuild and revert the country back to its almost forgotten state of comfort and security. Recognizing the muted cry for help in war-torn Afghanistan, Khaled Hosseini develops kite flying as a major symbol throughout his book, The Kite Runner, to further his point that Afghan society has the potential to change, and the choices we all make now will decide its fate, for better or for worse.

The novel The Kite Runner by xyz is a story about an Afghan boy named Amir and his journey from his youth in Afghanistan to his adult life in the United States. Throughout this novel the symbolism in his childhood is important to how the main character lives his life. One of the most important symbols and title of the book is the kite runner and their relationship with the kite flier.

“The Kite Runner” by Khaled Hosseini is a book that allows his audience to witness the life and social differences of his characters in a different country. This book consist of such major use of narrative elements that it engages the audience into seeking and possibly understanding how one’s life may differ from the other but also be the same as well.

Khaled Hosseini writes the novel, The Kite Runner to make readers think of how his use of symbolism and other

On a day to day basis, an individual is faced with an obstacle they must overcome, ultimately defining their morals and values. In the literature perspective, the novel The Kite Runner delivers multiple thematic ideas that portray the struggles of characters in their ordinary lives. Khaled Hosseini, author and physician, released his debut novel The Kite Runner in the year of 2003. This novel is written in the first person narration of Amir, a Pashtun boy that lives with his father whom he addresses as “Baba” in a large estate in Kabul, Afghanistan. Hassan and his father, Ali, are servants that works for Amir’s father