The Kite Runner: A Short Story

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

Life shouldn't be lived with regrets. I this story many mistakes were done and characters lived with regrets for a very long time. Amir did not stand up for his loyal servant and friend hassan when he was getting raped by Assef after all the times hassan stood up to him all those times. Amir lived with that regret his whole life and never apologized to Hassan then after all those years Hassan passed away and Amir never got a chance to apologize. Amir made a big mistake just like his father. Baba grew up with a hazara servant that was like his brother. That hazara was named Ali. Ali got married and had a child with one of his cousins. When his child was born they named him hassan. Hassan was abandoned by their mother shortly after birth. As the story went on the truth was revealed. The truth was that hassan was not Ali's son but he was baba's son so that made him Amir's Half brother. In this novel characters made bad decisions but they knew it was never too late to change. Amir tried to correct his wrong by facing his fears and caring for Sohrab so he could make it up to hassan after all he did to him. Baba treated Hassan good and he opened an orphanage to correct what he had done to Ali. In Khaled Hosseini’s novel, The Kite Runner, teaches the reader that it is never too late to take the right way through Baba taking ali's wife but built an orphanage in exchange and Amir caring for Sohrab after all he did to Hassan.

“There is a way to be good again” (2). This is the line that rolls through Amir's mind over and over throughout Khaled Hosseini's novel, The Kite Runner. This is the story of a mans struggle to find redemption. The author illustrates with the story of Amir that it is not possible to make wrongs completely right again because its too late to change past. In this novel Hosseini is telling us that redemption is obtainable, and by allowing us to see Amirs thought process throughout the novel, Hosseini shows us that it guilt is the primary motivation for someone who seeks redemption. Hosseini also uses not only the main character, but other secondary characters to show how big of a part that guilt plays in the desire for redemption. In this

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

When Amir picks up the phone in June 2001, he does not expect to hear Rahim Khan utter these words to him -- "There's a way to be good again" (Hosseini 1). From these cryptic words, he understands from the call that it "wasn't just Rahim Khan on the line[, but] [i]t was [his] past of unatoned sins" (Hosseini 1). These sins that Amir refers to are the actions he selfishly made when he was a young boy living in Afghanistan. In order to earn his father's love, he allowed his friend Hassan to be beaten and raped, then framed for theft; Hassan for the subsequent years has been haunted by the actions he chose. Seeing it as "one last chance of redemption" (Hosseini 231), Amir departs to meet Rahim Khan in Pakistan to here what he has to say. Beginning with his reunion with an old friend in Peshawar, the protagonist of The Kite Runner has set off on a quest, with a goal to relieve his guilt and earn his redemption.

In The Kite Runner, the bond between the stories’ two central characters is almost identical to the history of the two key groups within Islam, the Sunni and the Shi’a. While, Amir is Sunni and Hassan is Shi’a, one’s heirloom of power over the other shows the historical difference among the religious groups. What comes next is a look at how this religious separation shakes up Afghanistan, and then how it has impacted the whole Muslim community. Either way you look at it, one can see how this division is a major part in The Kite Runner.

Khaled Hosseini’s novel “The Kite Runner” expressed vast amount of love, secrets, and betrayal among parallel bonds of friendship. The story has created a great contrast of characters involving friendly relationships and the tragedies that keep them intervened. As the novel progresses, the chemistry between friendship of Amir and Hassan gets stronger, while gradually unraveling the long forgotten friendship between Baba and Ali. Friendship requires sacrifices and compromise because the natural bonds of friendship can never be broken apart by distance, or circumstances. Fate actually keeps them together.

'That damn mercenary! He got a reaction out of me.' I furrow my eyebrows together in vexation. 'I won't allow him to tease me like that again.' I sighed, remembering he was now personal bodyguard and I silently curse my father for insisting I have one. 'Now I'm stuck with him until they defeat the men from the west.. great.' I shaking my head, I clench my hand with determination. 'I'll show him his advances towards me are fruitless!'

The Kite Runner Living in Afghanistan during this time was extremely difficult. Being a Hazara was almost like being dirt. Being a Pashtun was like being gold, everyone wanted to be you. This is why I think the theme of the novel “The Kite Runner” is racial discrimination. There are so many examples of why this theme is the most prevalent in the story.

Thomas has no memories beyond the lift that delivers him to a maze filled with boys who’ve made camp at its centre. Called the Glade the camp offers the only refuge from the Grievers, half-machine/half-animal creatures that hunt the boys in the maze as they search for the way out. Thomas is shown around this new world by the motor-mouthed Chuck who describes the different jobs available to Greenbeans (boys new to the maze) - including Slopper, Builder, Map-maker, Med-jacks etc. Thomas somehow knows that he’s meant to be a Runner and find a way out of the Maze but persuading the others is difficult until one day the lift delivers a girl to the Glade ...

“The Kite Runner”, it talks about the struggles of the country Afghanistan. This is taken place during 1975 through 2001, and in Kabul, Afghanistan; California, United States. The main character is Amir who is narrating the book also is a gifted writer and loves to read books. His best friend, half-brother and servant is Hassan. He proves his loyalty to Amir by standing up for him and showing bravery. Hassan is also uneducated and stays in a poor environment. Amir is very upset of the attention his father, Baba gives to Hassan. Amir constantly tries to get him to be happy, but no matter what he did, Baba never seemed to be satisfied. Baba thinks there is something missing in Amir, but Rahim Khan responds by saying, “Children aren’t coloring books; you don’t get to fill them in with your favorite colors.” Baba was not satisfied in what son he had, but one day Amir and Hassan were flying kites in a kite tournament, and Amir’s Kite and the blue kite were the last ones standing.

Activity:1 Point of View—Lau and Coady 1. Coady and Lau both have different approaches to point of view in their righting. Coady says the characters dictate the point of view, while Lau says the story dictates the point of view. 2. Intimate is a word both Lau and Coady used.

Since the beginning of time, women have had to fight rigorously for basic human rights. In the western stratosphere, those human rights were achieved in the early 20th century, but in a lot of eastern countries the battle for the women is just beginning, or worse hasn't even started. Women in Afghanistan have been subject to heinous circumstances, even though their religion, Islam "demanded that men and women be equal before God,"(Qazi). Khaled Hosseini's The Kite Runner offers a very insightful view of the governing politics of Afghanistan pre-Taliban regime and during the Taliban regime, and the differing situation of women in both those eras. Based on the book and outside research, it is evident that the situation of women in

According to the reporter, Aiden would be at the end of the drive way in the morning, waiting for the school bus by himself. Kimberly (mother) is on the run, and the police are looking for her because of a bunch of crimes. Aiden is possibly being cared for by his step-grandmother who always looks like she is on something. The step-grandmother appears to be high as a kite, and would sometime be outside with him. Aiden would be by himself for at least twenty minutes. He would be in the road, and does not listen to authority. Aiden would follow his dog, and the dog is always in the road. People on that road would drive like a "bat out of hell", and the reporter is worried that Aiden is going to get killed. The family has a history of abandoning

The Kite Runner is a novel that is considered to be a fictional memoir throughout the life of the main character, Amir. Starting in 1975 Afghanistan, the sentiments between the Hazaras and the Pashtuns were very negative and violent. Afghanistan as a country was experiencing a lot of hardships as the two main races and religions that resided in the country began to fight, eventually leading to the war that is still going on today. As a nation, Afghanistan has a long and interesting history. The Kite Runner itself is written by an Afghan man, Khaled Hosseini, who himself lived in Afghanistan throughout these years. Growing up in Kabul, Hosseini grew up in an area later to be considered as more fortunate and more wealthy than those who lived elsewhere in the country. Khaled’s father worked as a diplomat at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Kabul, and his mother worked as a persian language teacher at a high school for girls. Later on, after his father got a job in Paris, France. Hosseini’s family moved to France and were unable to return to Afghanistan due to the saur revolution, the initial segment leading to the Afghan civil war. The Kite Runner was written in California as Hosseini was studying in medical school, in order to become a doctor. The book itself is fictional, however much of the occurences in the novel are influenced based upon real-life scenarios and situations that occur during parts of the war. Specifically, this is portrayed via the arguments between the