The Kite Runner Book Vs Movie Essay

Comparing the book to the movie you can clearly tell what certain things are different. For example, Sydelle Pulaski worked for Mr. Westing in the movie but only talked over the intercom. This not only caused a lot of drama but more depth to the plot. Also, Crow didn’t go to jail but they did talk about most of the consequences of her going to jail. This made a little bit more serious and emotional instead of just letting it go.

Finally there are lots of differences between the book and the movie. They also show that the movie was a lot weaker then then the book. I can see the movies aren't always better than the books. The books go more into detail than the movie. I enjoined the movie because it is more visual. The book was a little

For instance, the book talks about how the greasers felt and how their feelings were, then in the movie, it didnt talk about it but it showed it. The way that they showed it was not as good as it was written. When reading we don't fall in love with the characters' appearance. We fall in love with their words, their thoughts, and their hearts. We fall in love with their soul. In movies we focus more on appearance and what's going on in the background, which then gets people distracted from what the character is feeling and their thoughts. On the other hand, you can see the actions of the characters in the movie, which might help you process the way they act, however with the book the author can use what he thinks and try to give people a general idea of everything. For an example in the book it talks about how Randy

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.

movie. In fact the movie describes what?s going on a little better than the book.

Despite having many differences the film remains faithful in capturing the novel and putting on film. While one may not get everything from the movie as from the book, the majority of it is there. So for die hard fans of the book there is no need for disappointment. All the main parts of the book are there, the characters, the plot, the setting

As in all movies that are based on a book, the movie developers chose to add some scenes to the movie that were not from the original story. These additions were most likely aimed to substitute for the scenes removed, however this, once again, took away from the important details that really made the book what it is. On Hassan’s birthday, he was not given surgery to remove the harelip from his face; instead, Baba took him to a special kite shop and let him choose any kite that he wanted. The decision to replace the surgery with a present failed to show Baba’s appreciation for his ‘secret’ son. Although the love for kite running is clearly shown, David Benioff’s decision to have Hassan explain the concept of kite running to Amir was very unrealistic. This event goes against Hassan’s characteristics of being less intelligent and superior than Amir, and creates an allusion that Hassan had superiority and he knew more than Amir about flying kites. Hassan’s loyalty to Amir, and Amir’s superiority is shown in the quote, “Sometimes, up in those trees, I talked Hassan into firing walnuts with his slingshot at the neighbour’s one-eyed German shepherd. Hassan never wanted to, but if I asked, really asked, he wouldn't deny me. Hassan never denied me anything,” page 4. The day Hassan and Ali decided to leave because of Amir’s betrayal was a very sad moment in the book. Khaled Hosseini described the setting as a very dark day,

The Kite Runner was written by Khaled Hosseini and published in 2003. It tells the story of Amir, a young boy from Kabul, Afghanistan, and Hassan, his father’s Hazara servant. The story is set against a backdrop of tumultuous events, from the fall of Afghanistan’s Monarchy, through the Soviet Military intervention, the exile of Pakistan refugees to America, and the rise of the Taliban. The main theme of this book focuses on guilt and redemption. Throughout the novel, Amir is constantly trying to redeem himself. Early on, Amir strives to redeem himself through his father’s eyes primarily because his mother died giving birth to him, and he feels responsible. The more important part of Amir’s search for

In conclusion I feel that the film was a great addition to the story and helped a great amount to the understanding of what was happening. Both the film and the story had their similarities but they both came to the same conclusion point. All in all I think that the the film and the story summarized the plot very strongly and that they were very detailed in describing all of the conflict between the different

The Kite Runner is a historical fiction novel written by Afghan author Khaled Hosseini. The book follows the life of Amir, a Pashtun boy, as he grows up and faces the ever-expanding power of the Taliban in his birthplace. Amir struggles to find his place in society and to develop his relationship with his Hazara servant, Hassan. Throughout this, a fundamentalist group called the Taliban is furthering the crevasse between the two main religious groups- the Pashtun and the Hazara. Together, all of these varying forces instigate Amir's moral code, will, and friendship. The novel's bildungsroman theme is enhanced by the development of brotherhood between Amir and Hassan and it's changes throughout their lives.

The film adaptation of Kite Runner does diminish the complexity of the story. It is known that film adaptations usually have less detail than that of the book but this is evident in many ways throughout the film. The most prominent being the character development and how it affected the Afghan lifestyle. There are three major characters that didn’t receive the attention they needed from Marc Foster. The book describes Assef as an evil sociopath without a conscience that enjoys bullying the less privileged kids of Afghanistan.

"The Kite Runner" tells the story of two children growing up in the 1970s in Afghanistan. Amir-the protagonist is a young son of a wealthy businessman in Kabul. Hassan, son of his poor servant Ali, is his partner. The two boys are inseparable, even in an ethnically divided Afghanistan,

In conclusion the book and movie had more similarities than differences and this is one of the reasons that I loved it so much. If the book and movie were completely different I would have been mad because the book was so brilliant that I could not wait to watch the

Marc Foster, director of The Kite Runner doubts his capability towards the production of the movie “The book’s readers were like addicts. I loved it, too, but I didn’t think I could make a better movie.” The movie is a colossal misinterpretation of the novel. Within the movie, the characters show very little emotion and passion in comparison to the novel. There are sequences where crucial important scenes are cut from the movie which impacts the story drastically, there are physical elements that include props or modification towards a certain scene in the novel, and the casting and acting choices from the director is a display of laziness and poor effort.

     Time constraints play a large role in the differences between the novel and the film as the movie has to fit a story told over a long time 1-2 hours. In the book “Kite Runner”, the author created a scene that depicted the relationship between Amir’s father and Hassan. “His hand touch his upper lip. Oh, he said again/ it’s an unusual present, I know, Baba said. And probably not what you had in mind, but this present will last your forever” (Hosseini 37). On the contrary, this scene was subsequently removed by the screenwriter as it was deemed