The Kite Runner By Khaled Hosseini

In the novel The Kite Runner the text explores many different ways the relationships and people surrounding a person can shape one's self, this is most prevalent in Amir. During Amir's childhood, he is constantly vying for Baba's attention and affection. Amir's cowardice is seen through many different examples in the novel, mainly Assef and his violent actions bring forth his cowardice in many forms. Hassan is Amir's best friend in the beginning of the novel, he is also a role model to Amir.

The Kite Runner, written by Khaled Hosseini establishes a theme of selfishness through Amir’s eyes through the course of the novel. Amir was an Afghan boy who was born in Kabul, Afghanistan who lived the majority of his life behind enemy lines. Amir had been living in a large mansion with his father Baba, and two family servants Ali and his son Hassan. Throughout the novel, Amir began to become annoyed at how Baba had almost favored Hassan over his own son. After a kite flying tournament in downtown Kabul that Hassan and Amir had participated in, Hassan had begun to track down his kite that had flown away. Upon finding it, Hassan had found himself cornered in an alleyway with the biggest bully in Kabul, Assef. Followed by two other boys, Assef and the boys had threatened to steal Hassan’s kite because he was of a religion that wasn’t “pure” in Kabul, Hazara. When Hassan refused to give up his kite, he had been raped by the boys with Amir watching and not acting to help Hassan. Through the course of The Kite Runner, Amir often felt sorry for himself for the incident with Hassan, when in reality he kept watching as the events unfolded in front of him, which ultimately transformed him into a selfish character.

There are many themes that circumnavigate the Kite Runner, but the most distinct core value, that closely correlates to Amir’s own personal journey, is redemption. In the novel, the author Khaled Hosseini accurately portrays human nature in his representation of his characters, and despite their sins or tendencies to fall from grace, the real girth of his story lies in their ability to redeem themselves through their own acts of personal sacrifice. In the beginning of the novel, Amir seeks to redeem himself from the guilt he feels for the responsibility of his mother’s death, thus winning the affections of his father. In order to do so, Amir makes two of the biggest mistakes of his life; taking advantage of Hassan’s unwavering loyalty. From there the rest of the novel

“The Kite Runner” is the record of Amir, a Sunni Muslim, who fights to find his place on the planet in connection of the surrendered results and outcome from an improvement of traumatic youth events. Amir opens the novel in the present-day United States with a questionable reference to one of these events, and a while later, the novel flashes back to Amir's energy in Afghanistan. Notwithstanding common youth experiences, Amir tries to gain a closer relationship with his father; over the entire manage to grasp how to introduce suitable reparations in light of pre-immature decisions that have proceeded on consequences. “The Kite Runner” is a novel about affiliations, especially the relationship amidst Amir and Hassan, Baba, Rahim Khan, Soraya, and Sohrab and how the psyche boggling relationship in our lives spread and helped us realize making us the people we are. First Amir betrays Hassan

The backbone of the novel The Kite Runner is Amir’s betrayal of Hassan and how it affects him later in his life. His injustice to Hassan is what causes him to stress and break down ending his friendship with Hassan. He then seeks redemption for his wrong doings and it is left to the reader’s opinion whether he captured it or not. Amir betrayals of Hassan include being a false friend, choosing to be a bystander when Hassan is raped, and by his actions to get Hassan to leave.

The power that religion poses has been introduced through mankind 's existence, and can lead to justice or oppression. Although all forms of justice or oppression may not be connected through religious aspects, there are several incidences through which religion may reveal cause, focus, and direction. The important role of religion and faith is portrayed through characters and events in Khaled Hosseini 's fictional novel, The Kite Runner. Firstly, the strength of a relationship is dependent upon the religious practices and understanding the importance of religion. Secondly, the superego represents the double standard of one 's moral principles and their personality. Thirdly, there is numerous interpretation of the meaning of religion, which builds a personal belief system. The powerful role that faith and religion have on an individual 's life is demonstrated by strengthening relationships, developing morality and setting a personal belief system.

Redemption: The novel begins with an adult Amir looking back on the events of his childhood. He is trying desperately to ignore his unatoned sins, but realizes that “it’s wrong what they say about the past…about how you can bury it. Because the past claws its way out”(Hosseini 1). Even after Amir and his father flee to America to one afternoon from decades ago still haunts him. Amir’s inaction that day impacts the rest of his life and leads to lies, betrayal, and guilt. He desires to be forgiven for his sin and does everything he can to find redemption. Amir is hopeful that “there is a way to be good again”(Hosseini 2).

The main character in The Kite Runner is Amir. The novel is written through Amir’s point of view and follows him through his childhood and adulthood. Amir showed many key personality traits throughout the novel. In the beginning of the novel he is very selfish and condescending. As a child Amir lived with Ali and Hassan who were both Hazara, and servants to Amir and his family. Amir shows his selfishness throughout his childhood, letting Hassan take the blame for childhood pranks, he also let Hassan get beat up and raped. Amir did not like being associated with Hassan as he was a Hazara, which was a poorly treated social class where he lived In an effort to get him out of his life he framed Hassan to get him out of his house and his

Amir, a character in The Kite Runner, overcomes challenging moments in his life that ultimately influence the character he becomes towards the end of the novel. Amir’s mindset in the beginning of the novel is immature and selfish. Amir views life as a terrible thing, because he finds himself constantly attempting to gain Baba’s approval, but he still manages to come up short, especially when compared to Hassan. During Amir’s childhood he developed a best friend, which at first he took for granted named Hassan. Up until Amir’s life changing moment he wanted to forget his past, but now he claims he does not want to forget anymore. When describing his past to Farid’s loquacious family, Amir was ashamed, but after his eye opening incident he is willing to share his story with anyone. He even mentions, “My instinct was to say yes, as if, on some deep level, I too wanted to protect Baba’s secret. But there had been enough lies already”, and eventually decides to admit the true story (Hosseini 237).

A complex character from the novel The Kite Runner is the main character of the book named Amir. Amir has conflicting motivations at the beginning of the story. He has the need to be recognized and praised by is father, who throughout the novel has seen him as a disappointment due to him being unlike him in many ways. However, he also has the unexplainable bond with his servant and best friend Hassan, who at times throughout the novel shows great amounts of loyalty and love despite being treated poorly by Amir. The Author develops Amir’s character by his actions or rather his lack of action in situations in which he showed himself to be more concerned with his well being than than the well being of others.

The Kite Runner was published May 29, 2003 by Khaled Hosseini, an author from Afghanistan that now lives in California. It won the Award for Best Original Score in 2007. Hosseini tells the story of Amir, a Pashtun kid who tries to maintain relationships between his best friend, who is a Hazara, and his father that shamefully accused him of killing his mother even though she was killed through childbirth. According to Hosseini, an important understanding to take away from this novel is that religion in Afghanistan played a large role in social groups and it damaged many families emotionally and physically.

‘I became what I am today at the age of twelve, on a frigid overcast day in the winter of 1975, I remember the precise moment, crouching behind a crumbling mud wall, peeking into the alley near the frozen creek. That was a long time ago, but it’s wrong what they say about the past, I‘ve learned, about how you can bury it. Because the past claws its way out. Looking back now, I realize I have been peeking into that deserted alley for the last-twenty-six years.

A little later in the book amir betrays hassan again to get rid of him; he places his wallet and some cash under Hassan’s mattress to frame him of theft. This caused Hassan and his father, Ali, to get kicked out. At this major turning point in the book, it's shown that Amir is stuck with this guilt of not helping Hassan when he needed it. This event effects Amir for the rest of the book while he tries to find forgiveness and to right his wrong in any way he

Amir tells us about his own family and their losses as well the history of Hassan’s family. Over the length of the novel Hassan’s human dignity is repeatedly violated

Over the course of the book each character grew into their own and changing entirely their self-perception, and how they act based on self-perception. At the beginning of the kite runner Amir sees himself as weak, and as a coward, when Haasan is being raped Amir goes through an internal conflict, “I had one last chance to make a decision. One final opportunity to decide who i was going to be. I could step into that alley,stand up for hassan, … or i could run. In the end i ran.” (Hosseini 77 ). This shows how as a child near the beginning of the book Amir was a coward who didn 't think he could change what was happening in the alley. It also showed how he