The Kite Runner Chapter 11 Analysis

When Khaled Hosseini wrote The Kite Runner, he made several important choices involving narration. He chose to write the story in first person from a limited point of view. This is a very fitting decision because, writing in the first person adds a sense of intimacy that is crucial to this story; writing from a limited perspective allows the reader to make their own conclusions about what the characters are thinking. The way Hosseini writes The Kite Runner makes it very intimate, and feels like a person telling their life story. If The Kite Runner had been written in third person, or omnisciently, the story would not have impacted readers as much, and would have been too cold and impersonal to create emotional connections with the reader.

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.

One major theme that is evident in The Kite Runner is that scars are reminders of life’s pain and regret, and, though you can ease the regret and the scars will fade, neither will completely go away. We all have regrets and always will, but though it will be a long hard process we can lessen them through redemption. The majority of The Kite Runner is about the narrator and protagonist, Amir. Almost all of the characters in The Kite Runner have scars, whether they are physical or emotional. Baba has scars all down his back from fighting a bear, but he also has emotional scars from not being able to admit that Hassan was also his son. Hassan is born with a cleft lip, but for his birthday Baba pays for it to be fixed, which left a small scar above his mouth. Hassan also has emotional scars from being raped. The reader is probably shown the emotional scars of Amir the most. Amir has emotional scars because he feels that he killed his mother, and also because his father emotionally neglects him. In the end of the novel, Amir receives many physical scars from getting beaten up by Assef, when rescuing Sohrab. Though scars will never go away and are a reminder of the past, not all scars are bad.

In life there are people that you could judge like a book, but others are morally ambiguous where you don’t know the other side to that story.In the book The Kite Runner there are many characters that are morally ambiguous which means the appear something but there a complete opposite. The Kite runner by Khaled Hosseini is an adventure book with many different characters. Some of those character are morally ambiguous. Zaman is the chacheter I will be talking about is a middle aged man that has a family later on in the novel you get to meet him, he appears to be good. But soon to come you learn a dark thing he is doing. Although he tries to reason with his bad doing.

A morally ambiguous character is one who shows positive and negative moral traits. Khaled Hosseini points out that, the main character in his story, The Kite Runner is morally ambiguous. That being Amir, who shows a great deal of moral traits. Hosseini put morally ambiguous characters in the reading to show the reader that good can overcome any negative situation. Amir shows how he is a terrible kid at the beginning of the story and towards the end, as he grows up, he shows a new character in himself.

Even when Amir was unloyal to Hassan, Hassan was loyal to him until the day he died. He took care of Amir’s old house in Afghanistan and kept the house updated and clean. Hassan’s last loyal action to Amir was when he wrote letters that explained his life and what he had missed. He said he forgives Amir and does not want him to regret his actions(,) but learn from them. Hassan would forgive Amir for any wrongs he did to him. He would not hold grudges against Amir for not standing up for him in the alley; he would forgive Amir and still do anything Amir would ask.

The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini is a novel about life in Afghanistan that follows a boy named Amir, his father Baba, and their two servants Hassan and Ali. Amir and Baba are wealthy Pashtuns, and Baba is well respected. Hassan and Ali, on the other hand, are Hazara, an ethnic minority in Afghanistan. The Hazara people are oppressed and seen as inferior to the Pashtun people. Baba, however, doesn’t treat them as inferior:this way, he shows kindness towards Hassan, instead ofunlike Amir. Throughout Amir’s childhood, he is constantly ignored by Baba because he does not fit Baba’s idea of the son he wants. Baba’s general disapproval and disinterest in Amir shows that he is a bad father to Amir, especially because he shows the opposite emotions to Hassan.

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.

The film version of The Kite Runner omitted a scene from the book that vividly described a suicide attempt by a child. This scene was likely cut due to time constraints and the reality that a suicide attempt by a child would be very upsetting to many viewers. A scene as harsh as child suicide is not something that can be quickly processed and move on to the next scene. I believe the audience would require ample time to absorb what happened from beginning to end through the emotions of the characters; no doubt this scene would be too lengthy to include as a side-note to the main story. In addition, the scene might be so disturbing to some people they may not wish to see the film at all.

In chapter 1, Foster exclaims that “the real reason for a quest never involves the stated reason]” (3). Usually when a task is given to a character, there is a specified reason to go, however, as Foster stated, the real reason the character went on the quest was to achieve something greater: self-knowledge. To summarize, “they go because of the stated task, mistakenly believing that it is their real mission” (3).

At first, Amir does not seek to earn redemption. We know that he is ashamed at what he has done but he prefers to hide his guilt rather than confess and redeem himself right away. After the incident, Amir attempted to avoid Hassan at all costs. Even when Hassan approached him to see if he wanted to go for a walk, like they used to do frequently, Amir refused to go with him and told him to go away (88). He knew that he didn't deserve his friends unwavering love and loyalty.

I feel that Chapters 9-14 are windows into The Kite Runner. As I read pages 129-131, I found out that there are similarities between Baba when he and Amir enter America to other immigrants entering America. First Baba getting into a horrendous incident with his new neighbors is similar to how other immigrants have a tendency to get into activities that are against the law. Second, Baba not taking food stamps because of not wanting to be seen using “charitable money” is the same as how those from other countries who bring with them a ruler-like pride. With these, The Kite Runner is surely a window and I understand more about what immigrants go through in new continents by seeing the trouble and struggle that Baba goes

Out of all the chapters I read in this book, chapter twelve stood out for me the most. That chapter had the most detail things I have ever read. Chapter eleven also stood to me because that’s when everything got started. Something was telling me in my mind that Mr. Freeman was going to do something bad to Maya. Mr. Freeman always kept touching her inappropriately. Then in chapter twelve he basically raped her. I felted really bad for Maya because she did not have to go thought that. If I was her I would have done something about it. It would not let him touch me or sleep in a different bed. Even though he threatens her, I would have told somebody. To be honest I’m happy that he got what he deserves. He did not even serve a day in prison. Even

Social conditions are what shape a country. Over the years, people, not only in Afghanistan, but around the world create norms that define people’s roles in life, their future, and how they should be treated based on their gender and beliefs. Khaled Hosseini’s first novel, The Kite Runner, comments on the social conditions of Afghanistan through telling a story about the lives of two Muslim boys; a privileged Sunni Pashtun, Amir, and his long-time friend and servant, Hassan, a loyal but disadvantaged Shia Hazara. Hosseini expresses Amir’s uncertain feelings toward Hassan which form the decisions he makes throughout the book. These choices result in Amir destroying his relationship with Hassan. The Kite Runner, by Khaled Hosseini is a commentary on the social conditions in Afghanistan as shown through the roles of women and men in society and the ideals of Afghan culture. Unfortunately, these problems are still active in most of Afghanistan.

The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini, a story of a boy as he unravels his journey throughout his life. The novel consists of multiple themes such as love, friendship, betrayal, guilt, , secrets, loyalty, and redemption. As the main character, Amir recalls his past events, all of these themes start to unravel specific events that occurred in his life. “There is a way to be good again” (Hosseini 2) is where the novel unfolds the deep dark life of Amir’s regret and guilt, Baba’s secret, and Hassan’s devotion. The book is a true masterpiece which keeps the readers glued to the story as it unfolds. One of the reasons, the story attracts many readers is due to The United States recent conflict with Afghanistan. However, the story has a personal