The Blue Kite

The Kite Runner uses blue symbolically to show the guilt that follows the story’s characters. This novel is filled with references to past guilt that people hold onto as they grow up. This is most prominently seen in our main character, Amir, who never learned how to redeem himself for the atrocities he committed in his youth. Leading him to be often haunted by his past mistakes no matter how long ago they were or how far away he gets away. However basically any character that is followed for any

-Creates a very depressing tone as selfishness takes over to allow the rape that is described for the possession of the blue kite “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

Urja Amin Ms. Behnessilian ENG 3U0-I Monday May 23rd, 2016 Part II- Notes for The Kite Runner ‘Yes.’ I flinched, like I’d been slapped…: Hassan knew. He knew I’d seen everything in that alley, that I’d stood there and done nothing. He knew I had betrayed him and yet he was rescuing me once again, maybe for the last time” (88-89) • Self-reflection • Loyalty • Guilt “Baba stunned me by saying, ‘I forgive you’” (89) • Shows caring “Will you take us to the bus station, Agha sahib?’ Then I saw baba

capitalism. Most people were in suffered, imprisoned, executive and tortured that led to the chaos of moments in China. Both films To Live and The Blue Kite are depicted the struggles and hardships from the family encounters in the chaotic country that life must go on; however, To Live emphasizes family’s struggle to live in a normal life while The Blue Kite demonstrate to avoid living in poverty for hope and protection. To Live is directed by Zhang Yimou to show Fugui and his wife, Jiazhen struggle

Hassan still has the blue kite in hands after being raped by Assef. He hands the kite to Amir when he sees him walking down the sidewalk. Amir hands the kite to Baba in order to complete his quest for Baba’s love. Even though Baba is finally proud of who Amir is, Amir feels guilty of what he has done recently. A week has gone by and Amir’s and Hassan’s relationship has weakened. The two of them barely talk to one another nor do they play together. Amir asks Baba if they can get new servants because

The Blue Kite Symbol The book titled Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini explores multiple different symbols from a slingshot to a sacrificial lamb. These symbols help give more meaning to different situations involving these symbols. The blue kite was a very important symbol to Hassan and Amir. The blue kite appears when Hassan and Amir are in the kite running contest and the blue kite was the last kite to cut down and retrieve the kite. Hassan went to retrieve the kite after they cut the kite down

has been used across cultures for thousands of years, and The Kite Runner, by Khaled Hosseini is no exception. Colors play an extremely important role in the novel by contributing to the reader’s own understanding of the text. Hosseini’s use of the colors blue, red, and green depict the concepts of characterization of Hassan and Amir, tone towards the Taliban, and inter-novel connections. Hosseini uses the notion of the color blue representing Hassan’s melancholy following the rape as well as

The main character of the Kite Runner is an Afghan boy named Amir and his family, including his servants, Hassan and Ali. At the start of the book, Amir and Hassan are about 12 years old and live in a new, wealthier part of Afghanistan because Amir’s father (Baba) is a big business man in Afghanistan, so he is wealthier. Amir is a Pashtun, which means he is a Sunni Muslim, while Hassan is a Hazara, which means he is a Shia Muslim. This means that the two would’ve been enemies most likely if they

a moving tapestry as the frames move through the sky. Some are as blue as the most perfect, cloudless day, while others are a green as vibrant as the leaves in spring. Who knew kites could be so beautiful? The children run, happy and joyous as they fight their kites and go to retrieve the ones they have conquered. As the man runs after the kite he had just felled, he too finally feels joy without guilt or remorse. Fetching the kite for the young man in his care, he feels alive again. The man has now

The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini uses the kite--which appears in the beginning, the middle, and the end of the story-- to symbolize Amir’s happiness, guilt from dreadful memories, and healing. The kite’s meaning changes throughout the novel, corresponding with Amir’s developmental stages as an innocent child to a tainted individual seeking to escape from his dreadful past. The symbolism of the kite, at first, is happiness, which represents the stage of childhood innocence. In the story, the main