![]() ![]() Through Amir’s journey, Hosseini teaches us the importance of loyalty, friendship, and courage in the face of adversity. The Kite Runner is a powerful story of friendship, loyalty, and redemption. Amir finally finds the redemption he was searching for and learns to forgive himself for his past mistakes. He finds Hassan’s son, Sohrab, living in an orphanage, and with the help of an old friend, he is able to bring Sohrab to America. Years later, Amir returns to Afghanistan in search of redemption for his past actions. In the United States, Amir meets Soraya and eventually marries her. Amir’s father eventually sends Hassan and Ali away, and Amir never sees them again.Īmir’s father then arranges for him to move to America with his mother. After the attack, Amir’s relationship with Hassan and his father, Ali, changes. ![]() Amir, though present, does not intervene, and the event haunts him for years to come. One day, during a kite-fighting tournament, Hassan is cornered and brutally attacked by a group of local boys. Amir is a talented kite fighter and Hassan is his loyal kite runner. Amir and Hassan share many experiences, including kite fighting, a popular sport in Kabul in which competitors fly kites and try to cut the other’s kite string. Despite the social differences between them, the two boys are inseparable. This memory is the starting point for a flashback to Amir’s childhood in the 1970s.Īmir is the son of a wealthy Kabul merchant and his best friend is Hassan, the son of his father’s Hazara servant. He is haunted by his childhood memories of Kabul, his father’s house, and the day he and Hassan were chased away. The novel opens in the present-day United States, where Amir, now an adult, has been living for years. The story is set against a backdrop of tumultuous events, from the fall of Afghanistan’s monarchy through the Soviet invasion, the mass exodus of Afghan refugees to Pakistan and the United States, and the Taliban regime. Set in Afghanistan, it tells the story of Amir, a young boy from the Wazir Akbar Khan district of Kabul, whose closest friend is Hassan. Ultimately, The Kite Runner is a novel about relationships - specifically the relationships between Amir and Hassan, Baba, Rahim Khan, Soraya, and Sohrab - and how the complex relationships in our lives overlap and connect to make us the people we are.The Kite Runner is a 2003 novel by Afghan-American author Khaled Hosseini. When it rears its ugly head, Amir is forced to return to his homeland to face the demons and decisions of his youth, with only a slim hope to make amends. Amir views coming to America as an opportunity to leave his past behind.Īlthough Amir and Baba toil to create a new life for themselves in the United States, the past is unable to stay buried. Eventually, because of the changing political climate, Amir and his father are forced to flee Afghanistan. During a crucial episode, which takes place during an important kite flying tournament, Amir decides not to act - he decides not to confront bullies and aggressors when he has the chance - and this conscious choice of inaction sets off a chain reaction that leads to guilt, lies, and betrayals. In addition to the issues affecting his personal life, Amir must also contend with the instability of the Afghan political system in the 1970s. Many of the ruling-class elite in Afghanistan view the world as black and white, yet Amir identifies many shades of gray. And Amir's father, Baba, who does not consistently adhere to the tenets of his culture, confuses rather than clarifies things for young Amir. Hassan and his father, Ali, are servants, yet at times, Amir's relationship with them is more like that of family members. One of the biggest struggles for Amir is learning to navigate the complex socioeconomic culture he faces, growing up in Afghanistan as a member of the privileged class yet not feeling like a privileged member of his own family. ![]() Along the way, readers are able to experience growing up in Afghanistan in a single-parent home, a situation that bears remarkable similarities to many contemporary households. In addition to typical childhood experiences, Amir struggles with forging a closer relationship with his father, Baba with determining the exact nature of his relationship with Hassan, his Shi'a Muslim servant and eventually with finding a way to atone for pre-adolescent decisions that have lasting repercussions. An adult Amir opens the novel in the present-day United States with a vague reference to one of these events, and then the novel flashes back to Amir's childhood in Afghanistan. The Kite Runner is the story of Amir, a Sunni Muslim, who struggles to find his place in the world because of the aftereffects and fallout from a series of traumatic childhood events. ![]()
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