The Kite Runner

The theme of The Kite Runner is that the hardest person to forgive is yourself. Hassan, a Hazara (slave) boy was always very loyal to Amir, but Amir wasn’t always loyal to Hassan. Amir would tease Hassan about not being able to read and right. Amir was embarrassed to call Hassan a friend, when Amir was approached by the question “what does he mean to you?” Amir said “He’s my Hazara’s son”. Hassan still stayed loyal to Amir by not giving up Amir’s kite when asked by a bully, Assef. Hassan instead was raped and badly injured. Amir watched Hassan get attacked but didn’t step in, he only ran. He never told anyone what he encountered. Amir felt guilt for the rest of his life, and took every chance he could get to redeem himself. In the book it says “I opened my mouth and almost told her how I’d betrayed Hassan, lied, driven him out , and destroyed a forty-year relationship between Baba and Ali. But I didn’t. I suspected there were many ways that Soryara Taheri was a better person than me"(Hosseini 165). Amir goes back to Afghanistan to find that Hassan was killed and that Hassan's son was in an orphanage. He decides to find him and find the right care that he needs. Amir became less selfish and started caring for others.                                                                  

 

The Kite Runner Article

This article explained the book really well. It talked about all of the main events in the book like, how Amir wants his dad's attention. It also talks about the details and imagery that Khaled Hosseini uses in the book.