The Kite Runner
The Kite Runner by Kahled Hosseini is a story great about racial discrimination, friendship, and family identity. The protagonist of this novel is Amir, who was a man from Afghanistan living in San Francisco, California. This story mainly reflects on Amir’s childhood in Afghanistan and the unbelievable sin’s he committed against Hassan. When Amir was a child he was very wealthy and well thought of. Amir had a friend named Hassan, a Hazara and one of Amir’s father’s servant’s sons. Hazara’s, according to Assef, were inferior races and were to only be seen in Hazarajat. These two boys’ would spend days and days together in a Kabul being the young boy’s they were roaming everywhere and kite fighting. Amir had a very intelligent mind and a creative side, which gave him the ability to write. Amir’s father seemed to be disappointed in his son because of his lack of manliness. Amir begins to believe that his father blames him for his mother’s death during his childbirth. However, Amir finds his father’s friend to be a great father figure in his life and loves how supportive he is about his keen sense for writing.
Assef, a notoriously mean older boy with violent and sadistic tendencies, blames Amir for socializing with a Hazara. Then this boy decides he would rear up to him and start a fight, however Hassan, being the brave child was, stood up for himself. Hassan then threatened to shoot him in the eye with his slingshot if he dared to lay a hand on him. Seeing his serious bravery, Assef and his two henchmen back away, and plan a cruel revenge.
Hassan is a very successful “kite runner” he knew exactly where the kite would land without even looking to see which direction it was headed. One triumphant day Amir wins the local tournament, which brings his father’s praise. Hassan goes to run the last cut kite, a trophy, saying, “For you, a thousand times over.” Then, Hassan runs into Assef and his two henchmen. He refuses to give up Amir’s kite, so in...
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