Human Geography Book Report: Kite Runner

| Human Geography Book Report | Kite Runner | | Robert Hernandez | Period 4 |

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The story Kite Runner is narrated by the main character Amir, and Afghanistan born man, now an American citizen living in San Francisco. He starts off by recalling his childhood spent in Afghanistan. He remembers how he betrayed his best friend and he continually implies that his experiences as a child affected his entire life. As Amir finishes the recollection of his memories the setting goes back to his home in San Francisco. After receiving new from his friend in Afghanistan Amir returns to his home in the hopes of redeeming himself for his past actions. Although most of this book takes place in Afghanistan the setting of the book jumps
This climate causes there to be more flat lands and while at first there are some trees and green plant life described throughout the book as the story progresses in time by the time Amir returns and the Taliban have a foothold on the area the setting is described as more desert like with dried out trees and an abundance of dirt all everywhere. This progression in time not only affects the setting but the people, the culture and the overall actions of the Islamic people in the book from what seemed to be a friendly, happy environment to a more fearful and dangerous
Amir as a child at first does not do much traveling but before going with his father to America him and his father do a lot of travel around Afghanistan and after Amir returns to his home again an extensive amount of travel around his home is present. As for the spread of ideas there are various things that can be discussed but the main two probably end up being how people were seen as two different kinds of people and the spread of the Taliban beliefs. The people of Afghanistan either saw others as the higher rank Pashtun or the lower ranked Hazara. In addition to this as the time goes on in the book the spread of the Taliban beliefs begins to be more and more