The Kite Runner

3RD QUESTION REVIEW

1. Title: The Kite Runner 2. Author: Khaled Hosseini 3. Time period: The Kite Runner took place from the 1975 to 2001. It is told in retrospect by the main character Amir. He tells the story of his childhood up to his current age. The book starts out with his life as a twelve year old in Afghanistan, living through the Russian communists’ takeover. 4. Genre: The genre is historical fiction. 5. Another famous work from the same time period is a Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini. 6. The dominant philosophy of the work as a whole is to seek deliverance. Amir is always trying to look for ways to impress his father for the guilt he feels about his mother’s death during labor. He finally sees
Protagonist: Amir * External Conflict: One external conflict is Amir’s fight with Assef toward the end of the book. He really wanted to win the fight for Hassan, whom Assef raped when they were preteens. Another conflict is Amir trying to gain Sohrab’s trust and having to deal with Sohrab attempting to kill himself. Amir also had to deal with his Baba getting cancer and growing weaker by the day. * Internal Conflict: Amir feels guilty about leaving Hassan after the tournament. Hassan was always good to Amir and Amir took it for granted. Another internal conflict is Amir trying to please his father all the time. He feels responsible for the death of his mother and feels that his father holds it against him. He is not very good at sports, so he is always looking for new ways to impress him. * Amir takes care of his father as best he can until he finally dies. He also wins Sohrab’s trust and is able to beat Assef and rescue Sohrab from being his sex slave. Amir feels that he has made up for treating Hassan so poorly, because not only has he rescued his son, but he also beat Hassan’s rapist. 8. Antagonist:
9. This story is told from Amir’s point of view. His point of view is very important to the meaning of the work as a whole because it is his journey the reader is following. He learns from his mistakes, and his lessons learned are the central themes of the book. 10. Hosseini uses flashback and foreshadowing throughout the book. This is very meaningful to the work as a whole because it allows the narrator to look back on his life and realize the mistakes he made. Narrating from the current time period is also significant because it allows the reader to get insight on how Amir is currently feeling about his mistakes of the past. 11. “…but it is 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