The Kite Runner Summery
Contents
INTRODUCTION 2
KHALED HOSSEINI- BIOGRAPHY 2
MOTIVATION 3
TITLE 3
CHARACTERS 4
SUMMARY 5
FAVOURITE CHARACTER 7
REASON 7
LEAST FAVOURITE CHARACTER 7
REASON 7
INSPIRATION 8
THINGS YOU WANT TO CHANGE 9
ENDING ANALYSIS 9
INTRODUCTION:
The Kite Runner is a novel by Khaled Hosseini. Published in 2003 by Riverhead Books, it is Hosseini's first novel, and was adapted into a film of the same name in 2007.
The Kite Runner tells the story of Amir, a young boy from the Wazir Akbar Khan district of Kabul, whose closest friend is Hassan, his father's young Hazara servant. The story is set against a backdrop of turbulent events, from the fall of Afghanistan's monarchy through the Soviet military intervention, the exodus of refugees to Pakistan and the United States, and the rise of the Taliban regime.
KHALED HOSSEINI- BIOGRAPHY:
Khaled Hosseini was born on March 4, 1965. He is the oldest of five children. His father worked for the Afghan Foreign Consul and his mother taught Farsi and history at a girls' high school in Kabul.
Kabul, Afghanistan is the boyhood home of Khaled Hosseini, in the early 1970s, Khaled's family moved to Tehran, Iran when his father was assigned to a diplomatic post at the Afghan Embassy in Iran. They returned home to Kabul in 1973. In 1976 his family moved to Paris, France, where his father was a diplomat at the Afghan Embassy. They were to return home to Afghanistan in 1980, when the Russians invaded his country. His father was recalled home after the invasion, but decided to ask for political asylum in the United States and received it.
As a result, Hosseini ended up in San Jose, California. They struggled to make ends meet for a while, as they had lost all of their property in Afghanistan and had to start over. His father worked many jobs and they were able to get back on their feet.
Khaled graduated from high school in 1984. He then graduated from Santa Clara University with a bachelor's degree in
INTRODUCTION 2
KHALED HOSSEINI- BIOGRAPHY 2
MOTIVATION 3
TITLE 3
CHARACTERS 4
SUMMARY 5
FAVOURITE CHARACTER 7
REASON 7
LEAST FAVOURITE CHARACTER 7
REASON 7
INSPIRATION 8
THINGS YOU WANT TO CHANGE 9
ENDING ANALYSIS 9
INTRODUCTION:
The Kite Runner is a novel by Khaled Hosseini. Published in 2003 by Riverhead Books, it is Hosseini's first novel, and was adapted into a film of the same name in 2007.
The Kite Runner tells the story of Amir, a young boy from the Wazir Akbar Khan district of Kabul, whose closest friend is Hassan, his father's young Hazara servant. The story is set against a backdrop of turbulent events, from the fall of Afghanistan's monarchy through the Soviet military intervention, the exodus of refugees to Pakistan and the United States, and the rise of the Taliban regime.
KHALED HOSSEINI- BIOGRAPHY:
Khaled Hosseini was born on March 4, 1965. He is the oldest of five children. His father worked for the Afghan Foreign Consul and his mother taught Farsi and history at a girls' high school in Kabul.
Kabul, Afghanistan is the boyhood home of Khaled Hosseini, in the early 1970s, Khaled's family moved to Tehran, Iran when his father was assigned to a diplomatic post at the Afghan Embassy in Iran. They returned home to Kabul in 1973. In 1976 his family moved to Paris, France, where his father was a diplomat at the Afghan Embassy. They were to return home to Afghanistan in 1980, when the Russians invaded his country. His father was recalled home after the invasion, but decided to ask for political asylum in the United States and received it.
As a result, Hosseini ended up in San Jose, California. They struggled to make ends meet for a while, as they had lost all of their property in Afghanistan and had to start over. His father worked many jobs and they were able to get back on their feet.
Khaled graduated from high school in 1984. He then graduated from Santa Clara University with a bachelor's degree in