Work: novelGenres: bildungsroman (coming of age novel); historical novelFirst Published: June 2003 by Riverhead Books (hardcover edition)Setting: Opens in San Francisco‚ and then flashes back to Afghanistan and PakistanMain Characters: Amir; Baba; Hassan; Ali; Sohrab; Rahim KhanMajor Thematic Topics: alienation; betrayal; class issues (both cultural and socioeconomic); the emotional intensity of childhood affections; fear serving as a motivator; forgiveness; friendship; the inherent nature of human evil; jealousy; lost innocence;
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rAfter the rape‚ Amir and Hassan spend less time together. Baba and Amir take a trip to Jalalabad and stay at the house of Baba’s cousin. When they arrive they have a large traditional Afghan dinner. Baba proudly tells everyone about the kite tournament‚ but Amir does not enjoy it. He says that that was the night he became an insomniac. When Amir and Baba return home‚ Amir continues not to play with Hassan. When Hassan asks Amir what he did wrong‚ Amir tells Hassan to stop harassing him. After that
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Baba did all the things people said he could not do. Though he had no training as an architect‚ he designed and built an orphanage. Though people said he had no business sense‚ he became one of the most successful businessmen in the city. Though nobody thought he would marry well because he wasn’t from a prominent family‚ he married Amir’s mother‚ Sofia Akrami‚ a beautiful‚ intelligent woman who came from a royal bloodline. While Baba pours himself a glass of whiskey
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The Kite Runner Kabul‚ Afghanistan‚ 1975- the year in which Amir discovered who he would be for the rest of his adult life‚ both in Afghanistan and in America. An absolutely captivating and heart wrenching story of betrayal‚ trust‚ religion‚ race‚ friendship and kinship‚ The Kite Runner‚ written by Khaled Hosseini is an extremely vivid detailing of a young boys journey through the harsh pre-Taliban lifestyle in Afghanistan in the late 1970’s‚ shortly before the Soviet’s invaded. Being an Afghan
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father “Baba”. His father is well – to – do and he has much money. Amir´s father has many friends. One of the best friends of “Baba” is Rahim Khan. On the other side of the good family relationships stands Hassan‚ a childhood friend of Amir‚ and his father Ali. Hassan´s father works for Amir´s and he isn´t rich. It´s interesting how much poles apart two families can be. This shows the very first part of the story very good. It´s very unfair‚ that Ali doesn’t have so much money than “Baba”. It´s
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friends with Hassan ‚does nothing to help Hassan when he is raped and after that instance Amir is too afraid to face Hassan and he frames him so he and Ali are sent away and he can escape his guilty conscious. Amir is also very selfish all he thinks about is himself he hate it when Baba showers attention on anyone other than himself and he hates that Baba talks more affectionately of Hassan than himself and he also seems to have a superiority complex and refers to Hassan as a simple Hazara when it suits
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trying to please‚ and receive affection from his father‚ Baba. Amir and Baba had two Hazara servants; Hassan‚ and Ali‚ Hassan’s father. Hassan and Amir have been friends since birth despite their different social classes. Hassan has always gained the affection of Baba with less effort than Amir has‚ and for that reason‚ Amir begins to resent Hassan. After a series of unfortunate events‚ Ali and Hassan made the decision to leave the company of Baba and Amir to start a new life in Hazarajat. Later on in
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able to find it. The journey to redemption is evident in the novel The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini through the choices of Amir and Baba. Amir makes several mistakes so does Baba‚ which grows to haunt them in the future. They attempt to forget their past‚ instead of facing it‚ but quickly realize “... the past claws its way out” (Hosseini 1). Both Amir and Baba learn that obtaining a guilt free mind can only be done by facing their mistakes: the story of loss and regaining identity. Amir and Baba’s
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reputation. Amir frames Hassan‚ Baba keeps a huge secret and Assef treats people like dirt. All these examples show how self-interest at one point plays a bigger role in these characters lives. After Amir witnesses the rape of Hassan‚ he can’t stand being with him let alone looking at him. It only reminds him of what happened and how he stood by and did nothing about it. In order to stop himself from feeling bad he frames Hassan with a theft so that him and Ali leave forever‚ leaving Amir no longer
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------------------------------------------------- The Kite Runner ------------------------------------------------- Context Khaled Hosseini was born in Kabul‚ Afghanistan‚ on March 4‚ 1965‚ and was the oldest of five children. Just as he describes in The Kite Runner‚ Kabul was a cosmopolitan city at the time. Western culture‚ including movies and literature‚ mixed with Afghan traditions‚ such as kite fighting in the winter. Lavish parties were normal at the Hosseini family’s home in the upper-middle
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