Kite Runner Analysis

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Astitwa Ghimire Per.4 12-12-12 Kites in the Sky The Kite Runner is a book about two boys who live in Afghanistan. The boys face many challenges throughout their lives. One of the challenges one of the boys, Amir, faces is his happiness and his guilt. You can reach a better understanding of this symbol by going more deeply into it. The author, Khaled Hosseini, uses the symbol of the kite to demonstrate that every human has his or her ups and downs. To be able to understand the theme of the kite, the reader must understand how the kite reflects Amir’s life. Flying kites is what Amir enjoys the most as a little boy, also because he wants to be like Baba, a champion kite fighter, and this is when the kite is flying high and efficiently. In the book Amir says, “But all I head-all I willed myself to hear-was the thudding of blood in my head. All I saw was the blue kite. All I smelled was victory. Salvation. Redemption.” At this point of time the kite is flying high. Amir wants to win the kite tournament, and surely he does. Amir is very happy he was victorious and this is an excellent time in his life that is filled with joy and happiness. But later in the book gears start to turn as there is a turn of events. Amir goes to Afghanistan once Hassan, Amir’s child hood friend, gets killed by the Taliban 40 years later, to pick up a boy named Sohrab. While going to pick up the boy he meets a man, who has the boy, whose name is Assef, Amir’s nemesis. Assef tells Amir to fight for the boy and Amir accepts resulting in, “Getting hurled against the wall. The knuckles shattering my jaw. Choking on my own teeth, swallowing them, thinking about all the countless hours I’d spent flossing and brushing. Getting hurled against the wall. Lying on the floor, blood from my split upper lip staining the mauve carpet, pain ripping through my belly, and wondering when I’d be able to

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