Kite Runner Chapter Summaries 1-13

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English 11011 15 September 2015 Chapter 1 The narrator Amir recalls an event that happened in 1975 when he was twelve years old. He doesn’t tell us about the event but he tells us about a call he got a year ago from an old friend Rahim Khan. He insists that Amir should come visit him in Pakistan. Amir then takes a walk through town and sees a kite flying which reminds him of his old friend Hassan. Chapter 2 Amir talks about how he and his father Baba lived in a beautiful house in Kabul while Hassan and his father Ali lived in a small hut nearby. One thing Amir and Hassan have in common is no mother figure. Amir’s mother died while giving birth to him and Hassan’s mother left him a week after he was born for the circus to be a dancer. Ali and Sanaubar were first cousins which makes the perfect match for marriage but Ali was devoted to his religion and Sanaubar was devoted to her men. The chapter ends by a group of soldiers harassing Hassan about his mother and calling him a Hazara. Chapter 3 The chapter begins with stories of Baba and how he has overcame other people doubts. He once built an orphanage with no prior architectural experience, married Sofia Akrami from a royal bloodline, became a successful businessman, and even fought a bear. The chapter ends by Amir telling us about how he tried to please his father by playing on the soccer team and watching buzkashi which ended up by him crying all the way home. This truly shows how different Baba and Amir are. Chapter 4 We are taken back to 1933 when Baba was born. Near this time Ali’s parents were hit and killed by two drunk men. Someone needed to take care of Ali or he would be sent to an orphanage so Baba’s father brings him into the family. After this quick flashback Amir is reading to Hassan by their favorite pomegranate tree. Amir then strays away from the story and starts making things up. Hassan

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