He returns to Afghanistan to free Hassan’s new son from the Taliban. Amir and Hassan’s relationship have been tested since childhood which leads them into numerous incidents that change their lives forever. The beginning part of the book explains how Hassan and Amir live in the city of Kabul, Afghanistan. They are inseparable kids, though Amir gets jealous of Hassan because his father Baba cares for Hassan more than himself. Hassan is very loyal and will do anything for Amir.
All is fair in Kites and War Kite fighting was everything to young Amir. It meant being more like Baba, and receiving his love and affection. In The Kite Runner, Khaled Hosseini uses the kite as a symbol of man’s aspirations and chronicles the coming of age of a child in war-torn Afghanistan. Through the kite, the author develops irony, the importance of human relationships, and war. “I was going to win, and I was going to run that last kite.
However, the two most important instances were when he did not help Hassan during the rape and when he framed Hassan for stealing the watch and money. When Amir returns to Pakistan, Rahim Khan encourages Amir to find Sohrab from a war torn orphanage and says “there is a way to be good again.” Amir believes he can be redeemed if he can complete this task since Sohrab's parents were executed. Through the redemption Another example of betrayal and redemption is witnessed in Baba's relationship with his son, Amir. Baba is unable to accept Amir for who he is during his childhood. He is always comparing him to other boys and criticizing him for his shortcomings.
John Peterson November 3, 2010 Road To Redemption What is redemption? How does Khaled Hosseini incorporate it in his book The Kite Runner? The Kite Runner and the main character, Amir, are all based around redemption. Amir is eaten away by guilt and a painful past his whole life and finds that pain and regret have a very close relationship. Living the life of a coward and the betrayal of his best friend calls for Amir to redeem himself.
The Kite Runner follows the lives of Amir and his father, along with their live-in servants Ali and his son Hassan. The movie starts with Amir as a published writer in America, who receives a telephone call from his motherland, his late father’s friend Rahim calls asking him to come back. Amir goes to hostile Afghanistan to help Rahim in his illness, but before we find out the true reason of his visit, Amir takes us 26 years back into his childhood in Afghanistan with his father and his only friend Hassan. Hassan, the servant’s son living in the adjunct house admires Amir, however, Amir looks at Hassan as his competition. Amir’s father, Baba admires Hassan for his courage to fight the other boys and stand up for himself, while Amir will never get into a fight.
The symbols that help out the better understanding of the characters are the kite, a soccer ball and brass knuckles. In the novel the kite symbolizes the deception of Amir and Hassan’s friendship and the redemption for Amir. The kite is the bond between Amir and Hassan; it brings them together like brothers. For instance, when Assef and the two boys had Hassan trapped in the corner of an ally and demanded him to hand over the kite but Hassan responded with, “Amir Agha won the tournament and I ran this kite for him. I ran it fairly” (P.77) and later got raped.
The kite runner Change of narrative voice in the kite runner The first part of the kite runner is told to the reader using first person narration through Amir as a young man as he struggles to grow into adulthood faced with his own shame concerning his best friend, Hassan, and his quest to forge a strong bond with his father, Baba. Through Amir's voice, the reader is able to understand the harsh realities of growing up and the pain and guilt associated with the betrayal of one you love: "Kabul had become a city of ghosts for me. A city of hare lipped ghosts. "First person narration provides insight into Amir's heart and soul allowing the reader into the Afghan culture through the eyes of the main character.As the novel is from Amir's point of view, We as the readers could question whether amir is a reliable narrator. The main point is that the majority of the story is told through firs person narrative, the protagonist of Amir.
He uses these issues as a basis for his story, not to be the center of it. Hosseini focuses more on issues of strained friendships and relationships, redemption, and the resilience of the human spirit. This book leaves one to determine whether or not the two boys were true friends. Even though Amir did terrible things to Hassan and Hassan seemed to be a better friend to Amir than Amir was to Hassan, the two boys were friends for several reasons. First, they play together, despite the distinction of class, religion, and ethnicity.
Amir finally understands this at the end. At the beginning Amir couldn’t be happier with a rich dad, nice house and everything he could ever ask for. He was a spoiled kid. When Sohrab came into the story, and Amir finally became a father he started to realize that it was all him now, he was in charge and Amir showed that he really cared for Sohrab. “Do you want me to run that kite for you?” Amir was doing anything for Sohrab, he cared so much for this little boy and he finally realized that he had to live for someone else.
Each theme has its own road and ideas, but they all lead back to loss. The city of loss and the three roads, of fatherhood, betrayal and identity. The first theme road I'll travel down is fatherhood, and the role it plays in the character's lives during The Kite Runner. Hosseini has used fatherhood in a strong yet subtle way throughout the novel; Amir takes the obvious father son role with Baba and underneath is Baba's discreet fatherly leanings towards Hassan. From Amir's narrative view we see a boy who strives to be something his father can be proud of and a father who is disappointed in his son.