Khaled Hosseini Reflection

“It’s wrong what they say about the past, about how you can bury it. Because the past claws its way out. Looking back now, I realize I have been peeking into that deserted alley for the last twenty-six years” (Hosseini 4) No one ever realizes what one does, or what happens, until it comes back to haunt you. In this story, the author, Khaled Hosseini, takes us in a life changing story of a boy’s life. A tale of love, betrayal, sins, and redemption. Hosseini wrote his story, The Kite Runner, reflecting his life of growing up in Afghanistan. In an interview, “Khaled Hosseini Interview,” Hosseini talks about how he was raised in Kabul and how a time came where the King was overthrown, making him and his family leave from there and arrive in America. The similarities are true and used his creativity to create this fictional story. The Kite Runner takes …show more content…
He did always wanted to be like his father, strong that he could take out a bear. This was what Amir would always dream about ever since his father mentioned it. It is the reason why Amir would look up to him and see his father almighty. Coming back to where Amir feels like a coward. Amir was fighting the antagonist and went unconscious after that. He then had the same dream and was now different than before. Realizing that his father was the bear and he was the one facing him, he now had the courage to redeem himself because he realized. He realized that you can only handle so much until you break yourself free from guilt and hatred self. Sometimes it all takes a beating until you get to the breaking point. At this time, Amir was a coward no more. Amir goes on and try’s to rescue Hassan’s son from the orphanage, as Sohrab was taking away by the Taliban. Despite the past, there is always a way to change your life and shape your