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The Taliban first came to power in 1994, when they started to take over the country of Afghanistan. During the Taliban's regime kite flying was not allowed. If you flew a kite the Taliban would beat you, break the spool, and tear up the kite (Podelco, 2002). Current …show more content…
For instance, as winter begins Amir, the main character, gets very nervous over the annual kite fighting competition. He even has a bad dream the night before about a monster at the bottom of the lake. As the kite fighting competition begins Amir has uneasy feelings, even to the point of telling his partner, Hassan, that they do not have to do this. He says that they could go back inside, and would not have to participate. Hassan talks him into competing, great for them due to the fact they are the last kite flying in the competition (Hosseini, 2003). Amir had made his father really proud at the cost of losing his best friend for the rest of his life. I think that in this book it symbolizes the hard choices you have to make in life, even if you do not know you are making a major decision. The same way with kite fighting, sometimes you make a move away from another kite, not knowing that you are moving into a another kites trap. This book shows how important kite fighting is to the Afghan culture with the importance to