Term Predictions In The Kite Runner, By Khaled Hosseini

Just to clear up where I am in the story, this is what has happened so far. At the beginning of the novel, The Kite Runner, by Khaled Hosseini, describes the main characters, Amir and Hassan. We learn things about Amir, like Amir’s mother died in labour with him, his dad makes good money, and he is a form of muslim known as Pashtun. In this time, late 1970’s, and place, Afghanistan, Amir is privileged. Hassan in the story is a polar opposite of Amir, Hassan’s mother also died in childbirth with him, Hassan and his father is a servant for Amir, and Hassan is a form of muslim known as Hazara. In this time a Hazara was usually opressed by many and Hassan faces that everyday, Hassan is also not very privileged. Together, Hassan and Amir are the …show more content…
Short term, I think Baba will die, because he’s not seeing great medical health and cancer can work fast. Another short term prediction I have is that Amir will go further in his relationship with Soraya, I know that she will be important, otherwise the author wouldn’t have mentioned her. My last short term prediction is that Amir will do something with his English degree, because writing and reading has always been apart of his life so he almost has to do something with his degree. The only long term prediction I have is Amir will somehow redeem himself of his silence. I know there is a theme of atonement and Amir hasn’t done that yet. I’m not sure how he’s going to set things right, maybe he’ll bring Hassan to America, or he’ll somehow utilize his talent of writing to set things …show more content…
I don’t fully understand Amir because we’re very different people. I would’ve said something about Hassan, but he remains to keep his mouth shut. It frustrates me to see Amir lose a great friend. I also don’t know if I’m angry or not about Baba turning down a Russian doctor that could help him. It makes me happy because it shows he’s patriotic but he’s also being an idiot and just shortened his life… The issues coming through in the novel are atonement, and procrastination.
The ideology of this text is ‘stealing is the biggest sin of all’. Baba explains that stealing is the only sin but counts for other sins. For example lying is stealing someone’s right to the truth. The novel mostly focuses on lying and how it can ruin you to keep something to yourself for a long time. As a society there is a lot of lying, from the biggest politicians to just an average person like myself. So this book can be related to everyone, because everyone lies or has at least lied once in their