Kite Runner Personal Response

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The Kite Runner is the story about an Afghanistan family that was faced with many tragedy but a secret reviled certainly brought closure to Amir, but the rest of the family was already dead. Do you think Amir will forgive himself or he be able to consider those memory as part of his life? This is an adaptation of how the Amir’s life has transformed over the years by the choices he had made and the secret his father kept from him. Amir, lives in a nice aristocratic house with his father, whom everyone calls Baba.
As their tradition goes, little children never called adult or yet their father by their name. Living in such an aristocratic house, they also had servants Ali and Hassan. Ali and Hassan, these were so close and they are consider a father and son duo. Amir 's who is the protagonist mother died while giving birth to him, meanwhile Hassan 's mom ran off right after he was born. They both grow up without
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As he began He gives some scattered images about a crumbling mud wall, an alley, a frozen creek. During the phone conversation with Rahim Khan, Amir records as Rahim finally told Amir the truth about the biological father of Hassan. Rakim said, he wants Amir to go to Kabul and rescue Sohrab. Sobrab being the child Hassan had before had died. Amir is initially refused, but as he carried on, Rahim finally to tell Amir the truth about their family secret. The truth is that that Hassan was his half-brother. This was a surprise because not only did his father Baba had slept with Sanaubar, Ali 's wife. Ali who was like an uncle to him and also Baba’s servant and having an affair and producing a child was shocking. Now this child who happens to be Hassan, who he had knew all those is now his brother. He knew his father had lied to his servant, his friends, and

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