The Kite Runner Personal Response Essay

The Kite Runner In the historical fiction book The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini the author illustrates the story about an Afghan boy, Amir, growing up just before the Taliban conquers. This young boy lives with his dad, Baba, his father’s servant, Ali, and the servant’s son, Hassan. The two young boys, Hassan and Amir, are best friends, and share many of their important life experiences together. One day, Hassan is beaten up by a gang of bullies, and Amir does nothing out of fear. Eventually, the best friends stopped talking. Hassan and his father decide to move out; despite the long history they have had with Baba. The Taliban start to take over Afghanistan and Baba decides to move to America. When they get to America, Baba learns he has lung cancer, but will not go through therapy to fix it. He refuses …show more content…
It made me recognize how good I have things, and that people in other areas of the world are struggling much more than I probably ever will in my life. Hossini uses many rhetorical devices to make the reader feel these emotions, and experience the pain that Amir goes through in this book. He uses imagery helps us imagine what Amir experiences. The author also uses a very dramatic contrast between the joyful experiences in the book, and the sorrowful experiences to get his point across. Hosseni also uses tone through the words he chooses to put use to make us feel the same emotions that Amir is feeling. There are many different tones throughout the book that help the reader put themselves in Amir’s shoes. Through every experience Hossini shares with us about Amir’s life, emotions are stirred up and heart strings are tugged. This book tells the truth about what life in Afghanistan during the early years of the Taliban reign, and I would definitely recommend it to anyone who loves to learn of other cultures, and is not afraid to know what is really happening in other countries around the