The article of Book Review: Khaled Hosseini’s The Kite Runner by J. Franz Spiegel offers insight of the plot in The Kite Runner, as well as encouragement to read the book. The review also touches upon the political views in the novel as well. The review’s main premise is claimed, “Amir’s character can also be read as a version of the author’s younger self; some experiences seem too vivid to be imagined.” This is agreeable due to the fact that Khaled Hosseini has admitted about taking his childhood experiences in Kabul and establishing them into his novel. Furthermore, some of Amir’s experiences that Hosseini integrates in the novel are based on Afghan traditions and customs, of which he might have experienced in his childhood. All in all, the
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The two main elements that stand out while reading are irony and parallel scenes. Baba’s flagrant hypocrisy is an example of irony portrayed in the novel. He advises Amir about honesty and integrity yet he sleeps with Ali’s wife and fathers an illicit son. Baba says, "You steal his wife's right to a husband, rob his children of a father. When you tell a lie, you steal someone's right to the truth. When you cheat, you steal the right to fairness." (19) Moreover, one of the most outstanding parallel scenes in the novel is when in similar reasoning, Amir places money underneath first Hassan’s mattress, then Wahid’s, towards the end of the novel. In the beginning of the novel, Amir places the money under his mattress in order to get Hassan out of his life, because he cannot withstand his guilt for not standing up for Hassan that night in the alleyway. In order to relieve his guilt from eating their food, Amir leaves money for Wahid and his family under their mattress to provide support for them. These scenes are in contrast to show Amir’s development throughout the novel, and over the course of his life. In the beginning, he’s a young boy who is longing for the undivided attention of his Baba. By the time Amir repeats the action to Wahid, he is a selfless, grown man who thinks for anyone but himself, thus showing the similarity in the situations intended to show the parallel scenes and the
The two main elements that stand out while reading are irony and parallel scenes. Baba’s flagrant hypocrisy is an example of irony portrayed in the novel. He advises Amir about honesty and integrity yet he sleeps with Ali’s wife and fathers an illicit son. Baba says, "You steal his wife's right to a husband, rob his children of a father. When you tell a lie, you steal someone's right to the truth. When you cheat, you steal the right to fairness." (19) Moreover, one of the most outstanding parallel scenes in the novel is when in similar reasoning, Amir places money underneath first Hassan’s mattress, then Wahid’s, towards the end of the novel. In the beginning of the novel, Amir places the money under his mattress in order to get Hassan out of his life, because he cannot withstand his guilt for not standing up for Hassan that night in the alleyway. In order to relieve his guilt from eating their food, Amir leaves money for Wahid and his family under their mattress to provide support for them. These scenes are in contrast to show Amir’s development throughout the novel, and over the course of his life. In the beginning, he’s a young boy who is longing for the undivided attention of his Baba. By the time Amir repeats the action to Wahid, he is a selfless, grown man who thinks for anyone but himself, thus showing the similarity in the situations intended to show the parallel scenes and the