2003 in literature

The Kite Runner The book The Kite Runner, is written by Khaled Hosseini. The Kite Runner takes place mostly in Kabul, Afghanistan, during the time period 1963-1981 and Fremont, California, during the time period 2001. In the book The Kite Runner, there is a wide variety of characters, which will be discussed in depth later on. The narrator and protagonist in the story is Amir. Amir struggles throughout the book feeling bad and trying to redeem himself for betraying his half brother, Hassan. The…

In The Kite Runner, Khaled Hosseini asserts that without forgiveness life is governed by an endless cycle of retaliation and resentment. Growing up in the politically unstable Kabul, Afghanistan, Amir and Hassan are inseparable friends. Amir, later living as an adult in California, remains haunted by a childhood incident in which he betrayed Hassan’s trust. When struggling to find his place in the world, Amir learns that the Taliban has murdered Hassan and his wife. This compels Amir to return…

Throughout The Kite Runner the father and son relationship between Amir and Baba isn’t always positive. At the beginning of the book, Hosseini makes it very clear that Amir is looking for the love, approval and respect that he feels Baba never gave him. On the other hand Baba feels that Amir isn’t living up to his expectations (physical, social, and religious) and therefore is emotionally absent throughout his life. Due to Baba’s absentness Amir looks for that relationship within Rahim Khan, who…

Guilt Leads to Good Everyone has their own reasons for being kind or doing good for another person. One might be generous out of consideration and compassion, while others might be generous as a way of redeeming themselves after they’ve done something wrong. In The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini, the motivation for the character’s generosity is driven by guilt as opposed to goodwill. Specifically, Amir is generous to Hassan’s son, Sohrab, because he felt guilty about how he treated Hassan in the…

Khaled Hosseini, the author of A Thousand Splendid Suns used a extravagant amount of diverse literary devices to convey the theme of the novel as a whole. He used devices to help the reader get a better understanding for example he used similes, imagery, and personification. With this he was able to show the emotions and actions within characters and how it affected everyone in the end. In the novel he also puts some lines to help show the foreshadowing that is going down throughout the text.…

The Relationship of Amir and Baba In Khaled Hosseini’s The Kite Runner, the main character and narrator, Amir, has a very complex relationship with his father, Baba. Amir and Baba are nothing like the typical father and son bonds that readers would expect. Amir loves Baba very much, however, throughout the book Amir feels as if he is fighting for Baba’s acceptance and affection. Although their relationship is strained for a majority of the book, there are both differences and similarities that…

The world is filled with things that draw humans away from society. Things that pull people into a depressing state or a feeling of worthlessness. These are emotions that cause alienation. Throughout “Teenage Wasteland” and The Kite Runner, there are characters who suffer from Alienation. The cause of Alienation is these stories are feelings of detachment from a mother or father and the feeling of being denied the truth. Alienation is caused by being detached from a mother. Anne Tyler, a…

Redemption is the action of being saved from an evil or sin. In Khaled Hosseini’s novel The Kite Runner, the protagonist, is blamed for his mother’s death and feels that he sinned by killing his mother. She had complications while giving birth which caused her death. Amir’s father, Baba, sees his wife’s spirit in Amir. This makes him miss his wife and resent his son for causing the love of his life to perish. Amir sees himself as superior to his servant friend, Hassan. But, Hassan is the model…

Many people in life go through devastating events, which causes their whole life to be affected by it. In the novel, The Kite Runner, written by Khaled Hosseini, many of the characters undergo changes throughout. Amir, Baba and Sohrab all had tragic events happen to them in their lives and we see the impact it has on them. In the book, Baba (the main character’s father) undergoes a tragic event that causes him to suffer very much. Later in the plot, we find out that Baba betrayed his best…

Introduction Grabber: Benjamin Franklin was one of the most successful yet audacious men to live in all of American history. Neutral Bridge: Although Franklin used a kite to observe electricity, there was a period during his life where he felt pleasure in arguing with people due to the fact that he prioritized contradicting people in conversations. Specific Bridge: Freud’s Last Session written by Mark St. Germain revolves around the conversation between a Christian named C.S. Lewis and an…