The Kite Runner

Light in The Kite Runner The whole world is a stage. And a stage is not just for actors to speak their lines and play their parts. There are stage lights, props, and music that are just as important for the play as the acting itself. In particular, the lighting of all stories have been used by directors, artists, and writers to add that special flair. Successful writers like to add aspects such as mood, parallelism, and symbolism to give their stories that extra flair. In The Kite Runner, the…

The author, the History, and the Story The author’s personal experiences and the history of the worlds past are used as a literary masterpiece: from Khaled Hoessini’s The Kite Runner that tells of the last days of the Afghan monarchy in the 1970s to the post-Taliban near present or Markus Zuask’s exploration of the Holocaust in The Book Thief to Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird that tells a story by depicting life-altering events throughout his childhood. History is the study of change…

A good blend of literary devices can improve any novel, but a wonderful blend of literary devices can make a good novel a great one. (Awkward) In Khaled Hosseini’s novel, The Kite Runner, he cleverly uses literary devices like irony and foreshadowing. These contribute to the meaning of the novel by (Need Better Reasons) shaping the plot and providing insight into the characters’ mindsets. (Or ‘characterizing the book’s characters.) One of many literary devices found in the novel is irony. Irony…

The primary setting of the novel, The Kite Runner, by Khaled Hosseini, situating in Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul, drastically shifted settings in chapters eleven to fifteen to a popular American city. The radical change in location caused an offset in Baba’s lifestyle. Originally, Baba lived in an extravagant home in Kabul. The house came with the benefits of a servant, “marble floors… wide windows… gold stitched tapestries… [and] a crystal chandelier…” (p.4). It was “thought [to be] the…

their intricate nature and obstacles that arise within them as a result. Ultimately, friendships endure numerous challenges in unimaginable ways as portrayed through Amir and Hassan’s complex relationship, the prominent underlying force in The Kite Runner. During their childhood, both of the boys were inseparable, some would even mistake them as friends. However, their relationship was far more complicated than what meets the eye. Hassan is a Hazara therefore, he is part of the minority group in…

Dreams evolve from the waking life of problems people face at a particular time. In The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini, Amir has dreams that affects his future decisions which makes him wonder if his past mistakes are causing him to have these dreams. In the winter of 1975, Amir witnessed Hassan, a servant who was also a best friend figure, get raped in an alley after the kite running tournament. Amir felt he was competing against Hassan for attention from Baba, Amir’s father. Amir felt that…

Loyalty is an important part of each and every relationship. This quality can be found in any good relationship whether it be involving lovers, siblings, family, friends, and any others. Early on in Khaled Hosseini's novel The Kite Runner loyalty is discovered to be a main theme between the two brothers/friends Hassan and Amir. Adherence and protectiveness are shown by a mistreated young boy named Hassan. Hassan is similar to a dog because both are intelligent and loyal. To begin with, Hassan…

it gets, then eventually will freeze over. When someone tries to run away and forget about their mistakes, it only makes them feel worse, and finding redemption becomes even more onerous. This can evidently be seen in Khaled Hosseinis novel, The Kite Runner. The story is about a young boy named who Amir betrays his best friend, and spends a great portion of his life feeling extremely guilty about…

In Literature many characters face struggles with their past and must deal with them. Amir from Khaled Hosseini’s book The Kite Runner must face his past in order to achieve the redemption he so desperately needs. Hosseini uses Amir’s attempts to relieve his guilt, the kite, and Amir’s illness that results from his guilt, to show that despite our past sins there is the possibility for atonement. Throughout the book Amir struggles with the memories and the guilt from his past. Amir tried multiple…

The novel, “The Kite Runner,” written by Khaled Hosseini, is a story about a young Afghan boy and his journey to salvation for what he did in the winter of 1975. Amir spent almost all his childhood just to have his Baba’s attention, but instead of achieving what he wanted, he became a bad person. Although he had been living in America for more than twenty six years before he went back to Afghanistan, Amir still could not forget about what happened in that alley: ”It’s wrong what they say about…