The Runners

The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini follows the privileged life of a Pashtun, or Sunni Muslim, Amir, clashing with the dissimilar lifestyle of his half-brother and best friend by the name of Hassan, his lowly servant. The novel explicitly depicts the prejudice against Hazaras, also known as the Shia Muslims, in Afghanistan, when Hassan, who is part of the inferior race, is raped because of his religious beliefs. Choosing cowardice over courage, Amir sees the crime being committed against his best…

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…

People make mistake. Some unintentionally, some for their own benefit. In the novel, Kite Runner, Amir was a young boy that had jealously over his best friend; Hassan because he wanted the attention from his Baba, he wanted Baba to recognize and appreciate him more than Hassan who was just a “servant” to them. Amir had childhood memories that haunted him and these memories helped him shape who he truly was. One day, there was a kite flying contest and Amir and Hassan were partners. Amir won…

In the novel The Kite Runner, the author Khaled Hosseini explains how low you would go for your family and how if you need to redeem your mistakes there is always a way but there will still be consequences. The main character Amir attempts to redeem his mistakes. The mistakes the characters make all throughout the novel come bad not only to affecting them but others. Although seeking redemption may be difficult it doesn't mean it’s impossible. Chapter 7 Amir watched Hassan get raped and didn't…

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…

and allowed the ways of Russia to take over the religious traditions held within Afghanistan. A taliban was then created to fight against the new traditions and terms brought from the communist only resulting in a worst state of manner. In The Kite Runner, the protagonist Amir revisited his childhood in his point of view and the previous years in which he was able to reanalyze the moments…

His destiny, he believes, is to be a Runner – one of the Gladers tasked with venturing into the Maze during the day to map it out. Just as Thomas is finding his feet, a new Glader arrives — only this time it’s a girl. Teresa is discovered barely conscious, clutching a piece of paper bearing just five words: She’s the last one. Ever. After showing courage and skill in surviving a night spent outside the Glade walls, Thomas is promoted to Runner. But with time running out and tensions running…

Thesis: Khaled Hosseini’s The Kite Runner, acknowledges the physical, psychological, emotional, and cultural tolls on forced border crossing in order to fit in and survive. TS: Refugees are forced to live and act like the “American Dream” when taking refuge in America and end up expecting that from themselves. FB: The natives of any country have a certain expectation of what they expect refugees to act and fit into their culture a certain way. ES1: Stephen Chan (2010) recognizes that authors…

In The Kite Runner the motif “nang and namoos” means “pride and honor” which are emotions many people of Afghanistan strive for. In Afghanistan, the one thing that should be hidden from anyone is shame. It is shown throughout the novel that the characters try to achieve “nang and namoos” because in their culture that is what is important to them. Three characters who show what it means to have nang and namoos are Hassan, Baba, and Amir. To elaborate, Hassan displays nang and namoos when he…

In Khaled Hosseini’s The Kite Runner, the relationship between Hassan and Amir is like that of two foils and illuminates the meaning of the work by highlighting the differences between the characters and providing the impetus to finish the novel. Amir’s faults are highlighted by Hassan’s apparent perfection and as such, Amir feels great envy towards Hassan despite his lower social station. Hassan later becomes Amir’s scapegoat which only further drives the line between their perceived levels of…