The novel The Kite Runner, which is written by popular Afghan writer Khaled Hosseini, revolves around a center theme of betrayal and redemption. ... "I was going to win, and I was going to run that last kite. ... As he mentions, this guilt happens during the kite tournament, and this is the reason why Amir feels strongly guilty when he takes the kite to home, showing that he finally gets the last kite and being the winner. ... During the kite tournament, Hassan is the kite runner for helping Amir to get the last kite. When he eventually gets the kite, there are three young boys comes and thr...

• Word Count: 831
• Approx Pages: 3
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

In the book The Kite Runner, there are three main allusions show Hassan's unfair life in this family and aggressiveness from Amir. ... Related to Amir and Hassan, Amir chose to please Baba instead of treating Hassan as his friend, so that he selected to get the blue kite to tell Baba that he was the winner of kite tournament, but not to save Hassan from Assef's abusing. ... Then he left and brought his trophy, a blue kite, which can prove that he was a hero of Kite Competition. ... Related to the The Kite Runner, Hassan was in Soharb's position and Baba was in Sohrab. ...

• Word Count: 943
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

In the novel, "The Kite Runner," author Khaled Hosseini reveals the depths of love, faith, and betrayal between two people. ... Right after Amir has won the tournament of the kite runners, he went looking for Hassan. ... Hassan was given two options: either give up the kite, or expect something bad happening to him. Hassan has refused to give up the kite, and has been raped. ... In the story "The Kite Runner," Khaled Hosseini shows us that a kid becomes a man by being willing to affront his enemies even if he loses. ...

• Word Count: 1003
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

"The Kite Runner" is about a boy named Amir. ... The Kite Runner reflects the history and culture of Afghanistan through its portrayal of poverty, social class differences, crime, and the Taliban's control. The Kite Runner is set in Afghanistan, a community in Kabul split up by different social class ethnicity groups. ...

• Word Count: 870
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

The struggle of being a successful father is constantly exhibited in Khaled Hosseini's The Kite Runner. ... In The Kite Runner, Afghanistan is portrayed as a poor country in the middle of a power struggle, after a Soviet invasion. ... It is evident in The Kite Runner that a successful father is one that can show children compassion even in the darkest of times and risk everything for the principles they believe in....

• Word Count: 745
• Approx Pages: 3
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

In "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini, a powerful and devastating novel about love, friendship, and betrayal, the author illustrates a heartbreaking story that not only portrays the struggles of complex characters, but also develop intricate themes. ... For example, when Sohrab holds the kite spool, Amir sees Sohrab as "the chipped-nailed, calloused hands of a harelipped boy". ... In the novel, the kite acts as a symbol of reconciliation between Amir and Sohrab, providing Amir with hope for redemption. The image of the kite "tilting side to side like a pendulum, making that ol...

• Word Count: 855
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Just like in the book Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini. ... For example Hassan promised Amir that he would return the blue kite that he won at the tournament back but Assef wanted it but Hassan wouldn't give it to him and he says "Amir agha won the tournament and I ran this kite for him. ... This is his kite" ( Hosseini 77). ... Assef was going to let go of him if he handed him the blue kite that was for Amir but he refused to give it to him. ... He just hands him the kite and never talk about what happened. ...

• Word Count: 790
• Approx Pages: 3
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

The Kite Runner written by Khaled Hosseini, clearly shows how redemption must be achieved in order to go on after times of loss, desperation and agony. ... Conclusively, Hosseini's novel, The Kite Runner demonstrates how redemption is essential in order to regain normality. ...

• Word Count: 761
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

In the novel, "The Kite Runner," the theme of bravery and courage is evident. ... Hassan shows courage and bravery when he is confronted by Hassan and forced to give Amir's kite away but refuses and results in him getting raped, he takes the blame when Amir hides his belongings under his mattress, and when he goes to save Baba's house after Baba and Amir left. ... Another way that Hassan shows courage and bravery is when Assef confronts and forces him to give Amir's kite but Hassan shows courage by not giving it. Hassan knows that Amir's kite is important to him so he does ...

• Word Count: 1060
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

The "Kite Runner," by Khaled Hosseini narrates the story of a unique friendship between two young boys named Amir and Hassan. ... Their relationship breaks apart during a kite-flying contest when Amir betrays Hassan and does nothing to help him from getting raped. ... Amir shows anxiety towards the kite-fighting contest; feeling that this is a chance to prove Baba that he can accomplish something greatly on his own since "Hazaras" are unable to enter the kite competition. ... The contest is finalized and Hassan runs to catch the blue kite, leaving Amir with the words "...

• Word Count: 1200
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

In the novel, The Kite Runner,  Khaled Hosseini explores the master-slave relationships between Baba and Ali and their sons, Amir and Hassan.  ... In a final attempt to win the love of his father, Amir sets to win the kite flying contest and run the kite at the end. Hassan assists Amir in both of these task, finally capturing the fallen kite and retreating it for Amir. The kite begins to symbolize the "key to Baba's heart" (71). However instead of helping Hassan while in grave danger, Amir remains concerned with only one thing: the kite. ...

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In his novel "The Kite Runner," Khaled Hosseini uses literary devices such as diction, imagery, and tone to reveal Amir's past and show how it characterizes his future. Throughout the story Amir is affected greatly by his past and as he matures he is exposed to dramatic news that gives new meaning t...

• Word Count: 600
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

In Khaled Hosseini's novel, "The Kite Runner," the father/son relationship between Baba and Amir is not always positive. ... Upon winning the kite fighting tournament, Baba gives Amir more respect and Amir enjoys this because he wants to be loved by his father. ...

• Word Count: 844
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

"Listening to them, I realize how much of who I was, what I was, headband find my barber in the marks he had left on people's life." (Hosseini 174) Amir has a lot of success and failures in his life that are influenced by many important people. He starts off being loving which is due to rahim Kahn. ...

• Word Count: 633
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

In addition to my passionate reading sessions, I had some great teachers throughout who have encouraged me to enjoy reading and till date, my best read is "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini. ...

• Word Count: 641
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• Grade Level: High School

26 years later, from the winter of 1975. 26 years earlier since I should have done this. But of course, I was too late. So there I was, sitting with Rahim Khan inside his little torn up house. J asked him whether Hassan was still at the house or not, Baba's house. He showed me a Polaroid picture of Hassan and his first and only son Sohrab. ...

• Word Count: 932
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School