Category: The Kite Runner
Kite Runner Themes and Symbols
Themes BETRAYAL The betrayal of a loyal friend by a wealthier, more corrupt “master” is a recurring motif in The Kite Runner, and Amir and Baba’s feelings of guilt for their betrayals drive much of …
Novel Question 2017
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Chapters 1- 11, Afghanistan
Explain the importance of the setting and its influence on how the narrator tells his story. The setting of Kabul, Afghanistan is hugely socially, politically and culturally important in the novel The Kite Runner. The …
Chapter 11 onwards – America
“For me, America was a place to bury my memories. For Baba, a place to mourn his.” Baba was a well-respected man in Kabul society, when he went to America he had and was nothing …
Kite Runner Notes
The Kite Runner chronicles the lives of specifically two boys, Amir and Hassan within the politically, socially and culturally charged landscape that is Afghanistan. Hassan, a Hazara, is Amir’s servant, best friend, half-brother and a …
“This was Hassan’s final sacrifice for me.”
Forgive? But theft was the one unforgivable sin, the common denominator of all sins. When you kill a man, you steal a life. You steal his wife’s right to a husband, rob his children …
After the first turning point
Amir witnesses the brutalisation of Hassan and does nothing to stop it. Shortly afterwards he says: “It shouldn’t have felt this way. Baba and I were finally friends….Except now that I had it, I felt …
Chapters 1 – 6 Summary
So far, Amir as the narrator has been setting the scene – Kabul, Afghanistan, 1975. Amir is jealous of Hassan because he has a good relationship with his own father. Amir is desperate for his …