Comparison Of The Kite Runner Movie Vs Book

An exceptional, heartbreaking story of the unlikely friendship between a wealthy boy and the son of his father’s servant, The Kite Runner a novel written by: Khaled Hosseini is an eye-opening story which shows that not all people are as fortunate. When it comes to comparing a story vs. a book it is amazing to see how much is left out or the choices of the director can takeaway specific themes and ideas that occurred in the actual story. The movie was deficient when it came to their descriptions of characters, and their relationships with one another which lead to the taking a way of the theme: friendship and betrayal. However, due to time limitation there is some events in the story that were forced to be changed in order to fit in the main events of the novel.
Nevertheless, time is limited which does not allow for the director to be able to include every detail in the book. One of the main things that the movie lacked was the depth and detail of the relationship and development of the characters in the story. For example, Hassan’s harelip was not shown, as well as the scene in which he got raped by the boys on the block (Assef). Sohrab’s suicide attempt was also not in the movie which appeared to be one of the major events that caught the eye of most readers. Furthermore, the characters had sensible traits which may have hinted to certain facts about the characters. The director’s casting choices changed some of these important characteristics which took away our true perception of the