How To Write An Essay On The Kite Runner

The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini is a book about a boy named Amir who lives in Afghanistan. Amir witnesses his servant, Hassan, get raped, for sticking up for Amir but does nothing, and does not tell Baba. A few months later Hassan and his father, Ali, move away because of what happened to Hassan. Years later war breaks out and Amir and Baba move to America, where Amir gets married and becomes an author, but Baba dies from cancer. Amir goes back to Afghanistan to visit a friend, and finds out Hassan has a son named Sohrab, but Hassan and his wife were killed by the Taliban and Sohrab are in an orphanage. Amir goes to take Sohrab out the orphanage and finds that Sohrab has been taken by a member of the Taliban named Assef, who happens to be the person who raped Hassan years ago, and Assef says he will fight Amir for Sohrab. Amir gets beat up and Sohrab saves him, they escape, and Amir takes Sohrab back to America as a way to make up for never telling about Hassan getting raped.
I think the author did a good job developing characters, and changing them. For example, Amir started out never sticking up for himself or the people he cared about, but by the end, he was getting in fights for those he cared for. Also, I think the Author did a good job showing the themes without flat out saying it. For example, he would show the pain and regret Amir feels for not sharing his secret throughout the story, this developed themes of honesty. I also admired how the author developed a main internal conflict, but still had external conflicts to keep the book interesting. For example, the main conflict is how Amir is struggling with keeping the huge secret and all the guilt that comes with not talking about it, but throughout the story, he faced external problems like his fight with Assef, and his father's