kite runner
Kaela Schmidt
Pd. 2
02/19/2014
Khaled Hosseini the writer of The Kite Runner, was born and raised in Afghanistan, and always had a passion for writing. His fond memories before the Soviets invaded Afghanistan and his friendship with a Hazara, who lived with his family as a child, inspired the writing of the Kite Runner. This book is about forgiveness and redemption. Hosseini was also able to write this book with so much detail because he was raised there and knows first hand what growing up in Afghanistan was like.
To begin with, Hosseini often feels survivor’s guilt because he was able to leave Afghanistan before it was invaded by the Soviets. He would hear news of some of his friends or acquaintances going missing or murdered. For example Hosseini’s wife’s uncle was a famous singer and composer in Kabul but he was very vocal about his dislike for the communists and he disappeared. Hosseini and his wife still to this day wonder about what truly happened to him. Hosseini has also built a foundation to provide humanitarian assistance to the people in Afghanistan.
Also the Hazara people were also a great influence to the novel, Hosseini explains how a man who was a Hazara worked for his family while they were living in Iran. Hosseini has such a special relationship with Hossein Khan because of his passion for writing. This man made his writing possible by teaching him to read and write. The relationship with Khan also served as an inspiration for the friendship between Hassan and Amir. Family is another inspiration for Hosseini "Both novels are multigenerational, and so the relationship between parent and child, with all of its manifest complexities and contradictions, is a prominent theme. I did not intend this, but I am keenly interested, it appears, in the way parents and children love, disappoint, and in the end honor each other. In one way, the two novels are corollaries: The Kite Runner was a father-son story, and A Thousand Splendid Suns can be
Pd. 2
02/19/2014
Khaled Hosseini the writer of The Kite Runner, was born and raised in Afghanistan, and always had a passion for writing. His fond memories before the Soviets invaded Afghanistan and his friendship with a Hazara, who lived with his family as a child, inspired the writing of the Kite Runner. This book is about forgiveness and redemption. Hosseini was also able to write this book with so much detail because he was raised there and knows first hand what growing up in Afghanistan was like.
To begin with, Hosseini often feels survivor’s guilt because he was able to leave Afghanistan before it was invaded by the Soviets. He would hear news of some of his friends or acquaintances going missing or murdered. For example Hosseini’s wife’s uncle was a famous singer and composer in Kabul but he was very vocal about his dislike for the communists and he disappeared. Hosseini and his wife still to this day wonder about what truly happened to him. Hosseini has also built a foundation to provide humanitarian assistance to the people in Afghanistan.
Also the Hazara people were also a great influence to the novel, Hosseini explains how a man who was a Hazara worked for his family while they were living in Iran. Hosseini has such a special relationship with Hossein Khan because of his passion for writing. This man made his writing possible by teaching him to read and write. The relationship with Khan also served as an inspiration for the friendship between Hassan and Amir. Family is another inspiration for Hosseini "Both novels are multigenerational, and so the relationship between parent and child, with all of its manifest complexities and contradictions, is a prominent theme. I did not intend this, but I am keenly interested, it appears, in the way parents and children love, disappoint, and in the end honor each other. In one way, the two novels are corollaries: The Kite Runner was a father-son story, and A Thousand Splendid Suns can be