The Kite Runner By Khaled Hosseini

In my english class we are reading the book called the “Kite Runner,” written by Khaled Hosseini. This book itself is about fierce cruelty and fierce love. This book can also be considered to be a journey novel. A journey of redemption and self- awareness. This novel is different because it starts at the end, meaning that when you read the book the “Kite Runner,” Khaled Hosseini starts to like give flashbacks on the things that happened in his life and the things he wished he could've done differently. For an example, in the beginning of the novel it starts off with Amir getting a call from his friend named, Rahim Khan who is from Pakistan. His friend Rahim Khan asks Amir if he can go to Pakistan to visit him. But for some reason he said that
As he was just walking around the park he had just zoned out. He was looking around just thinking. Then he had noticed kites flying in the air different colors and different designs. As soon as he noticed them he thought of his best friend Hassan. In his book he had said “And suddenly Hassan’s voice whispered in my head: For you, a thousand times over. Hassan the harelipped kite runner.” And he remembered that before he hung up the phone with Rahim Khan, he had remembered that he had said something before he hung up, “There's a way to be good again.” Just looking back at the whole book, the characters and the symbols and the themes somehow make up truths about redemption. In Amir’s eyes he tries to retrieve himself for Baba, his dad by winning the kite tournament with Hassan and bringing back the opponents losing kite and bring it to Babe. He wants to do this because he feels as though it was his fault that his mother died. She died when she was giving birth to him. So he feels guilty for his mother's death. So that's why he tries to redeem himself with Baba, so that it sorta make up for what he had loss when he was
Amir made the choices that he made because now he's older and how he knows what to do. Amir is no longer a coward and would do anything to stand up to things that are right. As you read this book you would recognize the different themes that appear. Themes of sacrifice, honor and redemption. These three themes illustrate different things. For example, the theme of sacrifice illustrates Amir and Hassan relationship. I say this because Hassan would do anything for Amir, just to make sure he's safe and feels protected by his best friend. Hassan would make sure that Amir is good before himself and that shows a lot of sacrifice. The theme of honor is illustrated when Baba treats Ali and Hassan as if they were immediate family. Even when knowing that Hassan is actually Amir’s half brother, Baba still treats them with honor and respect. And lastly for redemption, Amir tries to redeem himself with Baba by receiving the losing kite. While Amir changed throughout the years, he obviously made some mistakes. That is the way life works no one is perfect and everyone makes mistakes and they learn from the mistakes eventually in their