The Kite Runner Fate Vs Free Will

“The Kite Runner” by Khaled Hosseini is the novel I chose for my graphic novel poster. When deciding on which part to focus on, I chose the beginning of the book rather than its entirety because I knew it was very difficult to address the numerous themes and symbolism into a small sheet of paper. Furthermore, I wanted to address a specific scene, Amir’s betrayal of Hassan, because it addresses a very overarching theme that is relevant in the everyday life.
The theme, fate vs. free will, is prevalent throughout my poster and connects the cells together. The story shows from the day he was born to his betrayal of Hassan. It was very important to start from their birth because Amir and Hassan’s fate was decided at that age. Amir’s first word “Baba”, and Hassan’s first word “Amir,” shows their priorities and what they value the most. Additionally, every conflict they go through in this poster stems from that first, dividing word. That is, their separation grows because Amir treats Hassan as an obstacle to getting Baba’s love while Hassan adores him and would do anything for him. Moreover, the last scene, where Amir abandons Hassan for Baba, shows that fate is stronger than free will because he could’ve done something in order to save Hassan.
As Amir and Hassan grows further apart, Amir makes another mistake that changes his and Hassan’s lives forever. Amir betrays Hassan again by accusing him of theft. One might argue that it was free will that did so, but it almost seems as if Hassan and Amir were destined to be separated by fate. However, towards the later half of the book the end, he turns the table and is able to win against faith. Even though there were many obstacles ahead of him, such as fighting to his death with Assef, he was save Hassan’s legacy by rescuing Sohrab. Overall, Amir proves that fate isn’t powerful if one is willing to overcome it with his own free