The Kite Runner Song Analysis

Hopeless Wanderer “Mumford and Sons” The main character of “The Kite Runner” is Amir. In the Beginning of the novel Amir is a young child who lives with his rich father in Afghanistan. He goes out and plays with his servant child Hassan just about every day. But throughout the book he is confronted by different situations that would soon haunt him for the rest of his life. His father tells him early on “There is only one sin, only one. And that is theft.”Pg 17-18. This connected with song when said “ I wrestle hard with my youth, we tried so hard to live in the truth.” because Amir had rough childhood emotionally but would later on seek truth. “Stones Under Rushing
At first the two boys were the bestest of friend but mistakes were made leading to Hassan becoming depressed and having to leave. Years go by and the two never see each other again. Amir longs to go fix things but is beaten down by his own guilt. The slow emotion aspect of the song portrays how Amir is handling his mistakes. “Hassan loved me once, loved me in a way that no one had or ever would again.” Pg 227. “Pain” By Speakerbox show a theme how pain has engulfed Amir and how he struggles with getting rid of it. Constantly he runs for the pain that he has endured. He also runs from the pain that he has given to others. The song shows a feeling of how pain can overcome but you have to fight back like in the line “Take the Pain away, I'm sick of it, want it gone in an instant”. This connects to when Amir says I was older now but not yet too old to do my own fighting.” Pg 227 So will he fight his pain and