Theme Of Friendship In The Kite Runner

Of all the bonds that hold humanity together, the ties of friendship are often the strongest. They can withstand pressure of unimaginable magnitude without so much as a fray. When it comes to showcasing the true power of friendship, many works pale behind the great novel “The Kite Runner” by Khaled Hosseini. In this book, Hosseini tells the convoluted story of two young boys as they struggle not only with carrying the immense weight of their own individual struggles, but the reality of watching your home fall into the grip of war. The bond between Amir and Hassan is not one that can easily form. While Amir may come from a prestigious and wealthy upbringing, and Hassan that of a lowly Hazara servant, (conveniently, Amir’s servant) the two prove that a true connection between two friends is strong enough to endure both the best and worst of times.

The friendship of Amir and Hassan is a complicated one, however, it goes to show how truly beautiful and strong a true friendship can be. At the beginning of their lives in their hometown of Kabul, Afghanistan, life is good for the two. They get into the typical mischief expected of two relatively unsupervised young boys. As Amir describes, “ we hurled pebbles at their goats. We squirted water on their mules. I’d make Hassan sit on the Wall of Ailing Corn and fire pebbles with his slingshot at the camels’ rears” (Hosseini 26). Though Amir struggles with what he believes is the reckless reality of
It pulls people together, connects them, and builds them up. It can be strong, it can be soft, it can be thundering, or quiet. No matter the case, as “The Kite Runner” shows, once the bond is woven between two people, it can take more force than the world can offer to sever it. It’s ability to hold such incomprehensible weight as it shifts between both the best and the worst of scenarios is one of the many things that makes it such the powerful force that it