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__The Kite Runner__

By looking at the cover of the book The Kite Runner you can already tell that the two boys on the cover are going to be a big part of this text, by looking at it you guess that these boys are either best friends or brothers, and you can tell that friendship is going to be a big aspect of the book. The book was written by Khaled Hosseini who was born in Kabul, Afghanistan (also where the boy in the book is from) in 1965. Hosseinis’ family moved to Paris in 1976 and in 1980 the family was ready to move back to Kabul, but by then Afghanistan had already been involved in the Soviet Army. In september 1980 the family moved to San Jose, California. Khaled started writing his first novel, The Kite Runner, in March of 2001. In 2003, The kite Runner, was published and since has become a international bestseller, published in 48 countries. HIs second novel, A Thousand Splendid Suns, was published in May 2007. Currently this novel is published in 40 countries. Khaled has been working to provide humanitarian assistance in Afghanistan through The Khaled Hosseini Foundation.

In the book you experience meeting many different characters. In my eyes their is Hassan who is loyal beyond belief and courageous, There is Baba who is strong willed and honorable, There is Ali who is much like Hassan loyal and respectful, And then there is Amir, to me Amir is tricky to explain, He is said to be a coward in the book, but to me I find him courageous, intelligent, kind and as Rahim Khan says is too hard on himself. Baba and Amir are the ones with the power in this book, this is mostly because they are wealthy and Pashtuns. Whereas, Hassan and Ali are the ones with no power whats so ever because they are Hazarras, In the book it never shows them minding the place their in however. In the novel it shows a lot of different emotions, Happiness is unfortunately not on the menu. They all have their own reasons to be unhappy some more obvious then others, Hassan and Amir the two more obvious cases, One Hassan was raped and Two Amir has to live with the fact that he didn’t help Hassan at this time and that he also didn’t tell anyone what happened to Hassan, But Baba and Ali also have their own secrets reasons to be unhappy.

In the text the characters seem to differ in whether their comfortable or in conflict with this world. Amir And Baba seem to be in conflict with it whereas Ali and Hassan seem to be the comfortable ones.

There are many things that stick in your mind after reading the text but to me the part when Hassan gets raped is the most memorable. Why? Because this is the turning point in the whole book. At first I kept asking myself why everyone who had read it was saying it was so sad. I mean sure Baba and Amir don’t have the best relationship but theres nothing that makes u want to start to cry about Amirs life. Then when Hassan gets raped the whole theme take a sharp turn. Before the book to me kind of had a theme of friendship and although i still feel that theme after Hassan gets raped its for all the wrong reasons. After Hassan gets raped everything starts going down hill, And themes start moving from bad to worse, you feel betrayal and loyalty, you feel friendship and hatred, you also feel hope and regret. The ideas in the novel are the views of the narrators.

The book, in my perspective was written really well. Although I haven’t finished the book yet, form the great deal iv’e read the plot is amazing. Hosseni uses flash backs and foreshadowing to make the reader absolutely captivated in the story.

In conclusion I am very happy that Ms. Hettie chose this book for us to read. And found that it has probably been the best book I have ever read.