The Place For my Kite Runner Book Review!

The questions that I chose for this essay was:

1.  For what audience(s) is this book intended, and how can you tell? (In other words, for whom would you recommend this book?)

2.Find out about the author. How did they end up writing this particular book? How is the         author's life reflected in the book?

Do not copy and paste an author's bio from other sites into your review! Link to it, quote and cite it, or write your own.

• 3.Pick a character that interested you and write about them in depth. You can also analyze a relationship between two different characters.

• Hint: If you just retell the events that happen to your character, that's not "in depth." You will need to zoom in on certain critical moments that truly show your character's nature, and explain how they do.

The book, The Kite Runner, is a historical fiction by Khaled Hosseini. This book had illustrated many scenes that had actually happened in Afghanistan back in the mid 1900s where the Soviets tried to invade Afghanistan. The book was first published in 2003 by Riverhead books. Later the movie of the Kite Runner was released in 2008 on DVD. In the book, the narrator was Amir who was a boy who was born and raised in a wealthy family in Kabul. The book shows a young kid who went through his life with many obstacles and issues.

   

The author, Khaled Hosseini, from the book of The Kite Runner was born and raised in Kabul. When he was eleven years old, he immigrated to the US with his family after the soviets invaded. Khaled did not write this book as an autobiography and he had thoroughly explained he is not Amir. Some scenes of Amir is related to him though like writing stories and flying kites.The Kite Runner was his first novel he ever wrote and he was a physician before he became a writer. He relied on his memories and experiences with Hazara people to write the Kite Runner. The author wrote the Kite Runner because he wants to portray Afghanistan’s language, cultures, and authentic passion. In the year of 2003, he went back to Kabul and all he could see was ware fares. Many people were injured and in the streets were beggars, orphans, and beggars. I received many of these information about the author of The Kite Runner from this website.

When I think about the book, The Kite Runner, I think about Amir who was the main character. In the beginning, he believed that he had lost many of his father’s love because of his little servant Hassan who had stayed with Amir for a long time had drove all the attentions from his father. Amir knows that Hassan is loyal to him, however Amir feels that Hassan is taking his father away from him. Once when Amir saw Hassan getting raped by Assef, he was scared and didn’t know what to do. Amir started to dislike Hassan, so he planned a trap trying to remove Hassan. He placed a watch on Hassan’s bed and lied to his father that Hassan stole it. Amir’s father forgave Hassan, however Ali who was Hassan’s father insisted that they leave. Amir found it relieved that Hassan left, however he finds him guilty in a way.

After a while, in the story Amir changes and that was the time when he went back to Afghanistan to see Rahim Khan. Rahim Khan had told Amir the whole story that Hassan was actually his half brother and how Amir could help Hassan by saving Hassan’s son, Sohrab.

“I looked at the round face in Polaroid again, the way the sun fell on it. My brother’s face, Hassan had loved me once. loved me in a way that no one ever had or ever would again. He was gone now, but a little part of him lived on. It was in Kabul. Waiting.” (page 227)

Amir was imagining Hassan because he misses Hassan and his guilt build on him. Amir finds that he owes Hassan a lot and it is time for Amir to return something for him. That means that Amir have to go back to Kabul to find Hassan’s son, Sohrab. He do realized how dangerous Kabul is, however he does not want to forfeit to save his nephew’s lives. Amir wanted to keep Hassan’s little part of him alive because he wants to fix his guilt. From the beginning of the story, it shows a massive change on Amir because from the start, he was a selfish and greedy person who believes that everything should be his including his father. Later on in the story, I had a different impression towards him and it is that he wasn’t as selfish as before anymore. He was willing to risk his life to save his nephew in Kabul and that shows lots of courage to do that.

    In my opinion, I believe that the audiences from this book would be anyone in the world who are concern about Afghanistan or the ones who would like to know more about Afghanistan. The book had portrayed many of the Afghanistan’s history and living styles.

    “Usually, each neighborhood held its own competition. But that year, the tournament was going to be held in my neighborhood, Wazir Akbar Khan, and several other districts-Karteh-Char, Karteh-Parwan, Mekro-Rayoan, and Koteh-Sangi had been invited. You could hardy go anywhere without hearing talk of the upcoming tournament. word had it this was going to be the biggest tournament in twenty-five years.” (Page 55)

    People in this world may not know about the traditions at Afghanistan.The kite running tournaments had been going on for many years. I do not believe that anyone would knew that kite running tournaments in Afghanistan were important unless they were Afghanistan people or historians. Kite running is a tradition in Afghanistan that happens every year and kite running portrays many of Afghanistan’s living styles and history. The Afghans had been kite running for many years meaning that Kite running had been part of their everyday life. Kite Running had been to be something that children in Afghanistan would usually do because it is fun and when you win, it shows pride. Kite Running was a way for Afghanistan people to receive excitements and help kite runners to earn confidence. These excitements brings happiness to all Afghans in their every day lives. Without kite running, Afghans’ living styles would change.

    Another quote from the book also featured some of the Afghans’ cultures and living styles.

“ The tension in the air was as taut as the glass string I was tugging with my bloody hands. People were stomping their feet, clapping, whistling, chanting, “Boberesh! Boberesh!” Cut him! Cut him! I wondered if Baba’s voice was one of them. Music blasted. The smell of steamed mantu and fried pakora drifted from the rooftops and open doors.” (Page 65)

     The way that they describe the food like steamed mantu and fried pakora gives me a more deep understanding with Afghans’ cultures because if I had never read this book, I would know what kind of food are those. The book showed many ways of how Afghanistan would celebrate their excitements. For instance, they talked about how music was everywhere and how everyone was cheering. This convinced readers that Afghans are really cheerful and love to have fun. This book had also taught many Afghanistan words to readers which shows Afghanistan’s cultures. Like the word, Boberesh! Boberesh! meaning Cut him! Cut him! had taught readers some of the Afghanistan languages. I believe that before any readers that had read this book wouldn’t know what the word Boberish means.

    Overall, the book The Kite Runner was really dramatic and the way that it describes the setting of Afghanistan had gave me an understanding about what it was like in Afghanistan. I was able to feel the way that the characters had felt in the story. This book was awesome and I find that any teens or adults would love it if they read it!