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Book review - Khaled Hosseini, the Kite Runner

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Major themes of the book;

Guilt

A major theme in this book is guilt. Amir is haunted the majority of his life because of the guilt he felt towards his friend Hassan. Not stepping in when Hassan got raped and needed his help.

Redemption

Amir tries to get rid of his guilt and his cowardly behaviour by adopting Hassan’s son Sohrab. This takes a lot of fighting and patience, but Amir is determined to proceed the adoption because for the first time in his life he feels like he is not letting people down.

Male role model and family relationships

The book is called “The kite runner” because kites play a big part in Amir’s life. Amir feels (even as a child) the distance between he and his father and winning the kite competition is the very first time that Amir feels appreciated and loved by his father. To him kites mean bonding and so he believes that running kites will bring Sohrab and him together again, after Sohrab lost all faith.

Discrimination and division

Hassan is a Hazara, a group of people from a lower social class. Amir is actually brought up to treat all people the same, but he does feel like a better person than Hassan when they were younger. Hassan is also being discriminated by all the town’s children because of his ancestry. 

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