BOOK REPORT

Book Report- Khaled Hosseini's The Kite Runner

Book Report- Khaled Hosseini's The Kite Runner

Class difference between Amir and Hassan

The bond between two young afghan young men, one being a domestic Hassan and the other his senior Amir, verify to be a tough yet a valuable companionship. Although the two young men cannot obstacle their way through class differences, their sentiments in the direction of each other, whereas not clear, are undoubtedly friends (Floyd, 2007).

Amir and Hassan's viewpoint of companionship in the direction of each other are similar. Hassan looks at Amir as a friend, not just his boss, and evidently Amir also looks at Hassan as a friend, not just his servant. As Hassan was serving Amir Tea, “He poured me a cup and added sugar, blew on it a few times.” Clearly Hassan cares very much for Amir, cooling down the tea, preventing Amir from burning himself, is an act of brotherly love. Amir also loved his friend, Hassan. Obviously Amir acknowledges Hassan as a dear friend, as he says that. The major thing that causes conflict for their friendship is class.

Courage portrayed in the novel

Well the main character confronts his past fears by traveling back to Afghanistan to find Hassan's son, to soothe his conscience for his past actions.

True bravery

Amir shows traits of heroism in the novel many times mostly near the second half of the novel when he risks is own safety to return to Afghanistan to aid his father's sick friend, or when he selflessly gives Wahid's children money and his personal watch.

Key moments when characters are brave

In the novel, the characters exhibit genuine bravery in order to guard the things important to them. The characters in this novel are brave in order to protect personal values. An example of this is when Hassan promises Amir that he would return the blue kite from the tournament that he won except there is an obstacle in the way. Assef wants the kite that Hassan caught but, Hassan would not give it to him saying, “Amir agha won the tournament and I ran this kite for him. I ran it fairly (Jimmy, 2005).

The characters in the novel are brave in order to protect their sanity and the sanity of others. Baba takes risks in order to protect his conscience from incredible guilt from sleeping with a married Hazara woman. He is brave to protect his sanity. In the novel, the characters show qualities of bravery in order to protect various things of importance. They are brave to protect physical well-being, to protect personal values, to protect their reputation and to protect sanity. The emphasis put on bravery in the novel allows the reader to connect with the characters and be challenged to stand firm for things that are valuable to them (Jimmy, 2005).

Activities represent the novel and their importance

The icon of the carrier novel is represented by the kite, which has a double symbolic value, freedom and competition, an icon that looks more like America than in ...