KITE RUNNER

Kite Runner

Kite Runner

Introduction

Life is about love, and love is about you. Love is a foremost theme in The Kite Runner. Throughout the innovative, Khaled Hosseini, the scribe, demonstrates the complexity of diverse kinds of love and the vastness of the emotion. In the innovative, numerous emblems present these distinct kinds of love. Symbolism is the perform of comprising things by means of symbols or of attributing symbolic meanings or implication to objects, events, or relationships. First of all, the kite is a foremost emblem in the novel; it symbolizes the companionship between the two boys and furthermore the intricate relationship between Baba and Amir. Furthermore, the slingshot, the scar and Hassan's son-Sohrab- are symbolic of Amir and Hassan's brotherhood. Beside the kite, the pomegranate tree is a significant symbol of the friendship between the two boys. Finally, the car and the wedding represent the greatness of paternal love. The author, Khaled Hosseini effectively benefits the symbolism to reveal the topic of love in the innovative, The Kite Runner.

Analysis The kite is an important symbol in the novel; it symbolizes the friendship between Hassan and Amir. They are both interested in flying and running kites. Together, Hassan and Amir are a perfect team as each is an expert in fighting kites: “Every kite fighter has an assistant-in my case, Hassan-who held up the spool and fed the line”( Hosseini, 2003), “But Hassan was by far the greatest kite runner I'd ever seen”( Hosseini, 2003). For many people to launch a kite is not easy. A windy day could be a perfect day for those to practice launching kites. Amir and Hassan augment up together. In fact, they are fed from the same breast. That is the wind that wings up their kite of friendship. Their friendship is beautiful and pure like the kite beautifully flies in the sky of Kabul. In Kabul, there is a major event that takes place every winter, kite fighting: “Every winter, districts in Kabul held a kite-fighting tournament.”(Hosseini, 2003).

The three symbols that represent Amir and Hassan's brotherhood are the slingshot, the scar and Hassan's son, Sohrab. In Afghanistan, the slingshot is the common weapon of every kid. Hassan uses the slingshot to defend Amir in an alley when they are attacked by Amir's friends: “I turned came face to face with Hassan's slingshot. Hassan held the slingshot sharp exactly at Assef's face”. It shows ...