The document summarizes the plot of Khaled Hosseini's novel The Kite Runner. It takes place in Afghanistan between the 1960s-2000s and follows Amir, the narrator, and his friendship with Hassan. As children, Amir witnesses Hassan being assaulted but does nothing. He later frames Hassan to get rid of him. The story follows Amir's quest for redemption as he tries to make things right by rescuing Hassan's son Sohrab after the Taliban takes over Afghanistan.

1. THE KITE RUNNER
A constant roller
coaster
Fatima Zahra

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3. Khaled Hosseini
 1965
 1970’s
 Iran
 Paris
 San jose
 Doctor
 2003
 UNHCR

4. Afghanistan
1960’s: Liberal, Flourishing
1975: A coup against king
1979: Soviet-AfghanWar
1996:Taliban Rule

5. Major Characters
 Amir: Narrator, Envious,
Protagonist, Pashtun
 Hassan: Brave, Faithful,
Selfless, Forgiving, Hazara
 Baba: Good Person,
Opportunist

6. Summary
 Hassanis Amir’s best friend

7. Summary
 Racist Bullies:
 “ AFGHANISTAN ISTHE LAND OF
PASHTUNS, IT ALWAYS HAS BEEN,ALWAYS
WILL BE,WE’RETHETRUE AFGHANS,THE
PURE AFGHANS, NOTTHIS FLAT NOSE
HERE, HIS PEOPLE POLLUTE OUR
HOMELAND, OURWATAN,THEY DIRTY
OUR BLOOD”

8. Racist Bullies
 .

9. Summary
 The day of kite flying tournament:
 Amir wins
 Hassan runs to fetch his kite
 GetsVIOLATED
 Amir witnesses the whole thing
 He didn’t say a word
 He is buried in guilt from head to toe

10. Summary
 Amir frames Hassan for Stealing
 Hassan never tells he didn’t steal
 Ali and Hassan leave

11. Summary
 1996
 Taliban takeover Afghanistan
 Amir and Baba move to America
 Amir graduates from college
 Amir marries Soraya
 They can never have
kids

12. Summary
 2001
 Baba dies of Cancer
 Amir receives a call from RAHIM KHAN from
Pakistan
 He tells him Hassan and his wife are dead
 They left behind their son Sohrab
 He is in an orphanage

13. Summary
 Before 9/11
 “ITWAS MY PAST OF UNATONED SINS”
 Amir finds Sohrab
 Amir fights Asseff to put sohrab in some safe
place
 Sohrab tries to take his life
 Amir adopts him
 Sohrab never speaks until one day …....

14. Sohrab never speaks until
one day …....
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Amir to Sohrab: FOR YOU A
THOUSAND TIMES OVER

15. Literary Device 1
 Paradox:
 “THEREARE A LOT OF CHILDREN IN
AFGHANISTAN BUT LITTLE CHILDHOOD”
 “I HADNT BEEN HAPPY,AND I HADNT FELT
BETTER, NOTAT ALL. BUT I DID NOW. MY
BODYWAS BROKEN… JUST HOW BADLY I
WOULDN’T FIND OUT UNTIL LATER… BUT I
WAS HEALED, HEALEDAT LAST”

16. Literary Device 2
 Imagery:
 “SITTING CROSS-LEGGED, SUNLIGHT AND
SHADOWSOF POMEGRANATE LEAVES
DANCING ON HIS FACE, HASSANABSENTLY
PLUCKED BLADESOF GRASS FROMTHE
GROUNDAS I READ HIM STORIES HE
COULDN’T READ FOR HIMSELF.”

17. Literary Device 3
 Metaphor:
 Afghanistan is metaphorically raped by
Taliban.
 “BUT MOSTLY BECAUSE,ASTHETREES
FROZE AND ICE SHEATHEDTHE ROADS,
THE CHILL BETWEEN ME AND BABA
THAWEDA LITTLE.”

18. Literary Device 4
 Symbolism:
 KITE
 “HE OPENED IT AND CRUSHED IT AGAINST HIS
OWN FOREHEAD. ‘THERE ,’ HE CROAKED, RED
DRIPPING DOWN HIS FACE LIKE BLOOD. ‘ARE
YOU SATISFIED? DOYOU FEEL BETTER?’”
 THE LAMB

19. Literary Device 5
 Foreshadowing:
 Narrative technique
 The dream of HASSAN, he and Amir
swimming in a lake, foreshadows the events
of kite tournament
 Amir’s first short story

20. Literary Device 6
 Allegory:
 “AMERICAWAS A RIVER, ROARINGALONG,
UNMINDFUL OFTHE PAST. I COULDWADE
INTOTHIS RIVER, LET MY SINS DROWNTO
THE BOTTOM, LETTHEWATERS CARRY ME
FOR SOMEPLACE FAR, SOMEPLACEWITH
NO PAST, NO MEMORIES,AND NO SINS.”

21. Literary Device 7
 Situational Irony:
 Baba’s teachings
 Racism
 Jealousy

22. Literary Device 8
 Simile:
 “ATTENTION SHIFTEDTO HIM LIKE
SUNFLOWERSTURNINGTOTHE SUN”
 “LIFE IS LIKE ATRAIN, GET ON BOARD”
 “A MAN’S PLUMBING IS LIKE HIS MIND:
SIMPLE,VERY FEW SURPRISES.”

23. Theme
 Guilt
 Redemption
 Relationships
 Family
 Parents’ expectations affecting a child's
ambition
 Betrayal

24. Settings
 Chronologically:
 Afghanistan
 America
 Pakistan
 Afghanistan
 America

25. Favorite Quotes
 “Time can be a greedy thing-sometimes it
steals the details for itself.”
 “Its wrong what they say about past, I've
learned, about how you can bury it. Because
past claws its way out.”
 “A boy who won’t stand up for himself,
becomes a man who won’t stand up for
anything.”

27. Final Analysis
 REMRKABLE
 Ending IS Real
 A bit fast paced
 Well dealt characters
 Too many things happening at a same time
 Powerful
 Shows true human nature
 Heartbreaking

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