RSG Enkhuizen Havo 5 The Kite Runner Chapter 6-10

1. The Kite Runner
Analysis Chapters 6-10

2. A look back:
chapters 1-5
Establishing the characters
Relationships between
characters
Amir & Hassan
Baba & Ali
Amir & Baba
War breaks out
Hassan’s birthday present

3. Chapter 6
Kite fighting in winter
Tournament
Baba says he thinks
Amir will win
Kites
Kite Running

4. Chapter 7
THE BIG CHAPTER
First 6 chapters build
up to this one, the
following chapters deal
with the consequences.
The tournament

5. Chapter 7
Amir wins the tournament.
Hassan runs the blue kite.
Amir goes to find Hassan.
He finds Hassan in an
alley, trapped. Hassan gets
thrown onto the ground.
Next, the narrative goes
back and forth.

6. Chapter 7
The alley scene.
Wali and Kamal
Feast of Eid-e-Qorban.
The sheep.
Amir’s last chance to do
something.
Amir meets Hassan in a ravine.
Hassan hands Amir the blue kite.
At home, Baba takes Amir into
his arms.

7. Intermezzo: CH6+7
analysis
Many things that have
been building up, now
come together.
Hazara vs. Pashtun
Amir’s desperation to
please his father.
Guilt

8. Intermezzo: CH6+7
analysis
The lamb sacrificed at
Eid-e-Qorban.
The irony in the alley
scene.
Is this what Baba would
have wanted him to do?

9. Chapter 8
Amir rarely sees Hassan
anymore.
The trip to Jalalabad.
In the van
Dinner, Baba tells about
the kite tournament
Sleeping
Start of his insomnia

10. Chapter 8
Back in Kabul.
Hassan asks Amir what he
has done wrong.
Amir asks Baba if they can
get new servants.
The pomegranate tree
Amir’s birthday
Assef’s present
Rahim Khan’s present

11. Chapter 9
Baba’s presents
Ali and Hassan’s presents
Amir’s actions
Ali and Hassan leave
The bus station

12. Chapter 10
March 1981
Refugees to Pakistan
The Russian soldier at the
checkpoint
The basement with Kamal and
his father
Kamal’s story
Baba and Karim
The fuel truck

13. Important
The alley scene
Consequences for Amir,
does not know how to
deal with it.
How does Hassan react
The pomegranate tree
Ali & Hassan leave
War breaks out, refugees

14. Themes
Redemption/atonement
“to make up for…,
make amends for…”
Father and sons
?