The Kite Runner is Hosseini's debut novel about Amir, a Pashtun boy growing up in Kabul, Afghanistan. Throughout his childhood, Amir has everything except his father's love and acceptance, while Hassan, the son of Amir's Hazara servants, is his loyal friend. They enjoy kite fighting festivals until one day, when Hassan is raped after fetching a kite for Amir. Amir feels lifelong guilt for not helping Hassan. After the Soviet invasion, Amir and his father flee to California. Years later, Amir returns to Kabul to adopt Hassan's orphaned son Sohrab, seeking to atone for his past sins.

1. THE KITE RUNNER
Presented by: Shamraiz Ashraf

2. ABOUT NOVEL
The Kite Runner is Hosseini's first novel,
It is also the first novel published in English by an Afghan.
The novel was the number three best seller for 2005 in the United States.
Khalid Hosseini was born in Kahul, Afghanistan, where much of the book takes pace.
He later moved to California and become a doctor.
Hussein wrote "The Kite Runner"in 2001.

3. MAJOR CHARACTERS
• Amir
• Hassan
• Baba
• Asif
• Ali
• Sohrab
• Soraya
• Rahim khan

4. SUMMARY
• The Kite Runner is an inspiring book about the life of a young Pashtun boy named Amir as
he copes with his childhood decisions 26 years prior. Living in a lavish house in the richest
district of Kabul Afghanistan, Amir has everything he could ever wish for, except the loving
attention and acceptance of his father, Baba. Ali and his son Hassan are their servants, both
being of the Hazara minority ethnicity. Throughout his childhood Hassan was always by
Amir's side as a loyal and dedicated best friend: they did everything together including Kite
running.
• Each year it was a tradition for the Afghan community lo hold a festival of kites during the
winter and each year a single victor would arise amongst hundreds, being the only kite left
in the sky after a long day of cutting. There were those who ran and fought the kites and
then those who were the kite runners Amir was an incredible kite flyer and hassan was the
best kite runner there was Promising to fetch the prized blue kite that Amir defeated to win
the festival,Hassan ran off into the streets of Kabul.

5. • When he did not return, Amir went looking for Hassan and discovered him cornered
by Asif, a sociopathic bully, and his two followers. It was there that Amir hit an all
time low and cowardice as he watched his best friend get beaten and raped and did
nothing. It was the guilt of this decision that made him the man that he is.
• Years later after Hassan and Ali leave, the Russian army attacked, forcing Baba and
an 18year old Amir to flee the country to California, America. It is here where he is
still haunted by Hassan's rape each day while attended high school and college to
become a writer. When Baba becomes very ill with cancer, Amir asks Sorava, a fellow
Afghan refuge to marry him and she becomes his rock of stability. Shortly after they
get married Baba dies.

6. • Soraya and Amir try having kids but fail and it is then when Amir receives a call
from more of a father to him his own, Rahim tells Amir of the unfortunate shooting
of Hassan and his wife. But their son is now in an orphanage. This is a chance for
Amir to make amends and atone his sin adopting hassan’s son.
• Ultimately, The Kite Runner is a novel about relationships.
• specifically the relationships between Amir and Hassan, Baba, Rahim Khan. Sorava,
and Sohrab and how the complex relationships in our lives overlap and connect to
make us the people we are.

7. • The moral of the novel is forgetting and correcting the past. Amir realized that he
could not run from the past forever, and so he corrected it by going back Kabul and
confronting Asif adopting Hassan's son Sohrab.