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Betrayal And Redemption In The Kite Runner By Khaled Hosseini

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The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini is a bildungsroman about a young privileged Afghan boy who betrays his best friend and servant as a result of cowardice and ingrained social prejudices. Cursed by constant guilt, protagonist Amir flees to the United States where he hopes to bury the tragedies of his childhood. However, in order to regain his honor, Amir must return to the country of his birth to rescue his best friend Hassan’s son in now war-ravaged Afghanistan. The essay explores themes of friendship, betrayal, and redemption using the image of the kite. While Amir appears socially as the dominant individual in his friendship with Hassan, ironically the servant possesses superior characteristics in the form of loyalty, courage, and forgiveness.
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