In Khaled Hosseini’s captivating and emotional novel, The Kite Runner, he employs the concept of circularity to connect the different characters in the story and enhance the understanding of humanity. Circularity is a concept used to describe the repetitive nature of life. It is well known that “what goes around comes around,” meaning that a person’s past choices are likely to have consequences in future. Khaled uses Baba and Amir and Hassan bring out circularity and redemption in the book. Amir, who is the central character in Khaled’s novel, watched his best friend Hassan being raped by Assef and did not help him. He said “… I could step into the alley, stand up for Hassan-like the way he stood up for me in the past- and accept whatever