The book “The Kite Runner” was actually the first historical fiction book I’ve read. I haven’t read a lot of books but this book was very interesting, moving and actually made me cry. The book explores the difficulties of developing into an adult relationship with your parents while simultaneously exploring ideas about the human capacity for good and evil, and the relationship between sin, forgiveness, and atonement. The most important theme for this book is, in my opinion, redemption. Of course, there are other themes like betrayal, an exploration of the power of fathers over sons—their love, their sacrifices, their lies, but redemption is the biggest one of them all. At the beginning of the novel, the protagonist Amir, the son …show more content…
Hazaras are despised and impoverished caste in Afghan. Amir had lost her mother after birth, and Hassan’s mother left him after giving birth. Which made them grow up both motherless. But they were breastfed and taken care of by the same person as babies. Together they grew up playing, dreaming, learning and laughing with each other just like brothers. Amir’s father loved Hassan and him equally but Amir wanted more love from his father only to himself. So, to gain his love more, Amir sets a goal for himself to win the Kite running competition that is held every year in winter and prove his father his worth. Amir and Hassan used to make their own kites with bamboo, glue, string, and paper. On the day of the competition, Amir won the kite cutting part and all that was left was to retrieve the last kite that was cut(blue kite). Hassan was always the better kite runner because he almost always knew where the kite will land and ran as fast as the wind to the exact spot. Amir was looking for Hassan and when he finally found him, Hassan was being beaten and raped by a couple of kids. At that moment, Amir wanted to but didn’t help his friend. Instead, he just watched as he was being tormented. From that