What Is Amir's Role In The Kite Runner

Stories play a major role in the The Kite Runner with establishing roles of the characters as well as uniting them. To begin, Amir’s writing of stories separates him from his Father (Baba). Baba questions Amir throughout the novel as to why he thinks writing is a good idea and comments on how there is not a lot of profit in the job field of writing. Amir responds that he simply loves writing stories and that feeling truly makes him different and unique from his father and those in his village. Next, it also separates Hassan and Amir. As Hassan is illiterate and his family is a servant to Amir’s, Amir helps him read and write as well as tells him stories. This brings the two together in a sense of bonding and sharing a story time with one another. However, it also serves as a reminder on how Amir has more authority and power over Hassan, he is better educated and financially well off. In another sense, the story of Soyara and her

Sohbrah’s smile gave me a sense of hope that things will get better for him and Amir. I think it’s going to be good thing for Amir with taking in Sohbrah; it’ll give him a chance to redeem himself from his treatment of Hassan and start a new life and journey with Sohbrah. In the end he also repeats the words Hassan said “For you, a thousand times over.” This time these words give another meaning for hope, they are repeated in remembrance of his father Hassan, and now Amir giving that message to him as well. The ending is not necessarily a happy ending, but a realistic one. All of Sohbrah’s problems are not just going to go away and Amir’s guilt is not just going to disappear either. Sohbrah has been mute for a good chunk of his life, he hasn’t experienced what it is like to have a family or the feeling of being free and flying a kite. This moment at the end is just a baby step into their future it gives us a realistic ending that creates a hopeful