The book review of the Kite Runner

This novel mainly tells the story of two children living in the 1970s’ Afghanistan. One is the much more fortunate Amir and another is a Hazard boy called Hassan whose life experience is a tragedy. What’s more, the continuous wars and civil turmoil even worsen the life of Hassan and finally he is struck by a bullet by the Taliban with his beloved wife, only leaving a young boy who becomes an orphan and is abused by the Taliban. However, the loyalty Hassan lasts from the beginning, they are young children when Hassan runs the kites for Amir but not cares about his potential harm done by Assef to the end when Hassan shot by the provocative Taliban during the time that Hassan takes care of Amir’s home when Amir escapes to America, avoiding the harm from the chaos by wars. On the other hand, what Amir does pay back is to tease Hassan when they are young and even wants to drive him away because of envy. Nevertheless, one day, when adult Amir who has already married and happily been leading a happy life in America received a determinant call from Rahim Khan who is not only the business partner of Baba but also a father-like man to Amir and it changes Amir’s life completely. The growth experience during those years, the education of Baba and his kind wife all contribute a new and much mature Amir at last so he makes the decision to follow the wish and suggestion by Rahim Khan and makes up for his faults to some degree, although time passes, nothing can come back, especially for the dead. The complex massive relationships between Amir and Hassan indicate that the loyalty is much more deserved to value.

As a result, I strongly recommend this book to everyone. The theme of the loyalty and chasing for the kindness will absolutely make you deeply moved. The literary strategy is really wonderful because not only does it reflect the theme from beginning to the end but also it does deepen and sublimate the theme. As far as I am concerned, the kite is the symbol of kindness and loyalty so running after it is the way to chase for the nice personality. Besides, another unique feature of this novel is the use of several words of Pashto. It plays a good role in indicating the setting of the story, although it may be confused to read, especially at the beginning. In all, I evaluate it a wonderful work so it deserves everyone to read it.