Literary Analysis of the Kite Runner

“This is one of those unforgettable stories that stays with you for years.” (Isabel Allende). After I read this unforgettable story I was lost in my thought…

The first chapter is started with a call from Rahim Khan, who is one of the main characters in this Kite Runner. When Amir picked up Rahim’s call, he hesitated for a long time: whether he should come back to Pakistan, where has tons of memory of Amir’s childhood, or not. Amir and Hassan grew up together, and they experienced numerous things such as sharing Amir’s story, flying kites or fighting against Assef who did some bad behavior to Hassan. Actually, Amir was not a 100 percent bad person---he was selfish, superficial and coward, but in the later years he changed a little bit , for example, at last he decided to go back to Pakistan and took care of Hassan’s son. Hassan is the person who treated Amir as a fantastic master and friend--- he obeyed to Amir no matter what Amir said. In the opposite, Amir just looked him as a slave almost all the time--- he was full of jealous when Baba showed his love to Hassan. In the end of the story, both Amir and Assef got what they deserved, which pointed to that Amir suffered with his bad behavior to Hassan and Assef lost one of his eyes.

This powerful book, Kite Runner, makes me think about many characteristics which we need to be a good person. In addition, it helps me develop a standard about how to evaluate a person. Also, marvelous description about the changes of Amir gives me an imagination of his future life… All in all, I value this book a lot, which made me lost in my thoughts about how to be a good person as best as I can for several times.