Kite Runner

1. Topic
· Amir and Hassan was both nurse by the same woman.
· Amir betrayal Hassan when Assef and his friend attack Hassan in the alley.
· The hidden guilt is that Baba knows that Hassan is his son. The open guilt is that Baba praise Hassan more than Amir because of the secret Baba keep from the boys.
· When Amir deviate from the story, but later he gives Hassan an old shirt or broken toys.
· The journey is when they leave Pakistan and went to America.
· Amir and Baba really don’t have a father son relationship the only time, Amir Feel they do is when they are flying kites.
· When they were in Pakistan they were rich, but when they came to America they was poor.

2. Style
· Amir said he wasn’t like his father; however, he was because he told lies just like Baba.
· Amir and Hassan could stand side by side comparison and contrast.
· Rahim Khan knew that Baba was Hassan father.
· Amir had flashback about Hassan and him flying kites and when Hassan got raped in the alley.
· DK
3. Setting
· The Pomegranate Tree- Hassan and Amir would sit under the tree and read.
· Coming to America- Amir came to America to bury his memory. Baba came to mourn his memory.
· The alley- Is where Hassan was rape.
· Jalalabad- Is where Amir and his father went after Hassan was raped.
· Kabul- Is the place Amir and Baba leaves in the middle of the night to the relative safety of Pakistan.

4. Minor Character
· Kamal one of the boys that hung with Assef.
· Jamila is Amir Mother in law.
· Farzana is Hassan wife.
· Sanaucar is Hassan mother.
· Zaman that run the office claims he didn’t know Hassan son.
5. Symbol
· Kite- Love and peace.
· America- Forgetting the past
· Afghanistan- War
· The Alley- Pain