Book Review On Kite runner

After reading a third of the book Kite Runner, I am completely captivated by Khaled Hosseini’s story. I liked how the story was told in Amir’s point of view and gave details on mostly everything, because i felt as if i was Amir and experiencing his life myself. Not only that, but what i found really interesting was the bond between the two characters Amir (son of baba), and Hassan (son of Ali?). Amir and Hassan’s fathers are connected with a 40 year relationship from when Baba’s father bought Ali and loved him like his own son till now as Baba’ friend/servant. After Amir and Hassan were born, Hassan’s spoke his first word ‘Amir,’ from here it’s a start of a new friendship.

Throughout the childhood of Amir and Hassan’s life, they played together, read together, kite ran together, and did many other things together. Then on a beautiful winter day Amir and Hassan attended a Kite running contest, and won it with the help of Hassan. While Amir was celebrating his victory Hassan went to retrieve the blue kite that flew away from the runner ups hands. After Amir celebrated his victory he went to find Hassan, and saw him holding onto the blue kite with some mean kids they had encountered before, Assef and his lil’ gang. They threatened him to give him the blue kite, but Hassan refused holding the blue kite close to the body like a parent protecting their child. Because Hassan was not the same as them, he was a Hazarra and they were the discriminated ones like jews to german, was beat up and raped while Amir was in the corner watching the whole incident and stood their trembling like a coward. Despite their whole friendship, and despite the fact that Hassan’s first word was Amir, Amir just stood their imagning that he’s helping Hassan in his head. In the end, after Assef and them left, Amir went to the beat up Hassan and mustered a “What happened?, I looked all over for you.”
At the end of the rape I saw numerous conflicts that could erupt from this very conflict of Hassan being a Hazarra, and Amir’s betrayal to Hassan. Questions like “What’s going to happen to them? Did Hassan know, or will he find out?” burrowed out of me and i just couldn't stop reading. Hosseini does a good job showing the strong bond between them as a for-shadow for what will happen next and I can’t wait to find out what happens in the next few chapters due to his for-shadowing.