Analysis
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Sparknotes. (2024).The Kite Runner. https://www.sparknotes.com/lit/the-kite-runner/plot-analysis/The inner turmoil Amir wrestles with after betraying Hassan drives the entire plot of The Kite Runner. This struggle is a conflict between the kind of man that Amir believes he is, and the kind of man that Baba is. By allowing Hassan’s rape, Amir fails Hassan profoundly and fundamentally. Even worse, Amir never corrects his failure for the rest of Hassan’s life. Amir views Baba as just, strong, and sure, and finds himself lacking in comparison. Baba seems to share this perception of his son, but Amir ultimately learns that Baba too has deeply betrayed Ali in sleeping with his wife, and that much of what Amir perceived as Baba’s strength was Baba trying to atone for his failings.
Reviews
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CharlieB. (2014, July 30). The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini - review. Retrieved from http://www.theguardian.com/childrens-books-site/2014/jul/30/review-khaled-hosseini-the-kite-runner
'The message behind the very ending could be interpreted differently by different readers, but personally I feel that it offers a small sense of hope for both the future of its characters, and perhaps for war-torn Afghanistan as well.' -
O'Rourke, M. (2005, July 25). The Kite Runner: Do I really have to read it? Retrieved from http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/the_highbrow/2005/07/the_kite_runner.html
Do I really have to read The Kite Runner? That was the question asked in the Slate offices this spring when the debut novel by Afghan-American Khaled Hosseini hit the top of the New York Times best-seller list. The novel seemed eminently worthy, after all—not only the first one written in English by an Afghan, but chock-full of "eye-opening information about the turmoil in modern-day Afghanistan," as one reader put it. -
https://meinblogland.blogspot.com/2022/05/book-review-kite-runner-by-khaled.html
The Kite Runner is the first novel by Afghan-American author Khaled Hosseini and was published in 2003 by Riverhead Books. It is a poignant tale of the improbable friendship between two Afghan boys, a traumatic betrayal and a lifelong quest for redemption.
The Kite Runner a Marxist Perspective
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Putz, K. (n.d.). The Kite Runner From A Marxist Perspective by Kristine Putz. https://minnesotaenglishjournalonline.org/2015/04/30/the-kite-runner-from-a-marxist-perspective/
The use of Marxist and other literary theories in the classroom helps students to realize that the subject of English is beyond the rudimentary put your comma here or reading for the sake of fulfilling some predetermined standard (a certain number of minutes of reading per night for example).
Cliffs Notes - The Kite Runner
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CliffsNotes. (n.d.) The Kite Runner. https://www.cliffsnotes.com/literature/k/the-kite-runner/the-kite-runner-at-a-glance
The Kite Runner at a Glance
The Kite Runner, by Khaled Hosseini, follows the maturation of Amir, a male from Afghanistan who needs to find his way in the world as he realizes that his own belief system is not that of his dominant culture. Set in Afghanistan and the United States, The Kite Runner is a bildungsroman that illustrates the similarities as well as the differences between the two countries and the two vastly different cultures. It is the story of both fathers and sons and friends and brothers, and it is a novel about right and wrong and the nature of evil. Published in 2003 to great critical and popular acclaim, The Kite Runner is considered a contemporary classic.
Written by: Khaled Hosseini
Context
Dominicanpenguins. (2011, September 16). Khaled Hosseini: The Kite Runner graphic novel [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6Wz33eaTl4
Literary Criticism
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Chan, S. (2010) The bitterness of the Islamic hero in three recent western works of fiction. Third World Quarterly, 31(5), 829-832.
In this essay I wish to contrast three recent works of Western fiction: two novels and one collection of short stories. The two novels have been lionised and one made into a successful film. The short stories have disappeared into the recesses of a small cult audience.
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Medium. (2024). Why the Kite Runner is Problematic. https://medium.com/@sarasthoughts/why-afghans-dislike-the-kite-runner-by-khaled-hosseini-24d2eedb74fb
When you think of the Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini, you think of the beautiful tale of friendship in a world filled with hatred and pain. You remember how its beautiful quotes like “for you a thousand times over” would invoke heartfelt emotions inside of you. The book is written against the backdrop of the Persian tale of Rostam and Sohrab, where two enemies fight each other only to find they were brothers the entire time.
