Thursday, December 17, 2009

The Kite Runner


In the book "The Kite Runner" Amir, Babas' son has a best friend named Hassan. Hassan was raised has a slave, he's the son of Ali, Babas' best friend. Amirs' mom died while given birth and Hassans' mother left with some musicians and now is considered a slut. The story takes place in Afghanistan were Amir was raised by Baba.In Afghanistan they had a tradition were they had to fly kites and take the opponents kite down. Hassan, Amirs' best friend was a great kite runner he ran really fast and knew were the kite was going to land. Amir was jelous, he thought that baba would wish Hassan was his son.Through out the story Baba and Amir leave Afghanistan and move to the U.S.Amir leaves Hassan remembering that he never did anything to him and Hassan did so much for him.Amir saw Hassan being rapped by a group of guys and didn't stood up for him. Amir and Hassan are two different people, Hassan is a hazara and a slave.

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