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A 4 page book review. Khaled Hosseini, a native of Afghanistan, paints a poignant picture of friendship and bigotry in his novel The Kite Runner. A best-selling first novel, it is also the first novel to be written in English by an Afghan (Noor 148). It is the story of two boys, Amir, the privileged Pashtun, and Hassan, a Hazara servant. While Amir considers Hassan to be his friend, and the boys have virtually been raised together, Amir consistently takes advantage of that friendship throughout his childhood, playing cruel jokes on Hassan and basing this presumption on their difference in status. However, in later life, the fate of his friend comes to haunt him, causing Amir to return to Afghanistan in order to redeem his own and his father's sins. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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novel to be written in English by an Afghan (Noor 148). It is the story of two boys, Amir, the privileged Pashtun, and Hassan, a Hazara servant. While Amir considers
Hassan to be his friend, and the boys have virtually been raised together, Amir consistently takes advantage of that friendship throughout his childhood, playing cruel jokes on Hassan and basing
this presumption on their difference in status. However, in later life, the fate of his friend comes to haunt him, causing Amir to return to Afghanistan in order to redeem
his own and his fathers sins. The majority of the book is told in flashback. Amir recalls the deep loyalty of his Hazara friend. No matter what sort of
mischief Amir wanted to enact, Hassan would help him. "Hassan never wanted to, but if I asked, really asked, he wouldnt deny me. Hassan never denied me anything"
(Hosseini 4). Hassan is clearly the more noble of the two boys, as his actions are motivated by loyalty to Amir, rather than a desire to cause others trouble. However,
Hosseinis portrait of Amir is balanced, as he shows that Amirs motivation. The author shows that the boys behavior toward Hassan is motivated by jealousy. At the root
of the tension between the two boys is the fact that Amir, who is "quiet, bookish," is jealous of the attention that his father gives to "athletic" Hassan (Baker 50).
From an outsiders viewpoint, Amir has everything; Hassan nothing. Amir lives in a beautiful, marble-floored home; Hassan in a mud hut. Amir was born with a normal appearance; Hassan has
a hare-lip. Nevertheless, Hassan has something that Amir feels he does not and sorely wants--his fathers approval. Amir learns from a history book he finds in his familys study that
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