LANGUAGE IN INDIA

Strength for Today and Bright Hope for Tomorrow

Volume 11 : 12 December 2011
ISSN 1930-2940

Managing Editor: M. S. Thirumalai, Ph.D.
Editors: B. Mallikarjun, Ph.D.
         Sam Mohanlal, Ph.D.
         B. A. Sharada, Ph.D.
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         Lakhan Gusain, Ph.D.
         Jennifer Marie Bayer, Ph.D.
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         L. Ramamoorthy, Ph.D.

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Khaled Hosseini’s The Kite Runner

Selvi Bunce

Cover page of <em>The Kite Runner</em></p> <p><strong>Amir’s Life Story</strong></p> <p><strong><em>The Kite Runner</em></strong> by Khaled Hosseini (2003, Riverhead Books) is a novel about Amir, a boy who grows up in Kabul, during the time of the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan. The reader starts out in Amir’s childhood and progresses through his life. The reader sees him as a boy, and later as the man he becomes.</p> <p><strong>Amir and Hassan</strong></p> <p>Amir is fairly honest and good, but sometimes he gets jealous of Hassan. Hassan is the son of Amir’s father’s best friend. Amir’s father loves Hassan almost more than he loves Amir because Hassan’s father, Ali, grew up with Amir’s father and they were like brothers. Amir’s father cares so much about Hassan because Hassan is also his son. Hassan’s mother had cheated on Ali with Amir’s father and gave birth to Hassan.</p> <p>Amir has no idea of this until both his father and Hassan are dead. Amir spent his whole life treating Hassan as half servant and half friend but Hassan was okay with this because he was extremely loyal to Amir. Hassan is a Hazara, and Hazaras were despised and bullied in Kabul. </p> Hassan and Amir were both taunted by a bully named Assef.<p></p> <hr /> <p align=This is only the beginning part of the article. PLEASE CLICK HERE TO READ THE ARTICLE IN PRINTER-FRIENDLY VERSION.

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