The+Kite+Runner

The students group: Akem Marcela Indira Jie Zhang Sungdu Floranyelis Priscila
 * //The Kite Runner// by Khalid Husseini

The caracters: Amir-the narrator Hassan-Amir's friend,Ali,the servant's son,Sanaubar's husband and Sohrab's father Sahib(Baba)-Amir's father Assef-Amir and Hassan's nemesis Ali-the servant,Hassan's father Soraya-Amir's wife Rahim Khan-Sahib's friend,Amir's friend,considered as uncle Sohrab-hassan's son,became an orphan and adopted at last bye Amir sanaubar-mother of hassan Farzana-Hassan's wife** READING SCHEDULES BY CHAPTERS
 * MARCH 09, 2009 ( chap. 6 to 10)
 * MARCH 16, 2009 ( chap. 11 to 15)
 * MARCH 23, 2009 ( chap. 16 to 20)
 * MARCH 30, 2009 (chap. 21 to 30).

The Kite Runner is a story that takes place in Kabul, Afghanistan. This is a story of two boys that come from different part of the Afghani society. Amir is a rich boy who has everything that he might desire. Hassan is his close friend but who works as his servant and they like to be around one another. They play games and do mischievous things just like every other child would do. However, they are different in many ways on is a Shia Muslim and the other is a Sunni Muslim and this would later bring a lot of conflicts between them apart from many other issues. Also they both lost their mothers but in different situations Amir's mother died while giving birth. Hassan's mother left after giving birth.

The Kite Runner tells a story about Amir, a rich boy from Kabul, Afghanistan. Amir is a problematic child that lost his mother in the time of his birth and have a cold and formal relationship with his father, baba. His best friend is Hassan, son of the servent of his family, Ali. Amir didn't understand the affection that Baba had for Hassan. Hassan is a talent in the annual kite competion, that marks the beginning of winter in Kabul. Amir is champion of this competition and Hassan is a talented Kite Runner. When Amir is twelve years old, he finaly won the esteem of his father, Baba, by winning the competition. Hassan, the kite runner, ran to get the last kite and had a sad surprise, Assef was waitig for him. Amir was looking for his best friend and unexpectedly find Hassan suffering a brutal rape. Amir had no courage to interfer and prefer to have this fact as a secret.
 * //The Kite Runner// by Khalid Husseini**
 * Plot **


 * The setting

The kite Runner by Khalid Hosseini takes place in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and the United States from 1975.

Conflict

Protagonist conflict; Amir narrator of the novel.the story talk about Amir childhood in Afghanistan and the terrible sin that he commits against Hassan, a Hazara boy who also happens to be his half brother. He returns to his homeland to atone for that sin by finding Hassan's son, Sohrab, and bringing to home.

Antagonist conflict; the antagonist is Assef a mean and violent boy, He is bigoted childhood of Amir and Hassan. he torments both of them but he attacks and rapes Hassan. Later, when the Taliban gains control of Afghanistan, he becomes one of them so he can continue to torture others, he finds inferior to himself. He also takes Sohrab as his sexual plaything and Amir must defeat Assef to bring Sohrab home and to the family he deserves.**


 * Mood

At times, the mood of //The Kite Runner// is tragic, filled with despair, and very sad; at other times, it is and hopeful. Finally, it is a triumphant commentary on the human spirit.**

 __Themes__ · Friendship: at the beginning of the book Amir and Hassan play together and help each other like best friends. Hassan often defends Amir from other boys. · One of main themes is betrayal. When Hassan was raped by Assef, Amir pretended not to know what Assef did to Hassan. After that, the relationship between Hassan and Amir was broken. · Fear: this theme is presented when Amir is afraid of Assef, or what he can does to him. Later on the book after Amir immigrated to America, he had to go back to Afganistan, to pick up Hassan’s son. In spite, this was difficult to do because the terrorist group called “talibans”. Amir had the fear he wouldn’t go back to United States after he goes to Afganistan. · Guilt: Amir feels a little guilty about the what happened to Hassan and he couldn’t help him. · Lie: Amir’s Father Never told Hassan and Amir that they were brothers. · Honor: because Amir’s father was a man with a high reputation in whole Kabul, he never revealed his Affair With Hassan’s mother and the fact that Hassan and Amir were brothers.