Kite Runner Response

     The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini, is very well written book about a man named Amir and his life story from growing up in Afghanistan, moving to America, and all of the journeys in between. When the book started off I wasn't so sure about it, but as it went on I found myself to really like it. I would recommend it to anyone who is interested in history as well as just a good story. Amir grew up in a wealthy home in Afghanistan with his father Baba and their servants Ali and Hassan. Amir and Hassan grew up as best friends; they did everything together, from going on walks, reading, flying kites, and many other things. The neighborhood they lived in had an annual kite flying event that Amir and Hassan always participated in. The year of kite flying that Amir went in depth about was in 1975 this was the last year they did that event and the last day Amir and Hassan really spent as friends. In March of 1981 Amir and his father had decided to escape to America as Russia was starting to take over Afghanistan. In America they started a new life in California living among other Afghans who had escaped. As time goes on Baba gets diagnosed with cancer. Shortly before Baba passes away Amir gets married to Soraya, another Afghan woman he had met while living in American. Amir and Soraya took care of Baba after getting married and he passed away about a month later. Amir made a good life for him and his wife as he was a successful author. In June of 2002 Amir recieved a letter  from an old friend Rahim Khan who is living in Pakistan and is very sick and requests for Amir to come see him. While in Pakistan Amir learns some very interesting news about everything that had happened. He comes to learn that Hassan and him were brothers, as a cause of his fathers sins with Ali's wife. Rahim Khan had asked Amir to Pakistan to go and find Sohrab, this was Hassan's son. After the Taliban took over Afghanistan everything went south even further in Afghan. Hassan and his wife had been murdered leaving their son an orphan. Amir went on a long dangerous journey into Kabul in order to find Hassan's son. He had come across the Taliban and an old bully from his childhood who was head of the Taliban and in possession of Sohrab. After many hardships and trips to the hospital Sohrab was finally in America with Amir. This story will bring tears, anxiety, and an ending of hope.