Forrrrrrrr sho

The Kite Runner was definitely worth reading and I highly recommend it to people that need a good book to read.  The story really left me with what trust and friendship actually are.  From this book it enforced that trust is necessary for friendship to occur.  The term friendship, was redefined through this book as well. 

The relationship between Hassan and Amir was that they were like brothers in the beginning of the book, however Amir was afraid to call Hassan his friend because he was a Hazara.  To me this definitely means that their relationship was not true friendship.  Amir treated Hassan poorly, watched him get raped without helping him, and framed him for stealing money.  With all this going on in their childhoods they didn’t seem to be friends at all.  However, once they are separated and realize all of the great times they had together, realize that they are brothers, and yearn to see each other again, their relationship has been revised to a level of friendship that they had never reached before, even though they weren’t seeing each other at all.  Another part of this change in their relationship is that when Amir learns of Hassan’s death and is willing to travel to Kabul, which was very treacherous, to retrieve Hassan’s son, Sohrab.  This shows Amir’s hopes for forgiveness from Hassan and that they shall remain close, in spirit.

After reading The Kite Runner I am now much more interested in world affairs.  I feel ashamed that I didn’t know all of the horrors taking place in Afghanistan and how hard it was to live there.  This book has encouraged me to learn more about such oppressed places and how people can help them.

After reading two thirds of this book I am becoming very interested in the book.  The plot has become very suspenseful.  Also the main character, Amir, has married and is now in his late 30’s, which is a little bit older than in the beginning of this section.  So many events are ocurring that I am beginning to forget what I have already read and am focusing more on whats happening now.  I had to reference back to the book in order to remember what had previously happened. 

In this middle section of the book, there are moments of great happiness and sadness.  Amir graduates from school and marries.  While on the other hand, Baba dies from his smoking habits, Amir is unsuccessful in having a child, and he also learns that his former best friend, Hassan has died as well.  Amir also learns that his father was a hypocrite, never telling him that Hassan was actually his half-brother.  The only part that I didn’t understand about this is why Baba would never have told Amir about Hassan being his half-brother, when he believed so strongly in always telling the truth.  This seemed very uncharacteristic of Baba, who was an incredible person.  However, why wouldn’t he be honorable enough to confess about his sins?

I’ve read the first part of this book, and find it to be a very entertaining read.  There were a few things from The Kite Runner that I didn’t understand.  For example, I understand that there are bullies everywhere and that Assef was just another one, but why would he rape Hassan?  He could have beaten him up all he wanted and gained all the satisfaction he needed… so why rape him? 

Also, I think that this book is very interesting for the moods it contains.  It started out as what seemed like a pleasant friendship between two boys as the main plot.  However there is betrayal and then one moves away, and it really is a sad story (and this is only the beginning).  This book should continue to be very entertaining because there’s bound to be more events that will change the mood drastically and fill the story with action.

I’m going to read the Kite Runner as my independent reading book.  I don’t remember if we had to write a paragraph or something about our choice, but some other people did so I guess I will too.  I’ve heard really good things about this book.  Also I think that it taking place in the Middle East will make it very interesting to me because I know very little about the lifestyles of children in those coundtries.  People who were forced to read this against their will for summer reading ended up enjoying The Kite Runner so I guess it must be a very compelling read.