The Kite Runner is the story of a young boy who lives in Kabul, Afghanistan, with his baba and two Hazara servants, Ali and Hassam. Ali is Baba’s close friend Rahim Khan is also a trustworthy servant to them.
Amir likes his baba, but he isn’t close to him. He believes his father despises him because his wife died giving birth to him. Amir adores his friend Hassan, but he is envious of him because his father constantly compliments him and brings him whatever he purchases for Amir.
When they are both flying kites one day, three boys appear Asif, Wali, and Kamal. They both threaten each other and attempt to steal Amir’s favourite kite, while Hassan shoots Assef in the eyes with his slingshot and they both flee. When Hassan goes outside the next day, they start harassing him and mistreating him. Amir notices everything that is going on around him, but he remains hidden. When Hassan arrives, he pretends to be unaware of what has occurred.
Following that, Amir feels guilty for his cowardice in not being able to save his friend. Despite this, he harbours a grudge against Hassan. Baba gives him an expensive watch for his birthday. He tucks the watch beneath Hassan’s pillow.
He claims Hassan stole his watch the next morning. His father believes Hassan, so he does not agree and says to check. When they find the watch, Hassan admits that he did not do it. Later, Ali (Hassan’s father) seeks an apology from Baba and departs with Hassan for good.
When Russia and Afghanistan go to war, Amir and Baba flee to Fremont, California, where his father works in a gas station and where his old friend General Tahir lives with his daughter Suraya. Amir likes her and approaches his father about asking for General Tahir’s daughter’s hand in marriage. The proposal is accepted by General Tahir. Amir’s baba becomes ill, and doctors diagnose him with lung cancer as a result of his excessive smoking.
Because of Baba’s health, Tahir arranged for Amir and Suraya’s wedding to take place as soon as possible. Baba dies after only a month of marriage.
Later, Amir receives a phone call from Rahim Khan, who informs him that he is ill and wishes to speak with him. They would then meet again in a week. He tells him about Kabul’s devastation and claims that the city is in shambles and that the Taliban rule there violently. He requests that Amir do him a favour and inform him about Hassan. He claims he persuaded him to live in your home with his wife and son Sohrab. When he returned to Kabul and Pakistan after a few years, a neighbour approached him and told him that the Taliban had killed both Hassan and favouring and then sent Sohrab to an orphanage.
When Amir discovers this, he becomes extremely concerned that he has lost a true friend whom he betrayed as a child.
Rahim Khan then admits that Hassan is his father’s son and stepbrother. He (Rahim Khan) wishes for Amir to return Sohrab to Pakistan, where a couple wishes to adopt him. Amir agrees and travels to Kabul, where he discovers the orphanage, but the director informs him that Sohrab is not a member. And he tells Amir sternly to leave. Then Amir discovers that the Taliban has kidnapped Sohrab from the orphanage.
He approaches the Taliban and inquires about Sohrab. The Taliban’s leader arrives. Amir has recognised him. He is Asif, the man who harassed and wronged Hassan (Sohrab’s father).
He does the same thing now: he sexually abuses Afghanistan’s orphans. He begins beating Amir and makes a condition that if he wins, he can take Sohrab with him. Sohrab saves Amir by shooting the slingshot in Asif’s eye, as his father did, and then they both flee.
When Amir arrives in Pakistan with Sohrab and learns that Rahim has died, he decides to adopt Sohrab and bring him to the United States. However, the adoption officials tell him that he cannot adopt Sohrab and that he must return to a poor orphanage.
Amir told his wife about the situation, and she was overjoyed to adopt Sohrab because she had been told she couldn’t have kids. After she talks a lot to adoption officials and they agree to give Sohrab.
Finally, they transfer Sohrab to California, but he ceases to speak. They take him to a park where many people are flying kites one day. Amir purchases a kite for Sohrab as well as one for himself. He begins flying the kite by employing Hassan’s favourite kite-running technique. So they win the kite running competition, Sohrab smiles, and they return home happy.
Kulsoom M. Hassni
School of Intensive Teaching Hub