Book Review #2

In The Kite Runner, a historical fiction novel by Khaled Hosseini, the character Amir faces many difficult events in his life. In the second part of the book we see that he is still scarred by what he saw when he was younger. Also he was there when his acquaintance Kamal died. When his father died and heard that Hassan had also died. At the end of the book Amir is in his late thirties as he travels to Kabul to find the son of his half-brother/ best friend Hassan. The relationship between Hassan and Amir is bettered expressed in the first portion of the book, but hints of their relationship were shown in the second portion as well. Hassan and Amir were always very close. They enjoyed playing with each other everyday. But after the incident everything changed. Now in the second part of the book, Amir faces the hardship of finding out that his childhood friend was actually his half-brother, and that he was killed along with his wife. Amir feels that the only way to make it up to Hassan for what had happened in the past was to find his son, Sohrab, and take him back to Rahim Khan.

In the second part of The Kite Runner, many intense events happen that change the perspective of the book. Although readers still wish that Hassan and Amir were friends again, this can’t happen since Hassan past away. It gives me more questions as to what will happen later on in the book since it seems like not much more could be said. In each section of the book, there is a great amount of drama that takes place. After reading the second part, I am anxious to find out what will happen later on in the story. Will Amir be able to find baby Sohrab? Can Rahim Khan survive until the baby is brought back? Will Amir ever be able to have a child of his own? Many questions come to my mind as I think about the following events of the book. Hopefully the third section is accompanied by a longer series of dramatic events that adds on to the non-stop tragedies of Amir’s life.