The Kite Runner By Khaled Hosseini

The Kite Runner is a disturbing but well written book. It focuses on one man's struggle to rid himself of guilt throughout his lifetime. I don't really know where to start with this book. I haven't read anything like it before. Parts of it are really hard to relate to because I have no experience in this type of environment. The whole book has to do with events going in circles. Amir, the main character is constanly getting a second chance, in a convoluted way. He is saved from Assef by Hassan. He then stands by and does nothing while Assef rapes Hassen a few years later. As an adult, Amir finds himself in a simular situation: Assef is only thing standing in Amir's way when Amir goes back to Afganistan to rescue Hassan's son, Sohrab. This time Amir fights Assef. Assef still has the upper hand and probably would have killed Amir if Sohrab had not rescued Amir with a slingshot. Ironically, this is the same way Hassan protected Amir years earlier. After Amir gets Sohrab out of Afganistan, the book seems to be almost dragging, like getting out of Afganistan was where it was supossed to resolve everything, and life goes on, happily ever after. But this is not to be, before getting to America, Sohrab tries to commit suicide rather that go to an orphanage (which, ironically, he never had to go to). This development makes Sohrab and Amir have troubles with thier relationship, which makes Amir feel guilty again. At the very end of the book, Amir "runs a kite" for Sohrab just as Hassan did for Amir so many years ago, bringing the whole book full circle with the hope of a better future.