Unbelievable Powerful Book
I have finished an impressive book called The Kite Runner and I want to share it with everybody.
The Kite Runner, written by Khaled Hosseini, is an unforgettable
novel about a precious friendship between Amir and his servant’s son, Hassan, in
Afghanistan which is beyond race, money, fame and status but also with love, betray
and redemption. Amir used to read Hassan stories and expose his ignorance by
teasing him with some big word under the pomegranate tree that is craved with “
Amir and Hassan, the sultans of Kabul”. On the day Amir won the kite-fighting
tournament, Hassan went to run for the last kite for Amir and got raped by
Assef who is the son of an important figure. Amir saw all of it, but he didn’t
step out to stop it like Hassan had did for him like a friend and pretended not
aware of this. After many years, Hassan was died for his loyalty toward Amir
and Amir went back for redemption and adopted Hassan’s son as a new start.
I remember there is a quotation that haunts me for a long time. “For
you a thousand times over.” This sentence was like a clue appeared
in different places of the whole book It’s first said by Hassan when Amir won
the kite-fighting tournament and his father’s favor. Hassan was going to run
the last kite for Amir as a reward and something to be proud of. However, this
loyal oath was like a whip which slashes Amir’s conscience for years. On the
way running for the kite, Hassan was caught by Assef, a brutal jerk who enjoys
bullying kids, and his alliance. Amir followed Hassan and peeked at it. He
almost yelled but he didn’t. He failed this friendship and, of course, this
oath. And years later, whenever Amir thought about Hassan, it would remind him
this sentence and his sin.
