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Plot Overview: The kite Runner


The Kite Runner



Plot overview
The Kite Runner is an emotional and gripping story of betrayal and Redemption. It's a story about two boys Amir and Hassan who are bestfriends, where Amir is a Sunni boy and Hassan his servant's son, is a Hazara boy. The two boys live in Kabul, the Capital of Afganistan. 
One day Amir and Hassan are playing, where they run into three boys Assef, Wali and Kamal who threat to beat Amir for hanging around with a Hazara , but Hassan jumps in and uses his slingshot to stop Assef.

Later the story skips to the Kite Flying tournament which they both are determined to win. This was a chance for Amir to forge a close relation with his father and win his love. The tournament ends with Amir's success and an unfortunate event of his betrayal against Hassan, who has been sexually assaulted, to prevent Amir's Kite, in front of him and he does nothing but to stand in a corner and watch it happening. 

After this event Amir's behaviour with Hassan changes, and they drift apart. Amir Racked by guilt, decides, whether he or Hassan should leave and commits another act of betrayal. He stuffs some money and a watch under Hassan's pillow and accuses him of thievery in front of Baba. When confronted, Hassan admits to it and shortly moves away.


The story the jumps to, their migration in 1981 from Afghanistan because of Soviet Invasion. After a hellish journey the reach Pakistan. Two years later, Amir and his Baba move to California. Where Amir marries Soraya, the daughter of one of his father's friends, General Taheri. Later Amir receives a call from Rahim Khan, Closest friend of his Baba, who urges him to travel to Afghanistan and rescue Sohrab, Hassan's son. Whereas, Hassan and his wife has been killed by Taliban. Furthermore, Rahim Khan reveals a secret truth to Amir that, Hassan is his father's son and Amir's half brother. 

Later in the story, Amir travels to Kabul to and meets an official to find Sohrab. When he meets that official, he comes to realize that it's Assef, who had enslaved Sohrab and making him appear in feminine clothes. Assef says that he wants to settle an unfinished business with Amir, where two of them have a terrible fight, and Assef beats Amir brutally with his brass knuckles. This time Sohrab threatens Assef with his slingshot and shoots him in the eye, allowing both of them to escape. After recovery, Amir starts the process of Sohrab's adoptions and eventually takes him to California as an act of redemption of the mistakes that he had committed in his past.

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