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 change...