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Khaled Hosseini's The Kite Runner leered me in with the interesting background on Afghanistan and a young boy's memory that continues to haunt him 20 years later in America.

A theme that I would consider for The Kite Runner is love. The Afghanistan background repeatedly states the importance of family. Amir, the main character in the book, looks up strongly to his father, Baba. He wants nothing more than to impress his father, who is a wealthy and busy man. Hassan, the son of Ali, the family's servant, has lived his entire life in Amir's house and Hassan looks up to him the most out of everyone. He does anything to defend Amir and to make Amir happy, out of pure love. Amir, though he does not express his "brotherly" love to Hassan as a child, comes back to redeem himself when he's older and finds peace in Afghanistan once more.

Hosseini's writing style for this book is a first person point of view by a boy named Amir. He tells of his life in Afghanistan, living in a large and beautiful home and spending most of his childhood playing with Hassan. A tragic incident occurs, leaving Amir confused and eventually leaving behind Hassan without a goodbye. Amir escapes Afghanistan with his father to move to America, after the Soviet invasion. 20 years later, the story continues when Amir is a fully grown man, married and taking care of his ill father.

The setting for this book has two different locations. It includes Afghanistan in the late 60's and then America in the 70's. The settings seem to be the complete opposite and when Amir goes back to Afghanistan, the changes there are very prominent. America is more care free and organized, while Afghanistan is a damaged country with orphans on every corner and people being stoned by the Taliban.

I would recommended this book to anyone who enjoys a dramatic, heart-felt story with several twists. It deals with family troubles, the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan and the journey of living in a completely different country.

Khaled Hosseini's The Kite Runner leered me in with the interesting background on Afghanistan and a young boy's memory that continues to haunt him 20 years later in America.

A theme that I would consider for The Kite Runner is love. The Afghanistan background repeatedly states the importance of family. Amir, the main character in the book, looks up strongly to his father, Baba. He wants nothing more than to impress his father, who is a wealthy and busy man. Hassan, the son of Ali, the family's servant, has lived his entire life in Amir's house and Hassan looks up to him the most out of everyone. He does anything to defend Amir and to make Amir happy, out of pure love. Amir, though he does not express his "brotherly" love to Hassan as a child, comes back to redeem himself when he's older and finds peace in Afghanistan once more.

Hosseini's writing style for this book is a first person point of view by a boy named Amir. He tells of his life in Afghanistan, living in a large and beautiful home and spending most of his childhood playing with Hassan. A tragic incident occurs, leaving Amir confused and eventually leaving behind Hassan without a goodbye. Amir escapes Afghanistan with his father to move to America, after the Soviet invasion. 20 years later, the story continues when Amir is a fully grown man, married and taking care of his ill father.

The setting for this book has two different locations. It includes Afghanistan in the late 60's and then America in the 70's. The settings seem to be the complete opposite and when Amir goes back to Afghanistan, the changes there are very prominent. America is more care free and organized, while Afghanistan is a damaged country with orphans on every corner and people being stoned by the Taliban.

I would recommended this book to anyone who enjoys a dramatic, heart-felt story with several twists. It deals with family troubles, the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan and the journey of living in a completely different country.

I love fashion and makeup.
I like to ride bikes, play tennis, and sketch.
I am an avid reader.
I can speak fluent Spanish and work as a translator.
I like a variety of music and love watching movies.
I wish I could dance.
And sing well.
I am a Potterhead.
I think, I may possibly spend too much time on the computer.
I'm kind of weird.
I love food.
I would like to become a psychologist.
I'd like to learn Italian, then French.
I'm nervous about the future.
On that note, I worry too much.
My birthday is May 15th.
I have traveled half way across the world to Europe and I want to go back.

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"English grammar is so complex and confusing for the one very simple reason that its rules and terminology are based on Latin, a language with which it has precious little in common." -Bill Bryson.