- The women weren't allowed to be seen in without a scarf covering their faces, not allowed to speak in loud voices, nor make eye contact.
- There were several betrayals amongst Amir and Baba. Amir betrayed Hasaan by lying on him, driving him out of there home, and destroying a forty year relationship between Baba and Ali. Baba betrayed Ali by sleeping with his wife and conceived a child.
- There were at least three sets of brothers being mentioned, the brothers that killed Ali parents when he was a child, since Baba's father adopted Ali and they grew up together they were sort of like brothers, although Ali was considered the servant, but the servants' son, Hasaan grew up with Amir and they spent alot of time together, they could have been percieved as brothers in the beginning, but in the end they ended of being blood brothers.
- The hidden guilt was more of a burden on Ali and he couldn't find the tone to tell no one what he had witnessed happen to Hasaan. He realized once someone knew of what he had been hiding in him for so long, was now considered open guilt, it was up to him to make it better again by abiding by Rahim Kahn's death wish.
- The Redemption for Ali came after learning Hasaan was his brother and he had a son in Kabul, he must go and get him and bring him back to safety, to someone whom will care for him, that was the least he could do after all Hasaan has went through for him.
- The Exodus/Journey when Baba and Amir had to leave discreetly for freedom and safety after the Russian soldiers invaded Kabul. They had to ride in the back of trucks, sleep in basements for a week due to transportation mishaps, and finally travel in fuel trucks.
- The Father & Sons patriachal society consists of honor and pride, they could talk freely about women, only a suitor was suitable for marrying their daughter and the honorable thing was to send the father and ask for their daughter's hand in marriage.
- The Hazara were beneath the Pashtun in the class distinction.
2. Style
- The parallelism or resemblance was vividly clear after Baba's funeral and the mourners were speaking of how good Baba had been to them in the many years, and Amir realized he had been defined by Baba and the marks he had left on people lives. Hasaan had some resemblance with his son, the looks, the slingshot traits, and trustworthy.
- The character foils could have been Amir and Soraya (one taught their servants how to read and write while the other read to them or mock them of words they didnt know), Amir and Hasaan (one took the friendship for granted while the other would give his life), and Baba and the General (one had to much pride to receive government assistance while the other one willlingly accepted the funds and kept his family on on welfare, one of them seek work in the US where the other one never held a job in the US in hopes that Afghanistan one day be restored.)
- In Foreshadowing, Amir knew his father didn't have long to live but he wanted his father to be apart of a very importand special day for him so he relied on his father to ask for Soraya's hand in marriage.
- Amir had the flashback towards the end of the novel in San Francisco when he purchased a kite and tried to enlighten Sohrab on how his father use to enjoy being a kite runner, but Amir took more pleasure out of it than Sorhab.
- The negative aspects out-weighed the positives. The negative ones were sad and could have been prevented throughout conversations like the betrayals that have taken place, and Sohrab almost commiting suicide.The positive ones were during happy occasions like the wedding and publishing his first novel, and living in a better condition than Kabul had become.
3. Settings
- In the winter, Kabul had a kite flying tournament
- Eid, three days of celebration after the holy month of Ramadan
- five daily prayers, the mullah believed azam, calling for faithful to unroll their rugs and bow their heads west in prayer
4. Five minor characters and their role
- Karim, a people smuggler
- Aziz, a fuel truck driver
- Mr. Fayyaz, hotel manager
- Farid, a driver when Amir returned to Pakistan
- Farzana, Hasaan's wife
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