The Kite Runner

Somebody posted about Slumdog Millionaire (I still haven’t seen it yet) and it reminded me of a book I read in my AP Literature class my senior year. There’s also a movie that goes along with the book, but I’m one of those people that think the books are better than the movies. There are just certain details that aren’t included in the movies that make the book so much better. I know the movie can’t include everything in the book, but sometimes it leaves out things and the audience gets confused and they start asking obnoxious questions in the movie theatre, like my mom asking me if Snape was going to kill Dumbledore during the sixth Harry Potter movie every time he came on the screen because I read the books and she didn’t…but I’m getting off topic here.

The trailer for The Kite Runner really irks me, because it says that the two boys who were best friends were separated by a war and if you’ve read the book this is certainly not true. It is true that they were then separated by continents, but the events leading up to his best friend leaving did not have anything to do with the war. I guess in the trailer they don’t want to give anything away, but it’s being misleading. Here’s a link for the trailer: The Kite Runner

The whole story behind The Kite Runner is basically redemption and finding a “way to be good again.” The boy who ends up leaving is a Hazura, which is the lowest class in Afghanistan (like the dirt underneath your shoes), while the boy who ends up leaving the continent has a rich father, but was still close friends with his servant. Basically something happens in which the rich boy, Amir, does not protect his servant/”friend” and ends up feeling guilty about it; feeling like he has to redeem himself by finding a “way to be good again” like I mentioned before. If you’re looking for a good read I would recommend The Kite Runner. I reflected a lot on this book, as it hit me emotionally and also spiritually.

One thing we talked about in my AP Lit class was how the Hazuras had such a strong faith and prayed every day, hoping for a better life than the one they were leading, while Amir and his father already had the riches they needed so they didn’t rely on faith as much, and pretty much not at all. Later on Amir reconsiders his faith, but I won’t go into that.

Please think about taking a look at this book, especially if you love reading thought provoking novels. I will talk with you about it if you end up reading it, but only if you want to.

And as I will always end my posts…

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