Characters
He is the protagonist of "The Kite Runner"
Amir
1973
Afghanistan's king is overthrown by his cousin, Daoud Khan.
Literary Element: "Because that was the winter Hassan stopped smiling."
Foreshadowing
How Hassan disarms Assef the first time he encounters him.
With a slingshot
"For you, a thousand times over."
Hassan
Sanaubar
Hassan's mother who ran off after he was born
These are the two ethnicities present in the novel.
Pashtun and Hazara
This is what most defines Assef's character:
He idolizes Hitler
This is why Assef despises Amir
Amir is friends with a Hazara
"Now there was a leader. A great leader. A man with vision."
He is a father figure to Amir
Rahim Khan
This is the capital of Afghanistan
Kabul
"Theft"
Baba thinks this is the only sin.
He wrote "The Kite Runner"
Khaled Hosseini
"There is a way to be good again."
Rahim Khan
He symbolizes the sacrificial lamb
Hassan
1979
The Russian invasion of Afghanistan
This is the symbol for purity and innocence in the novel.
The lamb.
This is the year in which "The Kite Runner" opens
2001
"God help us all if Afghanistan ever falls into their hands."
Baba
Baba
Amir's father
The national passion of Afghanistan (during the time in which the novel is set)
Bushkazi
Amir's first word was _____. Hassan's first word was ____.
Baba / Amir
Amir is a ___________ ___________
(religion and ethnicity)
Sunni Pashtun
"It's wrong what they say about the past [. . .] The past crawls its way out."
Amir