The+Kite+Runner

 **Author:** Khaled Hosseini **Published:** 2002 **Genre:** novel (fiction) **Setting**: The novel begins in Kabul Afghanistan in 1975 and ends in California in the spring of 2002. In the novel, the narrator and his father flee to America when the Soviets invade in 1980, and the protagonist returns to Kabul, Afghanistan at the height of Taliban rule.

**Key Literary Elements:** Characterization, symbolism (the kite), internal conflict (Amir struggles with his personal demons surrounding his treatment of his best friend Hassan), flashback (entire story is protagonist looking back on his life) **Themes/ Motifs**: Redemption: actions and consequences, Father and Son relationships, the persistence of the past and its influence on the future, Guilt /Forgiveness, Racism/Discrimination, Oppression/Poverty, War/refugees and immigrant experiences, Friendship/Brotherhood.

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