Weekly written Analysis 3

"Kite Runner"

The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini is the story of the friendship between a wealthy Afghan boy and the son of his father's servant. According The Kite Runner official Website, The Kite Runner has shipped over four million copies and spent more than two years on the "New York Times" bestseller list. I was not familiar with the Afghan culture but I read the novel two years ago and last month I watch the movie.

The Kite Runner is the shattering first novel by Khaled Hosseini, an Afghan doctor who received political asylum in 1980 as civil conflict devastated his homeland. The story also offers a first hand account of the social and political turmoil that the Soviet invasion wrought upon the entire country. This story gave me a new feel for what Afghanistan used to be like and the level of devastation humans can wreak on each other and a society. I found a good story of loyalty, cowardice, betrayal and redemption, with a brief insight in the recent history of Afghanistan.
The Kite Runner was transformed into a film production. In both novel and film form, “The Kite Runner” recounts a simple yet shrewd story about that favorite American pastime: self-improvement.

The Kite Runner is about the price of peace, both personal and political, and what we knowingly destroy in our hope of achieving that, be it friends, democracy or ourselves. Over the last three decades, Afghanistan has been ceaselessly battered by Communist rule, Soviet occupation, the Mujahideen and a democracy that became a rule of terror. I suggest that one should take part in both reading and watching The Kite Runner.

Reference
Parks, J. (2008, December 18). Kabul - The Kite Runner. Retrieved March 2, 2009, from http://www.kiterunnermovie.com/