Themes in the Kite Runner by Claire Louise Harrison

Baba x General Taheri

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Baba and general Taheri were good friends, this was presented in chapter 11 when they got to California

Soroya x Amir

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This was the beginning of Amir falling in love with Soroya (ended up being married), in chapter 11 they met and made eye contact, later that night Amir couldn't stop thinking of her.

Amir and Hassan

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Chapter 6. "Winter to me was the end of long division and naming the capital of Bulgaria, and the start of three months of playing cards by the stove with Hassan, free Russian movies on Tuesday mornings at Cinema Park, sweet turnip qurma over rice for lunch after a morning of building snowmen. And kites, of course. Flying kites. And running them."

Chapter 7, p. 57, line 15-16

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"Still, I had been mean to Hassan. I almost apologized, then didn't.

Soroya confessing to Amir

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When Amir asked to marry Soroya she first had to tell him about her past and what she did wrong, essentially not keeping anything from Amir. (chapter 12)

Amir x Soraya

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Amir's interactions with Soraya intensify his regret over past transgressions, reflecting his longing for redemption. As he witnesses Baba's declining health, Amir grapples with the urgency of seeking forgiveness and the weight of his unresolved guilt.

chapter 17, page 200

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"Alas the Afghanistan of our youth is long dead"

Amir's attitude towards Baba's justice

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Chapter 6. "If I changed my mind and asked for a bigger and fancier kite, Baba would buy it for me--but then he'd buy it for Hassan too. Sometimes I wished he wouldn't do that. Wished he'd let me be the favorite."

Chapter 7, p. 58, line 19-20

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"I felt his glare on me like the heat of a blistering sun."

Baba's love vs. Hassan

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In a weekend when Baba told Amir to call Hassan to go together to a park next to lake, Amir decided to lie that Hassan is sick, so that Amir can stay alone with Baba.

Chapter 3, page 13

Hassan and Amir chapter 2

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A the beginning Amir describes his friendship with Hassan

¨we often climbed on one of the poplars that grew up in the yard near my father's house, and let the sun bunnies through the windows of the neighbors. With pockets full of dried mulberry berries and walnuts, we climbed high, sat each on its own twig, hung our legs and took turns catching rays with a fragment of a mirror. Cheerfully giggling, we filled our mouths with berries, threw them at each other.¨

Amir's Envy

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Chapter 6. "I tripped over a rock and fell--I wasn't just slower than Hassan but clumsier too; I'd always envied his natural athieticism."

Amir and Hassan in cinema chapter 2

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"In the dark of the cinema, when the session had already begun, Hassan croaked, and tears rolled down his cheeks. I hugged him, shook him to me. Hasan put his head on my shoulder."

Chapter 6

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" I knew I was being cruel, like when I'd taunt him if he didn't know some big word. But there was something fascinating-albeit in a sick way about teasing Hassan. Kind of like when we used to play insect torture. Except now, he was the ant and I was holding the magnifying glass."

Chapter 7, p. 71 line 24-25.

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"It was a look I had seen before. It was the look of the lamb." In this moment Hassan is being r*ped by Assef, and Amir describes how he doesn't struggle, because he's faithful to Amir and will do anything to save that blue kite. Amir feels guilt and says how Hassan has this "Look of the lamb".

Soroya x Amir Wedding

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After a little bit they decided to marry each other, that same day they were both sitting on the couch and for the first time Amir told Soroya that he loved her.

Soraya x Khala Jamila

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"When the General's wife, Khala Jamila, saw me, she beamed and held me at arm's length, looking at me with a smile that reached her eyes. 'How are you my son?' she said."

Chapter 7, p. 74, line 20-21.

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" In his (Baba's) arms, I forgot what I'd done. And that was good."

This quote is not fit here but I just don't know where to put it. Here Amir wants to forget everything that happened for his own good.