The place where the story of The Kite Runner takes place

The story of The Kite Runner takes place in Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan.

The novel tells Amir’s story from the first-person perspective. Amir was born in Kabul in 1963 to a wealthy family in a wealthy neighborhood. His father "Papa" was a Pashtun, the son of a judge and a successful carpet merchant. Ali's servant Ali's son Hassan was a Hazara.

Amir and Hassan are good playmates. Hassan is a very loyal, upright person who only cares about Master Amir. The two often play and play games together. Amir is an excellent "kite fighter", that is, he is good at using his own kite to cut the strings of other people's kites; Hassan is also an outstanding "kite chaser", because the tradition of Afghanistan is that the kite that falls after the string is cut will be chased. It's owned by people.

Dad loves both children very much, but he thinks Amir is too cowardly. When the two children fight, Hassan always takes the lead. Amir showed his talent for writing, but his father did not value him. Dad's friend Rahim Khan became Amir's confidant. In 1973, Muhammad Daoud Khan and others launched a coup to overthrow the monarchy and establish a republic in Afghanistan.

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Creative background

According to the author, the days he and his brother spent in Kabul were like the lives of Amir and Hassan That: school most of the summer. In the winter, I fly kites and watch John Wayne movies in the cinema. The plot in the book that is most similar to his experience is the days in the United States, where Amir and his father worked hard to create a new life.

Like Amir, he is an immigrant from Afghanistan. His family's house in Wazir Akbar Khan was huge and they would hold huge parties there; they also went to Paghman for picnics. He has very fond memories of his childhood.

Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia-The Kite Runner