Book Review of The Kite Runner

Afghan, a country at the crossroads of the Middle East, a strange country far away from Wan Li. For the Middle East, we are familiar with shrewd Jewish businessmen, the never-ending Palestinian-Israeli conflict, Dubai in Duranis, Aglac, and the rest are a series of unfamiliar and difficult-to-pronounce country names. We are also familiar with the war, hot water, poverty and backwardness there ...

The Kite Runner brought us to this country. Under the author's delicate brushwork, this country is so leisurely and warm, and it is also full of spring flowers. There are all kinds of mutton kebabs and baked cookies floating in the street. I didn't expect that there would be stable and quiet years there, and the children also had such a happy childhood that they could chase kites carefree. The author also said that "there are many children in Afghanistan, but there is no childhood", and Amir in the story had a happy childhood. He has a rich father, the most gorgeous house in his city, a noble Afghan origin-Pashtun, a servant who is extremely loyal to them, and a kind and sincere partner and servant. The first word when he was born was Amir.

Amir is the master and Hassan is the servant. Hassan would never refuse to help Amir do anything, and he would not hesitate to take the blame for him. He protected and cared for Amir, and regarded Amir as the only best friend in his heart, the one who could go to war for him, so Hassan smiled and said to Amir: For you, Qian Qian is a million times. But Amir only asked Hassan to accompany him when no one was with him. I often tease him with words he doesn't understand, cursing him for being illiterate. He even found it a little morbid fun to make fun of Hassan, similar to a game that tortured insects. Hassan is an ant. He is a man with a magnifying glass.

We like this book, not only because the story is beautiful and cruel, but also because it is a distant and unfamiliar country, but because the author wrote a child's meanness and selfishness, not because of his evil nature, but because of his cowardice. He also knows that his behavior is hateful and despicable. He thinks he is a poisonous snake in the grass and a ghost at the bottom of the lake. But it is such a cowardly and fearful person who finally embarked on the road of "being a good person again" and finally found the deepest kindness and sincerity in people's hearts. This is also a story about redemption.

In the novel, this simple and honest rabbit-lipped Hassan is so kind, loyal and enthusiastic, which awakens the wet childhood in each of us. I am a person who is easily moved, and the story makes me sob and feel sad again and again. Hassan was raped, I cried, Amir's father's stubbornness and his death after he fled to the United States, I cried, Hassan and his wife were shot dead by the Taliban, I cried, Amir was killed by assef, I cried ... I didn't laugh until finally Solabo smiled briefly.

From the warm and leisurely Afghanistan, to Afghanistan full of terror, to San Jose where Afghan immigrants gather, and to Afghanistan where bones are everywhere, let's follow the development of the story and see the changes in Afghanistan. All the years are gone forever. Everything Amir looked back for disappeared. Asin Khan was dying. He knew Hassan was his half-brother, but he died to protect his house. The only thing he could find was a kite, the most popular thing.

Hassan's sunny smile ended with his last kite chase for Amir.

This is an ancient custom in Afghanistan: it will be the most glorious thing if you can catch the last kite that falls in the sky when playing kites. In order to win his father's love, Amir took part in the kite-fighting competition, and he won, so Hassan happily chased the blue kite that was defeated in the fight for him.

"For you, Qian Qian is a hundred times." Hassan said.

In his eyes, realizing Amir's wish is the happiest thing in the world.

But Amir abandoned Hassan when he needed to defend himself most. After chasing kites, neighbors bullied him badly, and Hassan lost his virginity. Amir stood by and witnessed the whole process, but never rushed to protect his friend.

"He staggered up to me and handed me the kite. He wiped away his tears and nose. He choked up, but didn't speak. I thought he would cry, but thankfully, he didn't. I pretended not to hear the lump in his throat. Just as I pretended not to see the dark stain on the back of his trousers, I also pretended not to see blood dripping from between his legs. They dripped water and dyed the snow black.

The master will be worried. That's all he said. He turned his head and hobbled away. "

As Amir thought: If you must win the trust and love of your father, then Hassan must be the victim.

But when Hassan hit Amir's bedroom door with his head, he cried sadly: "I don't know what I did wrong to make you ignore me ... aren't we friends?" At that time. Amir knew that Hassan would believe anything he said, would not refuse to help him do anything, and would spend the rest of his life in evasion and self-condemnation.

But there are some bright colors in the tragic ending:

It was in the era of political turmoil, in the era when life was despised, in the bloody battlefield where gunfire was flying, and in the tragic reality that people only thought about how to survive ... Amir's gray pain always had green grass, and he sat there to fly a kite with Hassan. Silver glass lines and blue wind sparkle, and many colorful kites fly in the same blue sky. ...

Later, the author used Hassan's shadow to describe Amir's communication with Solabo as an adult. Sohrab grew up in war-torn Afghanistan, was captured by the Taliban and performed monkey dance steps in makeup. He became an orphan, without affection and friendship, and could only survive in infinite autism. When Amir was blocked from getting a visa for him and wanted to send him to an orphanage, he chose to cut his wrist and commit suicide! However, Amir, who has completed his atonement, is unwilling to see a second tragedy. He touched Solabo's heart with his words and deeds and brought him sunshine that he had never enjoyed before. This is the greatness of human nature. No matter what kind of past a person has, as long as he opens his heart, everyone can fly freely like a kite.

At the end of the article, Amir is chasing a kite for Hassan's son. At that time, he was not the cowardly man when he was a child. He dares to endure it and face it forever.

"For you, Qian Qian is a hundred times." This sentence with tears and sadness is full of affection, as if all the hustle and bustle around me flew away in an instant and faded away on the set wall of life, like roses blooming on both sides of Amir's entrance.

For you, a terrible era is over ... this sentence is enough to move me from beginning to end.