Who is the hero of The Kite Runner?

Amir is a complicated figure. When playing with Hassan, he encouraged Hassan to shoot walnuts at his neighbor's dog with a slingshot and throw stones at goats. Hassan has been taking it for granted since he was discovered.

Child as he is, Amir also has a sense of hierarchy and religion and nationality. I never thought Hassan and I were friends. I am Pashtun, he is Hazara, I am Sunni and he is Shiite. Therefore, after making fun of Hassan or playing tricks on him, he got self-justification and self-forgiveness despite his guilt.

In the article, Amir's design lets Hassan and his son leave, which shows that the badness in human nature overcomes the kindness in human nature, but in the end, Amir embarks on the road of atonement for himself and his father, which also shows that the goodness in human nature finally overcomes the badness and the theme of the novel is sublimated.

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Theme of the work

The Kite Runner is fresh and natural, telling warmth and cruelty, beauty and suffering with new realistic brushwork. It not only shows a person's spiritual growth history.

It also shows the soul history of a nation and the suffering history of a country. This novel is smooth and natural, just like a clear river, but it is full of human passion, contains the rich soul of Afghanistan, and stirs up the undercurrent of good and evil.

Because of this book, let the world know a war-torn and unknown Afghan Stan, which is the charm of literature and the artistic charm of this novel.

But this novel is not only that, it can attract readers from different nationalities and countries and shake their delicate feelings because it discusses the problem of human beings and their salvation, which is the same topic faced by modern human beings. In fact, the redemption of human nature is the core value of this novel.

Baidu Encyclopedia-The Kite Runner