Flying kites is what he enjoys most as a child, not least because it is the only way that he connects fully with Baba, who was once a champion kite fighter. But the kite takes on a different significance when Amir allows Hassan to be raped because he wants to bring the blue kite back to Baba. His recollections after that portray the kite as a sign of his betrayal of Hassan.
Amir does not fly a kite again until he does so with Sohrab at the end of the novel. Because Amir has already redeemed himself by that point, the kite is no longer a symbol of his guilt. In Islam, as in Christianity, the lamb signifies the sacrifice of an innocent. Amir describes both Hassan and Sohrab as looking like lambs waiting to be slaughtered.
Traditionally, kites symbolize both fate and prophecy. However, kites symbolize so much more in this novel. The kites represent the class difference between Amir and Hassan — which has a huge effect on their relationship.
In kite fighting, there is one who controls the kite while the other assists by managing the kite spool. Hassan may cooperate with the lifting and diving, but Amir is the one who wins. Hassan may catch a rival kite and carry it, but he must always bring it back to the kite flyer.
Despite not having control over the kite, Hassan is just as excited as Amir is. Kites are the only things that Amir and Baba have in common. They have different personalities, desires and dreams, but they are connected by the kites. It is more than just some popular pastime, but a symbol of freedom and the act of rebellion against a Taliban regime. These boys enjoy it with the burning passion and they make one great team that rules the sky over Kabul, winning duels against other boys and collecting their kites as trophies.
The kite runner symbol will become a metaphor for unconditional loyalty that many times go unnoticed and not appreciated. After some amazing success of this novel, every scholar has written an essay about the kite symbolism in this story.
They all agree that it represents freedom and hope for a new beginning, while a runner is both a loyal friend and a redeemer who seeks forgiveness. There is a ton of great essays on the Kite Runner that one can study to acquire some deeper meaning regarding this story that is also about the father-son relationship. We can also use any essay to familiarize better with a colorful culture of Afganistan and other topics that help us learn how people fight to preserve their spirit under the repressive regimes.
It is incredible how kids find pleasure in little things, especially if they grow up in poverty and scarcity of all sorts. When Amir falsely accuses his friend of theft, he does that because he cannot bear any more guilt, but this feeling will haunt him for the next twenty years until he ties to redeem by becoming a kite runner himself.
There are so many other topics to be explored like that relationship between Amir and his father from whom he constantly seeks approval or that perpetual conflict between people divided by a tribal mentality or religious differences. Chapter 6. Amir finds the icy city beautiful, and flying kite s together is when he and Baba The highlight of the winter is the annual kite -fighting tournament, where boys go to war with their kite s by covering the kite strings in Amir says that Hassan is the best kite runner in Kabul — he always seems to know exactly where a kite will fall Amir is ashamed.
One night soon before the big kite tournament of Baba and Amir are sitting by the fire, talking, when Baba casually Chapter 7. He does feel a little better, and they start to fly their kite. One blue kite in particular cuts many of its opponents, and Amir keeps his eye on it. Amir tricks the blue kite into a bad position and then cuts it, winning the tournament. Amir and Hassan cheer Assef tells Hassan that they will let him go if he hands over the blue kite.
Hassan refuses, as he ran the kite fairly and must deliver it to Amir. Hassan is crying and blood falls from between his legs, staining the snow, Chapter 8. Ali asks Amir if he knows what happened after the kite tournament, but Amir rudely denies knowing anything. Amir and Baba decide to take a trip Hassan keeps trying to rekindle their friendship. One day he asks Amir what he has Chapter Amir feels that Rahim Khan knows everything about Hassan, and that he is In the winter Hassan took Sohrab kite running, though there were not as many tournaments as the old days.
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