The Kite Runner Questions and Answers
In The Kite Runner, does Ali know that Hassan is not his son?
Identify the meaning of this quote from The Kite Runner: “A boy who won’t stand up for himself becomes a man who can’t stand up to anything.”
In chapter 22 of The Kite Runner, name three "full circle" endings that occur as we reach the climax, or turning point, of the plot.
What was ironic about Kamal's death in The Kite Runner?
In The Kite Runner the novel begins with flashbacks. What is the purpose of this, and what do we learn about the narrator?
In The Kite Runner, what is the significance of the irony in the first story of Amir? After hearing Amir's story, Hassan asks, "Why did the man kill his wife? In fact, why did he ever have to feel sad to shed tears? Couldn't he have just smelled an onion?" How is his reaction to the story a metaphor for Amir's life? How does this story epitomize the difference in character between Hassan and Amir?
Compare and contrast Baba and Amir in The Kite Runner.
What did Rahim Khan mean when he said to Amir, "there is a way to be good again?"
Does Amir redeem himself at the end of The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini?
“For me, America was a place to bury my memories. For Baba, a place to mourn his.” Explain and respond to this discrepancy between Amir and Baba in The Kite Runner.
What is the significance of this passage in the novel The Kite Runner?: "It was only a smile, nothing more. It didn't make everything all right. It didn't make ANYTHING all right. Only a smile. A tiny thing. A leaf in the woods, shaking in the wake of a startled bird's flight. But I'll take it. With open arms. Because when spring comes, it melts the snow one flake at a time, and maybe I just witnessed the first flake melting."
What does this quote from The Kite Runner, by Khaled Hosseini, mean? "I had one last chance to make a decision. One final opportunity to decide who I was going to be. I could step into that alley, stand up for Hassan--the way he'd stood up for me all these times in the past--and accept whatever would happen to me. Or I could run. In the end, I ran."
Compare the relationships between Baba and Ali and Amir and Hassan. Were their personal relationships affected by their social statuses? How?
How is this quote an example of redemption? "Earlier that morning, when I was certain no one was looking, I did something I had done twenty-six years earlier: I planted a fistful of crumpled money under a mattress." (chapter 19, page 242)
In The Kite Runner, what promise does Amir break to Sohrab? What then does Sohrab do?
Describe Amir's moral character in The Kite Runner. What does he believe about right and wrong? What does he stand for? What events/actions suggest this? What are the results of his actions? Who else is affected by his actions?
How significant is the symbol of the pomegranate tree throughout the book The Kite Runner? I have an oral presentation that needs to be fifteen minutes long. I need many examples and proof to support the examples.
Provide a quote that shows that Amir forgives Baba in The Kite Runner.
Why is the quote below important? What is the significance of it? Also, how does it develop the plot and characters? I envied her. Her secret was out. Spoken. Dealt with. I opened my mouth and almost told her I’d betrayed Hassan, lied, driven him out, and destroyed a forty-year relationship between Baba and Ali. But I didn’t. I suspected there were many ways in which Soraya Taheri was a better person than me. Courage was just one of them.
What parallels can be drawn between Amir and Hassan's relationship with that of Baba and Ali's?
Please explain this quote from The Kite Runner with a brief paraphrase of its significance to the novel (ie. character, conflict, etc.). "I opened my mouth and almost said something. Almost. The rest of my life might have turned out differently if I had. But I didn't. I just watched. Paralyzed."
When Amir and Baba move to the States in The Kite Runner, their relationship changes. Discuss their changes. Do you see these changes as tragic or positive?
What is the main message of The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini?
In The Kite Runner, what is the relationship between Baba and Hassan?
"In the end, the world always wins. That's just the way of things." Indicate the speaker and context, and explain the relevance to the theme and/or character development in The Kite Runner.
What is the significance of Hassan's son being called Sohrab in The Kite Runner?
What does Farid mean when he tells Amir in Chapter 19 of The Kite Runner, "You've always been a tourist here, you just didn't know it"?
Does Baba have another name? Is this the only name used in The Kite Runner? It means "father" in Arabic, according to one of my students.
What are four examples of metaphors in The Kite Runner?
What does Amir tell Hassan that prompts Hassan to say, "For you a thousand times over!"? Also, what page does Hassan make the aforementioned quote?
In The Kite Runner, how does the relationship between Amir and Baba change when they move to America?
What are some descriptions of Amir's home?
In The Kite Runner, what has Amir sacrificed for Baba that caused him to be "damned"? It is during the argument about his career path that Amir thinks to himself: "I would stand my ground, I decide. I didn't want to sacrifice for Baba anymore."
In Chapters 21-22, the cruelty of the Taliban is clearly in evidence. Give two or three examples.
I have a few quotes from The Kite Runner that I need explained! I need to know their significance in the story. 1. "You can't love a person who lives that way without fearing them too. Maybe even hating them a little." Chapter 3, page 16 2. "Most days I worshipped Baba with an intensity approaching the religious. But right then, I wished I could open my veins and drain his cursed blood from my body." Chapter 4, page 34 3."He had the blue kite in his hands, that was the first thing I saw. And I can't lie now and say my eyes didn't scan it for any rips." Chapter 7, pg.83
Does Hassan know that Amir witnesses the rape?
What is the meaning of this quote? "Afghanistan is the land of Pashtuns. It always has been, always will be. We are the true Afghans, the pure Afghans, not this Flat-Nose here. His people pollute our homeland, our watan. They dirty our blood." He made a sweeping, grandiose gesture with his hands. "Afghanistan for Pashtuns, I say. That's my vision."
What are Amir's feelings after finding out that Hassan is his half brother? Did he ever have any idea that this could have been possible beforehand?
In The Kite Runner, why do you think Amir elaborates so much on the description of his home and the family pictures within the house?
Discuss the significance of Baba putting dirt in his snuff box in The Kite Runner.
What are a few character traits of Amir from The Kite Runner?
In The Kite Runner, Amir's confrontation with Assef in Wazir Akar Khan marks an important turning point in the novel. Why does the author have Amir, Assef and Sohrab all come together in this way? What is the significance of the scar that Amir develops as a result of the confrontation?
What is the significance of this passage in the novel The Kite Runner? “Quiet is peace. Tranquility. Quiet is turning down the volume knob on life. Silence is pushing the off button. Shutting it down. All of it.”
In The Kite Runner, why is Amir afraid to be Hassan's true friend, and why does Amir keep testing his loyalty?
Why does Amir call his birthday gifts "blood money"?
Why did Ali and Hassan leave in The Kite Runner?
Who are Wali and Kamal? What happens between them, Assef, Amir, and Hassan?
Why does Amir laugh when Assef beats him in The Kite Runner?
In The Kite Runner, why does Amir place money under a mattress when he returns to Afghanistan as an adult?
In The Kite Runner, why does the visit with the pulmonologist became unsuccessful when Baba asks where he was from?
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