Khaled Hosseini recaptures the beauty of Afghanistan, and in particular the city of Kabul, in his novel The Kite Runner. He narrates the troubled journey of a man named Amir, who is haunted by his past and the ghosts of his sins.
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Character Map - The Kite Runner Characters - Hassan kite runner
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AMIR
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Ethnic Pastun; dark hair and eyes; not athletic
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Loves to read stories and poetry; makes up his own stories; becomes a writer; guilty and ashamed; desires the love and respect of his father; gets carsick; fearful and timid
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“I could step into that alley, stand up for Hassan-- the way he’d stood up for me all those times in the past-- and accept whatever would happen to me. Or I could run. In the end, I ran.”
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HASSAN
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BABA
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ALI
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ASSEF
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RAHIM KHAN
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SOHRAB
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