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Kite Runner: Chapter 1
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Notes

Plot summary

This very brief chapter begins with Amir reflecting on Hassan’s
rape, as an adult living in the US in 2000/2001
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He tells him
that “there is a way to be good again”, these words ringing in
Amir’s ears as he walks along Spreckels Lake
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Characters

Amir (main character, now an adult) and Rahim Khan (Baba’s
friend and business partner, who is dying)
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g
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Amir hints at
tragedy in his past with the phrase “how you can bury it”
suggesting that in the “alley” he was traumatised by what he saw
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The symbolic “pair of kites” who were
“soaring” and “danced” suggests a kind of joyful freedom,
however the fact that they are looking down on Amir “like a pair
of eyes” hints that parts of his Afghan heritage always surround
him - he cannot escape his past
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Context

2001 was a significant year for the US, due to the 9/11 terrorist
attack which saw Afghans and Muslims alienated from their
communities, who viewed them as a threat
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This date is ingrained in his mind
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Kite flying is an important cultural tradition in Afghanistan, being
one of the few pursuits that is enjoyed by everyone
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Indeed, it has
become something of a national obsession and is now a form of
vital escapism from the horrors of war
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