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Kite Runner: Chapter 16
Element

Notes

Plot summary

Rahim Khan went to Hazarajat in 1986 to find Hassan, who is
living in a village near Bamiyan with his pregnant wife Farzana
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Initially, Hassan refuses to move into Baba’s old house in Kabul
with Rahim Khan but he changes his mind after finding out about
Baba’s death and becoming distraught
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In late
Autumn, Farazana gave birth to a stillborn baby girl but by early
1990 she was pregnant again
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However, he returns the next day and accepts her into the family
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Sohrab and Sanaubar form an unbreakable
bond but she dies peacefully when he is four years old
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Themes and
features

Rahim Khan needed to find Ali and Hassan again to look after
Baba’s empty house
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His arthritis also prevents him from taking
care of the garden and house properly
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He lives in a basic mud hut and nearby there is a
“dead donkey rotting on the side of the road”
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Hassan’s life has moved on as he appears taller, his skin is
darker from the sunlight and he has lost a few teeth
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courteous” ​woman called Farzana, who is
“visibly expecting”
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She
is clearly a devoted wife, as she cooks the men a delicious meal
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Unlike Amir, Hassan does not desire wealth
or any Western comforts and is grateful for what he has
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Hassan and
Farzana agree to move to Kabul after hearing of Baba’s death
and weeping all night
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The stillbirth of Hassan’s first child reflects the fact that
something so new and perfect is not allowed to flourish in the
war-torn country
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This also shows the disposable nature of human life
in the country and the normalisation of death in everyday life
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Just as Farzana needs another woman to
help care for her children, Sanaubar appears and fulfils the
motherly duties that she rejected with Hassan
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Hassan and Farzana ​“nursed her back to
health” ​and Sanaubar even delivered Sohrab in winter 1990
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Sanaubar would have only been in her forties when she died,
reflecting the high mortality rates in the country
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Sohrab has the
childhood Hassan would have liked, benefitting from two mother
figures
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There is also a feeling of
bonding, as the pair enjoy kite flying and Hassan refuses to allow
his son to grow up illiterate
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H
​ owever, Hassan is rightly
scared for the Hazaras showing his intuition
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At the end of the chapter, Rahim
Khan states that the Taliban banned kite fighting and there was a
Hazara genocide two years later
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Banning of kite-flying – symbol of entrapment and loss of
freedom - destruction of the happier parts of Amir’s childhood
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Afghan
vocabulary

Ihtiram​ = respect
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