a discussion of the title’s significance
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
The title of the amazing novel wrote by Khaled Hosseini has a very powerful and significant meaning. Considering that the book is based upon a storyline of a person who regrets something very traumatizing that has happened in his life. His dear childhood friend Hassan was helping him win a kite flying contest when the tragic moment occurred. In this game, one's goal is to knock your other opponent's kite out of the sky, and if you knock out the last one, someone has to fetch the falling kite to win. In the story, Hassan fetches the kite because Amir wins, but since Hassan is looked down upon because of his ethnicity, things went wrong.
Hassan got teased and raped by boys just as he was fetching the kite, and Amir saw it all happen; which is the most traumatizing moment he has ever experienced. He did not do anything about it, and has regretted it ever since. So the phrase "The Kite Runner" is very significant simply because that moment in his life, when he sent Hassan to be his kite runner, it became the worst memory placed in his mind. Therefore, showing the significance of the whole story of Amir's life and how he deals with his regret.
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