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The Kite RunnerAnalysis Chapters 6-10
A look back: chapters 1-5
Establishing the characters
Relationships between characters
Amir & Hassan
Baba & Ali
Amir & Baba
War breaks out
Hassan’s birthday present
Chapter 6
Kite fighting in winter
Tournament
Baba says he thinks Amir will win
Kites
Kite Running
Chapter 7
THE BIG CHAPTER
First 6 chapters build up to this one, the following chapters deal with the consequences.
The tournament
Chapter 7Amir wins the tournament.
Hassan runs the blue kite.
Amir goes to find Hassan.
He finds Hassan in an alley, trapped. Hassan gets thrown onto the ground.
Next, the narrative goes back and forth.
Chapter 7The alley scene.
Wali and Kamal
Feast of Eid-e-Qorban.
The sheep.
Amir’s last chance to do something.
Amir meets Hassan in a ravine.
Hassan hands Amir the blue kite.
At home, Baba takes Amir into his arms.
Intermezzo: CH6+7 analysis
Many things that have been building up, now come together.
Hazara vs. Pashtun
Amir’s desperation to please his father.
Guilt
Intermezzo: CH6+7 analysis
The lamb sacrificed at Eid-e-Qorban.
The irony in the alley scene.
Is this what Baba would have wanted him to do?
Chapter 8Amir rarely sees Hassan anymore.
The trip to Jalalabad.
In the van
Dinner, Baba tells about the kite tournament
Sleeping
Start of his insomnia
Chapter 8Back in Kabul.
Hassan asks Amir what he has done wrong.
Amir asks Baba if they can get new servants.
The pomegranate tree
Amir’s birthday
Assef’s present
Rahim Khan’s present
Chapter 9
Baba’s presents
Ali and Hassan’s presents
Amir’s actions
Ali and Hassan leave
The bus station
Chapter 10March 1981
Refugees to Pakistan
The Russian soldier at the checkpoint
The basement with Kamal and his father
Kamal’s story
Baba and Karim
The fuel truck
ImportantThe alley scene
Consequences for Amir, does not know how to deal with it.
How does Hassan react
The pomegranate tree
Ali & Hassan leave
War breaks out, refugees
Themes
Redemption/atonement
“to make up for…, make amends for…”
Father and sons
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