1、For You a Thousand Times overThe Kite RunnerABSTRACT: The Kite Runner is a moving story and a mixture of love, fear, guilty, atonement and so on. For a long time, it makes the books we read lost their color. Maybe all of us more or less had done something as Amir did before, we are too young to unde
2、rstand others feelings when we broke their heart into pieces. We may feel guilty and miserable for what we have done. But there is no use to cry over spilt milk. What we really should do is to face the reality and like Amir, to atone for ourselves.Key words: love, fear, guilty, atonementThis is a wo
3、nderful, beautiful epic of a novel. I am convinced that few books are as good as this one. To be honest, I hadnt maintained that this book would appeal me before I read it. However, I was absorbed in the book from the first chapter to the last one. Why this book has appealed to me that much? I asked
4、 myself. This book is not my type of reading for only romantic books could draw my attention successfully. Then I came into a conclusion that it is the friendship and family value fascinated me. Set in Afghanistan and the United States between the 1970s to the present day, it is a heartbreaking tale
5、 of a young boy, Amir, and his best friend who are torn apart. This is a classic word-of-mouth novel and is sure to become as universally loved.Twelve year old Amir is desperate to win the approval of his father Baba, one of the richest and most respected merchants in Kabul. He has failed to do so t
6、hrough academia or brawn, but the one area where they connect is the annual kite fighting tournament. Amir is determined not just to win the competition but to run the last kite and bring it home triumphantly, to prove to his father that he has the makings of a man. His loyal friend Hassan is the be
7、st kite runner that Amir has ever seen, and he promises to help him - for Hassan always helps Amir out of trouble. But this is 1970s Afghanistan. Hassan is taunted and jeered at by Amirs school friends; he is merely a servant living in a shack at the back of Amirs house. So why does Amir feel such e
8、nvy towards his friend? Then, what happens to Hassan on the afternoon of the tournament is to shatter all their lives, and define their futures.To the world you are one person, but to the person who loves you, you are the world. Amir was Hassans world. Amirs name had been the first word Hassan spoke
9、. Hassan threatened brutal Assef for the sake of Amir. Hassan never failed to run the kite to please Amir. Hassan sacrificed himself for Amirs house. These are more than a friend would do. Only those who love you so much could challenge themselves to do what Hassan did to Amir. To Hassan, Amir was n
10、ot only a mere friend but a brother. He loved Amir more than anything else. Even after Amir betrayed him, he still told his son proudly “Amir is my best friend”. Maybe for Hassan “for you, a thousand times over” has another meaning, which is not just kite running for Amir but he will do anything for
11、 Amir.If Hassan could be described as an angel, then Amir was just a person. I did hate Amir for he watched Hassan be raped and did nothing, for he made Hassan leave his born-place, for he aimed Hassan with fruit (even though he actually tried to make himself get punished). Amir did not deserve what
12、 Hassan did to him. I thought his meanness caused Hassans tragedy. But after I finished the book, I realized it is not Hassans tragedy, it is Amirs. For what he had done to Hassan, he had led a live with regret and suffered endless sleepless nights. His going back to Afghanistan is not only a journe
13、y physically but a journey to atonement. Hassans son, his nephew saved, Amirs sin was finally washed. Like the life of circle, Amir ran kite for his miserable nephew. As Hassan did to him, he said “for you, a thousand times over” to Sohrab. Though the book doesnt give us an accurate ending whether S
14、ohrab came into life again. I am sure love can cure everything. Only when Sohrab lives a happy life as Hassan hoped can Amirs sin washed up.When Assef, the man who hurt Hassan 20 years before, beat Amir so seriously, Amir felt he was released - released from the sin that he carried for half his life
15、. And we felt we were released too, because finally, we saw him stood up, being a man who can bear the responsibilities that he ignored before.Another shocking truth was that in fact, Hassan was the son of Baba - he stole Alis beautiful wife, committing the most unforgiving sin, theft - so Hassan wa
16、s Amirs brother! And Ali knew that all. But he still kept silent, doing all the things for Amir and Baba. So did Hassan.Reading this, tears ran down my face. The strong power of love and faith expressed me and I felt I got refreshed. Maybe I can call it friendship - Hassan always regarded Amir as hi
17、s friend so he could give up anything to help him.Another thing making this book a special one is the description of Afghanistan. From this book, I knew many things that I could not even imagine before. The chaos there in war time and the astonishing truth of the power controlled by evil people shocked me deeply. This is a book that you cannot miss, especially for people who want to know whether they have lost the ability to be moved. Reading THE KITE RUNNER, and find the kite in your heart.
