3 pages in length. To read Kipen (2003) express Khaled Hosseini's The Kite Runner as lurking a metaphor "so apt and evocative that even the author never fully exploits its power" is to understand the magnitude of the story's symbolism. The very nature of a kite runner is to spot fallen kites after they have been severed by an opponents less-than-ethical tactics of coating the kite string with glue and ground glass. As opposing kites collide, one is bound to fall victim to the slicing effect of the string and be sent catapulting to the ground. Kipen (2003) explains that while the fighter's kite is "swooping and feinting in an effort to rule the skies, his kite-running partner is racing to own the streets, chasing down all their opponents' unmoored, sinking trophies," an illustration of how Hosseini employs it as a metaphor of power and betrayal. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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the magnitude of the storys symbolism. The very nature of a kite runner is to spot fallen kites after they have been severed by an opponents less-than-ethical tactics of
coating the kite string with glue and ground glass. As opposing kites collide, one is bound to fall victim to the slicing effect of the string and be sent
catapulting to the ground. Kipen (2003) explains that while the fighters kite is "swooping and feinting in an effort to rule the skies, his kite-running partner is racing to
own the streets, chasing down all their opponents unmoored, sinking trophies," an illustration of how Hosseini employs it as a metaphor of power and betrayal. Amir must live with his
betrayal of Hassan every day of his life; mistakenly believing that running from the conflicts of his homeland - both political and personal - will absolve the unrelenting guilt he
forever endures, Amir is reminded time and time again how he cannot escape from his self-induced torment. Just when he thinks he has successfully exorcised the demons of his
guilt, he is thrust right back into the depths of remorse for his disloyalty so many years before. "Hassan I said. When was the last time I had
spoken his name? Those thorny old barbs of guilt bore into me once more, as if speaking his name had broken a spell, set them free to torment me
anew. Suddenly the air in Rahim Khans little flat was too thick, too hot, too rich with the smell of the street" (Hosseini, 2004, p. 202). Despite the
tremendous affection Amir has for Hassan - a boy who, by any other standards, is just like him in everyway except when looked upon from dividing social doctrine - Amir
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