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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