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This paper presents a brief summary and analysis of Khaled Hosseini's 2003 novel, "The Kite Runner." According to the paper, this novel is about the changing relationships between two friends, Amir and Hassan, as they grow up in Kabul, Afghanistan and eventually move apart from one another. Amir betrays Hassan for his own sake and is then haunted by his acts for the rest of his life. In the end, Amir rescues Hassan's son from an orphanage and raises him.

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" Khaled Hosseini's 2003 novel, The Kite Runner, centers upon the relationships between two sons and two fathers. Amir and Hassan are best friends while growing up in Kabul, Afghanistan. They were born in the 1960s, only a year apart from one another and both lost their mothers at an early age; Amir's mother died in childbirth and Hassan's left shortly after his birth because she was unhappy with her husband's disabilities and that her son seemed to take after him, as he had a cleft lip. Ali is Hassan's father and Baba is Amir's father. Baba and Amir are very wealthy and live in a huge mansion in Kabul."

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