Its almost two years, I have been fascinated by The Kite Runner. I did not get time to read the novel, partly because my to-be-read Novel list is huge. Anyway, given similar geographical features, flora and fauna, nature and cultural background among India and Afghanistan, the novel could be lucid enough (more than English novel) for me to read. And finally I have now the gist of the novel, and it is touching.
I perceived Amir as somebody who is always in Learning mode, trying to gauge everything, that makes him follower in almost every situation (not leader), he is not "Tit for Tat" guy at all.
Hasan is perfect complement to Amir, that makes him a right most accomplice to Amir. Hasan is innocent, intelligent and fully nonviolent. In fact Amir is little coward given that he truly does not know his stand. Hasan is solid as far as nonviolence concerned, this is in fact fundamental value of his value system. Hasan has unconditional faith in Amir and he shows a unparalleled friendship values towards Amir, quoting "For you, a thousand times over" when he wants to run a Kite for Aamir. Amir registers everything that Hasan has offered him.
Days gone by, and the life changes radically. Amir settles in US and he gets to know about Hasan's death. His son is with Taliban people, and Amir now, being an adult who discovers Hasan's extraordinary friendship through the registered events in his childhood, wants to rescue Hasan's son. Moreover, hasan's son in fact reminds of hasan to Amir, and he wants to keep him as a part of Hasan. Looking at a nonresponsive and passive child, Amir is now poised to offer exactly what Hasan offered him in childhood, and that is a wonderfull and unconditional "For you, a thousand times over".
In the end of the novel, when I read Amir offering "For you, a thousand times over", it all blurred for a moment behind my tears, it was certainly not runnig but my eyes were full for a fully justified offer now Amir is making to Hasan's child, so much touching and real, and in itself a definition of Humanity magnified thousand fold (technically explosively/exponentially... :))
The best thing about the novel is that its so much real, so much hard and solid literature, and in fact reading it is almost like redaing memoir. Going futher, it really makes reader indulge and feel like he is Amir. My advice, if you are reading the book, please from the first page feel like you are Amir and then read it, you will blow yourself away with the exceptional narrative the Novel offers. Undoubtedly, Hosseini is a champion for this work and from my side, the novel exceptionally super exceded my expectations. Must read in any case. ***** (5+/5)
