Review of People who follow the kite

201230011419 Pan Zhiting

The origins of the story are in Kabul, Afghanistan. The protagonist Amir is a rich young master, his father is not only a rich side, and charity, honest and staunch. Amir’s character is the lack of father’s bold and brave, only cherish buried reading, was bullied do not fight back. And he is different from the servant Ali son Hassan, the lips of the boy has a surprising athletic talent, whenever Amir was bullied, always Hassan for him to come forward

Amir and Hassan, though affectionate, but some jealous of his father’s appreciation and love of Hassan. Every year the winter kite contest is the most important activity of the children of Afghanistan, with their own kite line to cut off the lines of others, and then catch the drop of the kite, is the winner. Amir is a kite kite player, Hassan is a kite player. That winter, Kabul ushered in the largest kite league, Amir hope to win in this contest to win the father’s love. When he cut off the blue kite of the last opponent, the whole stadium was boiling, and he saw his father cheering for him. The task of kite flying on the Hassan who, Hassan really bear the trust, successfully catch up with the blue kite, do not want to be small bully Ashv and his companions stopped. Hassan was reluctant to hand over the kite and was raped by Assev.

Looking for Hassan Amir to see all this in the eyes, but no courage to come forward to rescue. Amir got the father’s dream of love, but the presence of Hassan made him guilty of pain. Finally, he was overwhelmed, lying in front of his father said Hassan was a thief, let his father drive them away. And even so that there is no need to hurt, Hassan also without complaint to admit. Although the father insisted on leaving them, they still sadly left. While leaving them and their feelings of the loss of confusion and pain. Perhaps love to the extreme is the mutual damage it Clever self-esteem Hassan and his son chose to stay away from Tolerance. Perhaps this is the weakness of human nature, bullying weak, with a despicable cover. However, the weak people also have self-esteem and shelter.

The second half of the book is written by the hero’s salvation. With the Afghan coup, Amir escaped to the United States with his father. Adult Amir has always been unable to forgive his then betrayal of Hassan. After the death of his father one day, has moved to the United States and became well-known novelist Amir received his father’s friend Racine Khan’s phone, he said Hassan is dead, he wants Amir back to Afghanistan, he will Hassan’s son Sola Bo brought out from the war in Afghanistan. Not only because he had lived up to Hassan, but also because Hassan was Amir’s half-brother.

The return to the homeland of Amir had Hassan’s only son was kidnapped by the news of the enemy. The timidity of human nature and the truth in Amir once again face the fate of the test when he had to make a few decades ago to make the choice, the face has been humiliated Hassan’s enemies, Amir with their own way to save Back to the son of Hassan Sola Bo. Catch the long drift of the heart of the kite, re-become a dignified man, the door of life and finally open to him. Amir’s ending is happy. He finally understood the meaning of each other - at the expense of life.

Like this book, because the books of those good people such as Hassan, as always, for friends to pay, is not a pretext to pay, as well as in difficult times, never disappointed never curse, perseverance, hard work , So the image of the positive task in daily life has been rare, although not suitable for our current social situation, but after all, is progressive, positive energy, can touch themselves. Which can reflect on their own, cherish the happy life now, there are problems when there are difficulties when the grumbling, affecting their own feelings and quality of life.