The Kite Runner: The Kite Runner

Parallelism defines the last fourth of The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini. Amir has several encounters that resemble his past incidents, that give him a chance to prove himself. One such encounter, was the last scene involving kites. In the beginning, kite running was a fun pastime for Amir and Hassan. They became stronger friends through this activity until the winter of 1975. That destroyed the relationship they had, and they ended up never seeing each other again. Now, Amir had another chance to redeem himself. He introduces kite flying and kite running to Sohrab, who is reluctant to try it. Amir is able to draw a quick-lopsided smile from him, the first in about a year. With that, Amir pieced his past back together and made things right again. "I ran with the wind blowing in my face, and a smile as wide as the Valley of Panjsher on my lips. I ran" (Hosseini, 371).