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Ryan M. Schmidt Danesha Jones 12-3-09 The theme of the book “Kite Runner” is through death comes rebirth. According to Amir, "Hassan had loved me once, loved me in a way that no one ever had or ever would again. he was gone now, but a little part of him lived on. It was in Kabul"(Hosseini 227). “Kabul” is Hassan's son and Amir is going to take care of him the way that Hassan had taken care of Amir when they were children. All Amirs life he was lied to. It wasn’t until the death of his father that Amir finds out that Hassan is his brother. It wasn’t until Amir lost the two most important people in his life that he started making changes to better not only his future but the future of Hassan’s son. If Baba was alive Amir would have never learned the truth about Hassan and he would have never gotten the chance to make things with. Through death comes rebirth is the theme of the book “Kite Runner” because if it hadn’t been for the life’s lost Amir wont have the chance to give Hassan’s son a better life. The life that Hassan should have lived.
 * Theme- Through death comes rebirth**

The symbol of the book the kite runner is the wristwatch that Amir got for his birthday from his father Baba. The symbol in this wristwatch is that Amir won the kite running competition and Baba was happy that his son finally won something. He gave all of his time to his son and for his birthday a watch. The watch symbolizes time which baba is now giving to his son. That is what Amir has wanted ever since his mom died and his father has been distance from him because of amir’s mom dying. The author made this the symbol of the book because it is what amir wanted and he finally got what he wanted. Later in the book after Hassan and Amir grow apart and are no longer friends Amir hides his watch in the bed of Hassan to get him into trouble and baba finds it. “I was a liar, a cheat, and a thief. And I would have told, except that a part of me was glad. Glad that this would all be over with soon. Baba would dismiss them, there would be some pain, but life would move on. I wanted that, to move on, to forget, to start with a clean slate. I wanted to be able to breathe again.” (Hosseini 105). Baba is mad at Hassan and his father Ali for taking the watch that amir put into his bed and Hassan knowing that Amir put it there took the blame for it even though he knew that amir was there in the alley when hassan was raped. He took the blame because he still serves Amir and cares for him as he always did. How this event represents the author’s point that this is the most important event is that the Taliban and Afghanistan both represent people in the story. The Taliban represents Amir and Afghanistan represents Hassan. The reasons that they represent these characters are because at first they were friends with each other. The Russians who represent Baba invades Afghanistan, which tears apart the country and separates the Taliban from Afghanistan and the Taliban gets rid of the Russians and takes over Afghanistan. What this is saying is that baba got in the way by caring for both amir and hassan and amir didn’t like it so he did something that made baba made at hassan and by doing this got rid of hassan. “I drifted to sleep. And dreamed of Hassan running in the snow, the hem of his green chapan dragging behind him, snow crunching under his black rubber boots. He was yelling over his shoulder: For you, and thousand times over!” (194 Hosseini). What this is saying is that he still sees Hassan after he finds out about his death and feels horrible about him dying knowing that they were brothers and that he should have treated him better because they were best friends. This event shows just how much a friendship can go and what can happen when friends treat each other like Amir did to Hassan. The Taliban got what they wanted by getting rid of the Russians and controlling the country and Amir in the same way got rid of Hassan and was able to have his fathers love just like he wanted.
 * Symbol- Wristwatch**
 * Event- Taliban taking over Afghanistan**