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User:jacob-jayala/Draft of The Kite Runner

Plot Summary
Amir filled with guilt on his birthday could not enjoy his gifts (102). The only thing to him that did not feel like blood money is the book given to him by Rahim Khan, his fathers friend and the only one Amir felt really understands him. Rahim Khan asks Amir to retrieve Sohrab and bring him to John and Betty Caldwell who own an orphanage. (220) Amir becomes angry; he feels angry and cheated because Rahim Khan let him know that Hassan indeed was his step-brother. (222) Amir finally rethinks the past events and decides to go to Kabul to get Sohrab. (227) To Kabul, Amir rides in a taxi with Farid, his car driver. (228) One day, Amir asks Farid to find information about John and Betty Caldwell. (305) When Farid returns, he tells Amir that the American couple does not exist. (308) Memories flash through Amir's mind as he remembers Rahim Khan explaining to him that he must do what is right. (310) One night, while Amir and Sohrab stay in a hotel, Amir wakes up in the middle of the night and finds that Sohrab has disappeared. (315) Amir runs to the hotel manager and asks if he has seen him. The manager does not know but asks Amir what Sohrab likes. (315) Amir remembers that Sohrab was fascinated with the Shah Faisal, a big mosque, and he goes there. (316)

Themes
The Kite Runner is a story with all the grand "themes of literature and life". It is a "vivid and engaging story that reminds us how long Khaled Hosseini's people have been struggling to triumph over the forces of violence". It is about "friendship and betrayal" and the arbitrary "price of loyalty". Themes of "Love, honor, guilt, fear and redemption" are all included in this "extraordinary novel".