The Kite RunnerStudy Guide & Essays
Home : The Kite Runner

The Kite Runner Study Guide & Essays

by Khaled Hosseini

The Kite Runner is Khaled Hosseini's first novel. He was a practicing physician until shortly after the book's release and has now devoted himself to being an author and activist. The story of The Kite Runner is fictional, but it is rooted in real political and historical events ranging from the…

The Kite Runner is a novel by Khaled Hosseini. The Kite Runner study guide contains a biography of Khaled Hosseini, 100 quiz questions, a list of major themes, characters, and a full summary and analysis.

View all of the Study Guide...

View all of the Wikipedia entries...

Kite Runner & Great Gatsby

can you guys help me find similarities between the two novels?

Posted By m m #99619 at Jul 26, 2009 4:51 PM in The Kite Runner || 0 replies

chapter 3

3 questions for you:

1. what two things does Baba do to prove people wrong?

2. what did Amir's mother do for a living?

3. What other historical world event is similar to the one Khaled describes between the Pashtuns and the Hazaras?

Posted By michelle r #71671 at Mar 31, 2009 5:56 PM in The Kite Runner || 2 replies

events in afghanistan

please help me to find the real events involving the country in conflict and the fictionalised relationship in conflict between amir, baba and hassan

Posted By khayelihle k #98981 at Jul 16, 2009 3:40 AM in The Kite Runner || 0 replies

Help with importance of places

I don't need any context. I'm looking at the description of Baba's house and really don't know what to write.
Also if you have any other tips for the description of Afghanistan when Amir was young, when he moved to America and the visit back to Afghanistan, it would be greatly appreciated

Posted By sarah - #89295 at Apr 19, 2009 5:22 AM in The Kite Runner || 0 replies