KITE RUNNER

THEME-LOSS

AMIR'S MOTHER DIES

• "It was there, in that little shack, that Hassan was born in the winter of 1964, just one year after my mother died giving birth to me." page 5
• Amir never knew his mother so he asks Baba who she was

AMIR'S FATHER; BABA DIES

• Baba dies from cancer while him and Amir are living in San Francisco
• Amir tells his friend Hassan "no more rockets, no more killing, no more funerals!"
• page 224
• Baba was a smoker and a drinker which caused cancer.

HASSAN'S DEATH

• Hassan and his wife get shot and killed by the Taliban.
• No. God, no.and shot him in the back of the head. No.Farzana came screaming and attacked them, shot her too. Self- defense, they claimed later—But all I could manage was to whisper No. No. No.
• page 231

HASSAN'S FATHER ALI DIES

• When Amir goes to Hassan's house he says "speaking of Ali where is he?" and Hassan says he died from a land mine just outside of Bamiyan.

Untitled Slide

• This theme taught me that you can lose loved ones very quickly
• It also taught me to not take things for granted, because once something is gone you can never have it back

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