Talk:The Kite Runner

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It was a good book. unsigned comment by User:24.247.161.226 11:24, 26 April 2006

Why was the entire plot summary removed? unsigned comment by 67.188.117.198 19:05, 7 May 2006

Contents 1 Spoiler in Lead 2 Character List: Spoil or Lie? 3 Literary Significance 4 Plot Summary

[edit] Spoiler in Lead

I'm going[[ to change the mention of Amir's redemption and Hassan's betrayal in the lead as I think it's too much of a spoiler. --MarkBuckles 09:02, 25 May 2006 (UTC)

Also the fact that he killed his mother during child birth has a very large effect on the story and has alot to do with his guilt this should propably be added in their somewhere. Urahozerpwns

If people are looking up books in Wikipedia before they have read them, they are EXPECTING spoilers.

[edit] Character List: Spoil or Lie?

Spoiler: how do we reconcile the description of Hassan? Hassan is not the son of Amir's father's servant, he]] is Hassan's father's son, or his own half brother. No use lying, is there?

I opted to describe Ali and Hassan as their relationship is initially presented in the book. The real relationship isn't revealed until after Hassan has died, and the characters never relate to each other as half brothers, so describing them as half brothers would be just as inaccurate. The character descriptions also do not mention the death of Baba, though this clearly affects his role in the last half of the book. Shoehorn 18:56, 17 July 2006 (UTC)

Correction: Also considering that Assef is posted as the Antagonist, could we not consider this novel more of a man vs. himself story, in which case Amir is the Antagonist as well as the protagonist. Mostly because most of the book deals with Amir's lack of ability to forgive himself and the guilt he feels, Assef really isn't the problem he has to deal with. Urahozerpwns

I think you are going to have a hard time selling this as man vs. self. In spite of Amir's internal struggle, he doesn't really have many troubles. He is able to find a wife, go to school, become successful. Since his internal struggle doesn't really have any effect on his life, there isn't any pressure to actually resolve the issue. The encounter with Assef, even though it is baldly contrived, is the most significant conflict in the story. It is a screenplay plot. Shoehorn 06:00, 15 December 2006 (UTC) and then ;lkjsdfgidfgkl;fglflgdklfjidoflkdfugditlfdfliudkluutuirjfijhdlfkgsl;kdtfio!

[edit] Literary Significance

I think that maybe this section could be added onto a little more, perhaps listing a few programs that are using the book. I can tell you right now that UT Arlington is using it in a program for all incoming freshmen so they have one thing in common, and it's used in English classes. Dragonfire 20:54, September 4, 2006

[edit] Plot Summary

I just copy-edited the plot summary (fixing up the English and moving some things around so it was more coherent). MlleDiderot 22:49, 16 September 2006 (UTC)MlleDiderot

We seem to be repeating a lot of effort here -- there was an [1] earlier version of the plot summary that was more polished than the current one. Shoehorn 05:16, 18 September 2006 (UTC)