In "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini, a powerful and devastating novel about love, friendship, and betrayal, the author illustrates a heartbreaking story that not only portrays the struggles of complex characters ... of his life in America, he remains haunted by guilt, which is shown by his inability to let go of his past. For example, when Sohrab holds the kite spool, Amir sees Sohrab as "the chipped-nailed, calloused hands of a harelipped boy". From this flashback, the author depicts Sohrab not only as Hassan's son ... a sense of release and catharsis to the reader, symbolizing the path ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate