Explain the importance of the setting and its influence on how the narrator tells his story. The setting of Kabul, Afghanistan is hugely socially, politically and culturally important in the novel The Kite Runner. The story is told from the point of view of Amir, retelling the years he was growing up in Kabul and […]

Foreshadowing in The Kite Runner The first main turning point in the novel is when Amir witnesses Hassan’s rape and makes the decision to do nothing. He just wanted to get to the kite to please Baba. Hosseini has built up to this event by foreshadowing that something will happen that will change their lives […]

Our story is set in Kabul, Afghanistan in 1975, before the Russian invasion. The main character, Amir, Is looking back at his childhood and how it had a profound effect on his life. Amir’s father Baba is a cold hard man who is disappointed in his son. He is a successful businessman. They are of […]