Let us now discuss The Kite Runner.
We have spent time gathering a lot of information about the novel, the story-line, the characters, the plot,the central themes, and the big ideas which Hosseini has unfolded during the novel.
Now we need to start articulating for ourselves some of our reaction to the work, and to these ideas which he has revealed. Any comment which you want to make about your experience of the work should be considered and sensible.
If yiou need a bit of nudging, here are some thoughts which yiou might want to pick up and discuss.

1.  The way Amir is presented, we can never really like him, even though he is the hero. But in the end, we develop a sneaking suspicion that he earned some personal redemption.

2.  There are too many parallels and co-incidences littering the novel. These have the effect of making the whole experience nearly like being manipulated, or tricked. Life is not like that.

3.  Hosseini does create credible and interesting characters. Discuss how he goes about building up the characters, showing the development they go through in the events of the story. Also discuss how he positions his characters at odds which each other.

4.  The Kite Runer is a very political novel. We are required to pick up a lot of background information about Afghanistan in order to be able to understand the power of the story. Does this work for you? How relevent to your lives has the story of the troubles of Afghanistan been?