Kites
The kite serves as a symbol of Amir’s happiness as well as
his guilt. Flying kites is what he enjoys most as a child because it is the
only way that he connects fully with Baba, who was once a champion kite
fighter. The kite takes on a different significance
when Amir allows Hassan to be raped because he wants to bring the blue kite
back to Baba. His recollections after that portray the kite as a sign of his
betrayal of Hassan. Amir does not fly a
kite again until he does so with Sohrab at the end of the novel. Because Amir
has already redeemed himself by that point, the kite is no longer a symbol of
his guilt. Instead, it acts as a reminder of his childhood, and it also becomes
the way that he is finally able to connect with Sohrab, mirroring the kite’s
role in Amir’s relationship with Baba.
By: JP Kreutz
By: JP Kreutz
Photo collected from Google images.