In the “multi-faceted” novel (“Khaled Hosseini”) The Kite Runner, Khaled Hosseini perfectly integrated Amir's transition from youth to age adult with the ethnic tensions in Afghanistan between the Pashtuns and the Hazaras. Hosseini's novel, The Kite Runner, has earned its rightful place in the AP curriculum because of the well-developed and juxtaposed characters that implicitly illustrate the central idea that it doesn't matter how many mistakes one makes commit, one is still capable of personal development and self-redemption. Khaled Hosseini's The Kite Runner skillfully weaves a "gripping spectacle of hard-won personal salvation (INSERT INTERNAL QUOTE)" through well-developed and well-juxtaposed characters, making the novel a must-read in the AP Program. The Kite Runner opens with a chapter of foreshadowing that enlightens readers from the beginning of Amir's goal to redeem himself from his "past of unatoned sins (Hosseini 1)." After the first chapter, Hosseini divides Amir's life into three main points: his childhood in Kabul, his and Baba's life in America and finally, Amir's path to redemption through his return to Kabul. Amir and Hassan share a “brotherhood…a kinship that even time could not break (Hosseini 11). » It is the development of this “complex relationship (“Khaled Hosseini”)” that makes the novel more poignant as Amir's coming-of-age story progresses. Along the way, Hosseini uses objects like the pomegranate tree where Amir and Hassan play together, eat together, and grow together to impress on readers the deep kinship between the Pashtuns and the Hazaras. Furthermore, Hosseini solidifies this kinship by juxtaposing Hassan's dream with Amir's success in validating his existence to Bab...... middle of paper ......illustrates the ever-present hope to be better than what we are. Additionally, “his passionate story of betrayal and redemption (INSERT INTERNAL QUOTE)” is “informative, sentimental yet touching popular fiction.” (Kipen 51)" Although some may argue that "the story as a whole [is] a bit sentimental ("Khaled Hosseini")", this sentimentality is what makes the novel so realistic because it is this sentimentality that pushes Amir to “end the novel”. the cycle (Hosseini 227)” of guilt, burden and terrors. Often, people “give in to loss, to suffering, accept it as a reality of life, even consider it necessary (Hosseini 201).” However, Hosseini says it doesn't have to be that way. People should be more proactive. People should actively seek self-improvement and redemption. Here's Hosseini saying "there's a way to be good again » (226).”