Our life is like a story. Everything we do and every adversity we overcome helps us write our chapters. “Adversity is like a strong wind. It tears us all apart, except what cannot be torn apart, so that we see ourselves as we really are. In this quote from Arthur Golden, we recognize that the adversity we face determines who we are as human beings. Some of the challenges we face can radically change our lives. In the novel The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini, the main character encounters many events of adversity, some of which changed his life forever. Amir, the protagonist, has his first major encounter with adversity in Kabul, in 1975. He and his Hazara Hassan, a servant, participate in a local kite-flying competition. After cutting and running a series of brightly colored kites, it came down to Amir and a lone blue kite. A fearsome battle of chops and slices ultimately results in victory for Amir, with his faithful servant Hassan determined to fly the winning kite of the tournament. What followed was the event that would change Amir's life forever. A place of torment of Assef, a mad sociopath, and his two accomplices, Wali and Kamal surrounding the poor little Hazara boy; they demanded that he hand over the blue kite. Fairly, Hassan refuses and receives a humiliating punishment that will haunt Hassan and Amir forever. Amir witnesses all of this. The young Pashtun boy spent all his time cowering in the shadows, hesitating about what he should do. He runs away. Amir not only flees the scene of the crime, but he also flees his best friend, his servant, his brother. He said: "I actually aspired to cowardice, because the alternative, the real reason I was running, was that Assef was right: nothing was free in this... middle of paper ...that he spoke about. They don't find Rahim Khan either. Amir knows what he must do. Amir knows he must bring Sohrab back to America with him to live with him and his wife, Soraya. Desperately, Amir fights with adoption agencies. They're lucky when an American friend manages to make it work. Amir faces many extreme adversities throughout his life and each one transforms him as a person. Ordinary people overcome adversity. Amir has faced many challenges throughout his life. He was determined to right the greatest wrong of his life, and in the end he felt that was exactly what he had done. Every day, every event, every friend is a paragraph of our story. Hassan helped write Amir's epilogue and prologue. “It may be unfair, but what happens in a few days, sometimes even in a single day, can change the course of an entire life, Amir.” - BabaWorks cited The Kite Runner