ISP Journal
Upon reading The Kite Runner throughout various stages my attitude towards the book would change. At times if the book was becoming a bit dry or boring I would tend to lose interest and put off reading for a day or two. However, if the book started to get exciting or at times sad I would find myself intrigued by what was happening and not wanting to put the book down. There would be days I would find myself reading for practically the entire day. Throughout the novel there were problems or confusing situations that occurred and many times I found myself asking the questions why or how? For example when one of the characters Hassan is brutally beaten and raped I found myself going why did this have to happen and why did the author have to put it into such detail. Another puzzling question I found myself asking was how the main characters Amir and Hassan ended up being half brothers and how this secret was kept for so long. I also wondered if their relationship would have been any different if they had known sooner. I must admit even though my everyday life is nothing compared to the lives of those in the book, I do share a special bond with someone I have been best friends with for over thirteen years, and we come from different backgrounds but still she is like a sister to me. I feel that our relationship connects to the relationship Amir and Hassan share. This was my first time reading the book and honestly I do not think I have ever read a book like this one, it truly is one of a kind. One thing that I do like about this novel is that it is easy to form mental pictures while reading, this helps me better understand some of the context in the novel because I can get a better feel for it. The author does an exquisite job of describing different setting in the book and as you read you feel like you are that exact same atmosphere. After reading the novel I feel as if the author himself may have had a childhood where he too had to go through some...