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TOPIC: CHARACTERIZATIO
N IN “THE KITE RUNNER”
Design by Naseem Hasrat
PRESENTED BY Naseem hasrat Basharat Ali Ishaq Noori
CONTENTS Division of character through charts. Character chart Major character Minor character Protagonist Antagonist
OVERALL CHARACTERIZATION
Pashtun
Hazaras
Afghani
TWO MAIN RACIAL TRIBES Pashtun
Amir
Baba
Assef
Rahim Khan
MAJOR CHARACTERS Amir Hassan Assef Baba Ali
MINOR CHARACTERS General Tahiri Soraya Ali
AMIR – The protagonist. And narrator of the novel. A wealthy boy who grows up in Kabul. Afghanistan along with his father, Baba. Amir abuses his privileges over his servant
and loyal friend, Hassan. And then fails to come to his aid when
Hassan is being raped. The rest of the novel deals with Amir’s guilt,
his growing maturity (as he and Baba move to the U.S.),
His quest for redemption.
AMIR
Amir
BABA Amir’s father, a larger-than-life figure
with wild hair and a loud voice. Who works hard and succeeds at all of
his endeavors, but stands by his strict moral principles.
Baba’s great sin is committing adultery with Ali’s wife.
He is Hassan’s real father. Baba’s many works of charity and the
orphanage he builds are part of his attempts to redeem himself.
BABABaba
Sanobar
Hassan
Sofia
Amir
Ali
HASSAN Amir’s childhood playmate and
companion, a Hazara boy with a cleft lip. Hassan is an excellent kite runner. He is naturally intelligent, but illiterate
because of his social class. He is always loyal to Amir, even when
Amir betrays him. Hassan eventually marries Farzana,
and has a son named Sohrab.
HASSAN
victim
Hazara
Good friend
of Amir
Selfless
SOHRAB Hassan’s son, a boy who is sent to an
orphanage when Hassan and Farzana are killed.
He is then taken from the orphanage and sexually abused by Assef, until Amir comes for him and brings him back to America.
Sohrab is a symbol of all the terrible things that have happened to both the characters and the country of Afghanistan.
He also offers a chance for hope and redemption.
SOHRAB
Sohrab
Farzana
Reason
Hassan
Amir
ALI Hassan’s father, a Hazara who was
orphaned as a boy. Then taken in by Baba’s father and
raised as Baba’s playmate and servant. The lower half of Ali’s face is paralyzed. He was crippled in one leg by polio, but
Ali remains cheerful and kind.
ALI
Baba’s Servant
Paralyzed
Religious
=
ASSEF The antagonist of the novel. A blue-eyed, sadistic boy who idolizes
Hitler. Torments children with his brass
knuckles, and later rapes Hassan. As an adult Assef joins the Taliban,
where he is given free reign to exercise his violent and pedophilic nature.
ASSEF
Antagonist
Taliban official
Rapist Half
German
SORAYA The daughter of General Taheri. As a young woman Soraya ran away
with an Afghan man, “dishonor” herself. Amir falls in love with her and they get
married, and Soraya later becomes a teacher.
RAHIM KHAN Baba’s close friend and business
associate. A kind man who often seems to
understand the young Amir better than Baba does.
Rahim Khan encourages Amir’s writing. As an old man he summons Amir back
to Afghanistan for a chance to redeem himself by rescuing Sohrab from Afghanistan.
GENERAL TAHERI Soraya’s father and Baba’s friend, a
former general in the old pre-soviet regime of Afghanistan.
He is a conservative. Traditional Afghan man who in the
United States collects welfare and refuses to labor beneath his station in America.
FARID A man who drives Amir back to
Afghanistan from Pakistan. At first Farid is bitter and sarcastic
towards Amir. He learns about Sohrab Farid becomes
a loyal friend and helps Amir on his journey.
SANAUBAR Hassan’s mother and Ali’s wife. Sanaubar had a “dishonorable”
reputation as a young woman. She despises Ali and leaves after
Hassan is born. Returns as an older woman to take care
of Sohrab.
WAHID Farid’s brother, a man who is very poor
and whose children are starving. Who’s hospitality is such that he
nonetheless feeds Amir before his own children.
SOFIA AKRAMI Amir’s mother and Baba’s wife, a
college professor of royal blood. Who dies giving birth to Amir. Amir always believes that his father
secretly hates him. Amir considers that he is responsible of
his mother’s death.
SAKINA
Sakina
AmirHassan
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