‘The Kite Runner’ by Khaled Hosseini: context, themes, characters! | Narrator: Barbara Njau

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Pressed for time? Here is a summary on all you need to know about Khaled Hosseini’s novel, ‘The Kite Runner’ In this video, we summarise the novel’s plot, its main characters and the themes that you need to be aware of when it comes to analysing this novel.

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[@cactus7764]

very useful! one little note when you mention that Hassan and Ali are sent away, if you re-read that chapter you'll find that Ali learns about the rape and then wants to leave on his own accordance stating that he doesn't want to stay anymore.

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Thank you for clarifying, much appreciated :-)

[@balochworld6269]

May I ask in which syllabus this novel is included

[@misan2002]

@@balochworld6269 A level AQA

[@jiminahx]

to add onto that, baba actually excused hassan for ‘stealing’ the watch and begged them to stay - even though earlier in the novel he told amir that thieving is the worst kind of sin - because he doesn’t believe that hassan actually did it :)

[@elenab8205]

this saved me from having to read an entire book before school starts so thanks

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[@sharanyap3057]

It would be lovely if you would actually read it as the book is extraordinarily beautiful

[@sarahhobbs6756]

@@sharanyap3057 the book is absolutely amazing and even though this video is extremely helpful it leaves out a lot of Important details that you must read to know.

[@MuhammadUsama-po4vf]

Tomorrow is my exam😑

[@lizavanderveen5581]

@@sharanyap3057 you're joking right 🙈 It's a really depressing book.

[@IterSoni]

1 0:35 2 1:10 3 3:34 4 4:30 5 5:07 6 5:36 7 5:47 8 5:54 9 6:31 10 6:45 11 7:11 12 7:21 characters 13 7:56 14 7:58 15 8:14 themes past 8:41 political events 9:21 hassans cleft lip 10:10 kites 10:31

[@dragobro0456]

Thank you

[@misan2002]

4:58 they aren't sent away. they leave on their own accord. and also at that point it's implied that Ali knows what happened to Hassan and how Amir didn't help him

[@mikeyemery1130]

Just to let you know, Hassan and Amir weren't kicked out the house. Baba forgave them but Amir and Hassan decided to leave even though baba insisted them to stay.

[@Adjay722]

This summary video was way better than the others on the internet! Thank you so much

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For you a thousand times over ❤️ this book is actually good

[@beyond_height]

Brilliant summary and explanation of themes the novel has. It saves a lot of time of people preparing for competitive exams. I'm grateful to you for this.

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Thank you and all the best with your exams!

[@cakertaker_1013]

Lovely, I ended up reading this story on my own and I'm just hoping that someone one of these days does a passionate literary in depth analysis on the book because it's such a good story (mainly because it makes me cry XD)

[@FBrapidreview]

I have read this novel recently and I really loved the story. Full of emotions, thrill and surprises. thanks for the review!

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You just saved my grade. Thank you

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Glad to have been of help! Best wishes!

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This is great!! Hopefully I can use it for my AP Lit test tomorrow

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me watching this three days before my AP lit test

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@@mollymeyer9640 me watching it 8 hours before

[@melancholic931]

U complete the whole summary and issues in a smooth way...thanks...

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this video was so helpful!! definitely recommend using it for help

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[@Fiction_Beast]

Husseini is a pashtun writing the voice of a Hazara whom the pashtuns see as enemies and inferior. It is like if a white man writes the voice of Hassan as a black person. All the powerful characters are pashtuns and all the submissive, naive are hazaras. I dont know how people would feel if a white man wrote a novel today about black people and painting them as submissive, flat, lame, hare-lipped, no sense of changing their situation? This is the most horrifyingly one sided novel I have ever read. since it is written for the western audience who know nothing about the Hazara-Pashtun history, they assume to see Pashtun as rounded characters (heroic, bad, savior, kind, rebels etc..) while Hazaras as nothing but submissive, accepting and naive... The reality is far from that. In fact, Hazaras are porportionally more educated in the country. Husseini as a Pashtun is obviously biased and harbours tacit and subconscious racism.

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Thank you for such a good overview of this book and also for saving my time

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[@kimberlys8422]

I picked this book up at a thrift store and reading it, I shed tears. I don't want to spoil anyone who hasn't read the book; but it is moving and heartbreaking and haunting,

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Agreed - it's extremely moving and haunting! You should consider also reading his other book, "A Thousand Splendid Suns". If you loved this book, you will adore this follow up novel.

[@seokjun13yoon]

0:26 Context 3:21 Summary 7:39 Characters 8:39 Themes 9:56 Analysis and Symbols

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One of the best interpretation.Thanks

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not me crying over a book summary video

[@axelode45]

This was very useful, great summary!

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That's amazing, thank you for your feedback and all the best in your revision!

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It's informative video... Thank you ❤

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Excellent presentation. It was really helpful thanks for your effort

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[@badira419]

It's very helpful. Thank you..&one little note that one of the bullying boy or the antagonist in the "Kite Runner "named as Assef. He is half paston &so, he had a contempt to Hassan from childhood. Also he is half German, so he had a violence like Hitler.

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Thank you for clarifying this, that's really useful information! Glad that this video helped!

[@obiechan8994]

*Pashtun

[@kathleen88863]

All German people are violent?

[@eumarise8272]

Reading this over the holidays before year 12 :)

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Really it's a great work and it was very useful mam thankyou keep going

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Thank you so much.. This is a really helpful video ❤️

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It's very useful. I hope I will score good. Thanks Barbara !!!

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You're welcome and good luck! 😄

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amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@tanned1991]

Good explanation, very helpful

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Thank you❤

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Such a good video! What mic are you using?

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Thank you ❤👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

[@amnabibi3552]

Such an awsome book ..i really enjoy it..

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The book is epic... one of our favourite ever reads.

[@bendouthett2762]

Love the book

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Lifesaver!!! I have an exam about this book in 20min and i have not read a page😆

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Oh my! Good luck, hope this helped! :-)

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Did you fail?

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Did you pass?

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[@bibimohamed5689]

I watched this moving and it will forever stay with me. The young boy's rape scene was heart breaking.

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It's a very moving story indeed.

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[@vih]

Thank!

[@redeyegll]

Still saving people to this day

[@_lodemu_1160]

great video!

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Glad you enjoyed it

[@ocean3057]

It's BABA not Papa

[@athulyacs2148]

I red that novel recently ,such a meaningful story

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It's a beautiful story. We hope our video summary did it justice :-)

[@misan2002]

correction: Khaled Hosseini went to Paris from Afghanistan because his dad was assigned to a diplomatic post at the Embassy in Paris,

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Thanku mam very useful

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[@mysfect7294]

What is Amir bad at?

[@hinamustan9853]

Thumbs up 👍

[@rogerfilerable]

only atonement can set you free

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Iemand nederlands?

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Me

[@lamiaammari7926]

Niiiiice👏👏👏 But ali amd hassan were not sent away ali decided that they should go because of the rape and what amir did Suhrab tries to suicide not because what happened to him in afghanistan but because ir said that he will leave him in an orphanage and came back to get him

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Thank you for clarifying, really appreciate it! :-)

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pov ur watching this the day b4 an english assignment is due…

[@alostorafootball692]

Thank you very much🖒🖒🖒🖒🖒 But. Pleas write character

[@draincel]

I HAVE A TEST TOMORROW IF I DON'T PASS ITS OVER

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Good luck!

[@meshalition]

Common mistake, Afghanistan is not in the Middle East but rather in Central Asia!

[@AbdulHamid-qu1wl]

The author of the book attempts to explain ethnicity problems in Afghanistan. Baba iconizes Pashtun and Hasan iconizes Hazara, the two ethnic groups in Afghanistan. But that main point is missing in this summary! Mohammad Daud was a fascist oriented Afghan. When Asef quotes him, the author tries to explain that Afghans treat Hazaras the way German Fascists treated Jews.

[@tristanlassiter8464]

Amir didn't hide a hide money under Hassan's pillow, it was a watch.

[@kate8608]

a watch and some money

[@Cosmopotamian]

Just a little correction. :) Afghanistan is not part of the Middle East.

[@simrangill2352]

AFGHANISTAN IS NOT IN THE MIDDLE EAST!

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[@reianaradmanesh750]

its central asian

[@Tr4sh_can34]

The 1960s wasn't a great time for all in Afghanistan. There was a lot of descrimination. My grandparents could barely get water due to the goverment restriction based on their ethnicity.

[@samyselim7075]

Afghanistan is in Central Asia, not the Middle East. Also, the suggestion that Amir is a symbol of Afghanistan is too simplistic and reductive. Your recap of the historical context is full of errors. The king was not backed by the USSR. Otherwise, not bad.

[@kranzie5745]

He hid his watch under Hassan's pillow not money

[@michelleibram4294]

Krantzie well he hid his watch AND money

[@JC-hu3yj]

Krantzie Read the book Ch. 9: Amir his both WATCH and CASH under the MATTRESS (not pillow).

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BabA

[@anija8704]

please drink some water

[@arkscrew]

So sorry to point out but the sssssss sound you make while speaking is so damn annoying. I couldn't concentrate even for a minute.

[@SparkyCobra]

I’m sorry…. this summary is horrible. It leaves out so many important details… even for a summary, this is too vague