AP ENGLISH LITERATURE AND COMPOSTITION MAJOR WORKS DATA SHEET Keenan Ennis Biographical Information about the Author

Khaled Hassan was born in Kabul, Afghanistan in 1965. His father was a Title The Kite Runner Author Khaled Hussein Date of Publication 2005 Genre Historical Fiction

diplomat with Afghan foreign ministry and his mother taught history and Farsi at a High School. On September 19, Hassans family moved to due to a bloody communist coup and .. In Afghanistan. He majored in Biology and wrote the Kite Runner while in Medical practice.

Historical Events surrounding the time of the setting in the country of the setting.
July 17, 1979, Mohammad Daoud Seized power of Afghanistan 1797 1979, the Soviet Army entered Afghanistan, beginning an occupation that would last a decade. 1996- Taliban took control of Kabul.

Characteristics of the genre

Historical fiction entails events, culture, and happenings of the past along with a fictional story. This often makes the story seem realistic because much of the story is related to things that have happened in the past that readers know of.

Plot summaryWrite a sentence or two about each of the following: exposition, conflict(s), rising action, complication(s), climax, falling action, resolution. The kite runner begins telling the story of Amir and Hassan enjoying their childhood flying kites, getting in trouble, and pretending to be the Sultans of Kabul. The main character Amir is shown as a weak character that cant stand up for himself, while his friend Hassan is a brave character who is always standing up for him. However, when Hassan is in a moment of trouble, Amir cannot help him. Because Amir realizes his cowardice, Amir ends up causing a separating between Hassan and Ali. Amir and intimidating father Baba must flee the country when the Russians invade Afghanistan, and they take safe heaven in America. As Amir attempts to bury his past, with marriage and a life set for him. Amir gets an unexpected call from his fathers friend Rahim Khan, and he realizes he must redeem himself by traveling through war torn Afghanistan to get his dead halfbrothers son Sohrob. After much help and being beaten half to death, Amir escapes with Sohrob, and must face the challenge of getting Sohrob to America. After much conflict, and an attempt at suicide by Sohrob, Amir finds a way to get him to America and raise him as his son. Amir finally feels that he has atoned for his sins towards Hassan, and continues his life in America with a new son.