Characters Narator, Amir I had thought at first that the narrator was Hassan Baba, Narrator’s father Narrator’s mother Hassan Cleft-lip Narrow, gold/green/sapphire eyes Low-set ears Pointed, stubby chin Perfectly round face Hazaras Ethnic group, mongul descendants Shi’a Flat-nosed, mice-eating, load-carrying donkeys 19th Century uprising Ali, Hassan’s father Baba’s servant? Congenital paralysis in lower facial muscles […]

Characters Hassan The harelipped Kite runner Rahim Khan From Pakistan Baba Ali Kabul Locations Pakistan Home of Rahim Khan Spreckels Lake in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco The alley near the the frozen creek Dates Winter of 1975 Themes/Motifs Past cannot be escaped Returning to the past “There is a way to be good […]