An An al ys i s on M aj or P ol i t i c al E ve n t s An d I t s I m p ac t s T ow ar d T h e Ch ar ac t e r s of A m i r , H as s an , an d As s e f i n K h al e d H os s e i n i ' s Th e K i t e R u n n e r
Abstract
he
K
i
t
e
Runne
r
t
e
l
l
s
a
bout
f
r
i
e
nds
hi
p
be
t
we
e
n
t
wo
bo
y
s
g
r
o
wi
ng
u
p
i
n
Ka
bul
,
Am
i
r
a
nd
H
a
s
s
a
n
.
The
y
non
e
t
he
l
e
s
s
gr
ow
up
i
n
di
f
f
e
r
e
nt
wor
l
ds
:
Am
i
r
i
s
t
he
s
on
o
f
a
pr
om
i
ne
nt
a
nd
we
a
l
t
h
y
m
a
n,
whi
l
e
Ha
s
s
a
n,
t
he
s
on
of
Am
i
r
'
s
s
e
r
va
nt
,
i
s
a
Ha
z
a
r
a
,
m
e
m
be
r
of
a
s
hunne
d
e
t
hni
c
m
i
nor
i
t
y
.
Howe
ve
r
,
t
hi
s
t
he
s
i
s
f
oc
us
e
s
on
t
he
m
a
j
or
pol
i
t
i
c
a
l
e
ve
nt
s
oc
c
ur
r
e
d
i
n
t
he
nov
e
l
,
t
he
de
s
c
r
i
pt
i
on
of
t
he
c
ha
r
a
c
t
e
r
s
,
Am
i
r
,
Ha
s
s
a
n,
a
nd
As
s
e
f
,
a
s
w
e
l
l
a
s
t
he
e
x
pl
a
na
t
i
on
of
t
he
i
m
pa
c
t
s
of
t
he
m
a
j
or
pol
i
t
i
c
a
l
e
ve
nt
s
t
owa
r
d
e
a
c
h
c
ha
r
a
c
t
e
r
m
e
nt
i
one
d.
I
n
wr
i
t
i
n
g
t
hi
s
t
he
s
i
s
,
a
m
e
t
hod
o
f
a
n
a
l
y
s
i
s
i
s
ne
e
d
e
d
t
o
d
e
t
e
r
m
i
ne
t
he
c
om
pos
i
t
i
on
of
t
he
t
he
s
i
s
.
The
m
e
t
hod
i
s
us
e
d
t
o
f
i
nd
out
t
he
r
e
l
a
t
i
on
a
m
ong
t
he
pol
i
t
i
c
a
l
e
ve
nt
s
,
m
a
j
or
c
ha
r
a
c
t
e
r
s
i
ns
i
de
t
he
n
ove
l
,
t
he
hi
s
t
or
i
c
a
l
f
a
c
t
s
,
a
nd
t
he
a
ut
hor
’
s
pr
i
va
t
e
l
i
f
e
.
I
n
duc
t
i
ve
m
e
t
hod
i
s
a
ppl
i
e
d
t
o
s
e
a
r
c
h
t
he
s
pe
c
i
f
i
c
s
c
e
ne
s
,
a
c
t
i
ons
,
e
ve
nt
s
e
x
pe
r
i
e
n
c
e
d
b
y
c
h
a
r
a
c
t
e
r
s
und
e
r
t
he
c
ha
os
o
f
pol
i
t
i
c
a
l
e
ve
nt
s
i
n
Af
g
ha
ni
s
t
a
n.
The
da
t
a
a
r
e
de
s
c
r
i
be
d
b
y
us
i
n
g
t
h
e
hi
s
t
or
i
c
a
l
bi
o
g
r
a
phi
c
a
l
t
he
or
y
.
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n
t
hi
s
t
he
s
i
s
,
t
he
di
s
c
us
s
i
on
be
g
i
ns
b
y
d
e
s
c
r
i
bi
n
g
t
he
m
a
j
or
c
h
a
r
a
c
t
e
r
s
i
n
T
he
K
i
t
e
Runne
r
,
a
nd
t
he
n
t
he
wr
i
t
e
r
t
r
i
e
s
t
o
f
i
nd
out
t
he
s
pe
c
i
f
i
c
e
ve
nt
s
por
t
r
a
y
e
d
i
n
T
he
K
i
t
e
Ru
nne
r
,
s
uc
h
a
s
t
he
S
ovi
e
t
i
nva
s
i
on,
t
he
r
i
s
e
of
t
he
Ta
l
i
ba
n,
a
nd
t
he
t
r
a
g
e
d
y
of
9/
11.
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x
t
,
t
he
wr
i
t
e
r
r
e
l
a
t
e
s
t
hos
e
e
ve
nt
s
a
nd
m
a
j
or
c
ha
r
a
c
t
e
r
s
wi
t
h
e
x
t
e
r
na
l
d
a
t
a
,
whi
c
h
a
r
e
hi
s
t
or
i
c
a
l
f
a
c
t
s
of
A
f
g
h
a
ni
s
t
a
n
a
nd
bi
o
gr
a
ph
y
o
f
t
he
w
r
i
t
e
r
,
Kh
a
l
e
d
Hoos
e
i
ni
.
Af
t
e
r
f
i
ndi
ng
t
he
r
e
l
a
t
i
on
of
t
he
m
,
t
h
e
di
s
c
us
s
i
on
c
om
e
s
t
o
g
e
n
e
r
a
l
t
r
ut
h
t
h
a
t
t
he
r
e
a
r
e
r
e
l
a
t
i
on
s
a
m
on
g
hi
s
t
or
i
c
a
l
pol
i
t
i
c
s
,
a
ut
hor
’
s
pr
i
va
t
e
l
i
f
e
a
nd
l
i
t
e
r
a
r
y
wor
k.
The
de
s
c
r
i
pt
i
ons
of
t
he
pol
i
t
i
c
a
l
e
ve
nt
s
i
n
t
he
nove
l
b
e
c
om
e
m
uc
h
c
l
e
a
r
e
r
t
o
de
s
c
r
i
be
t
he
s
a
dne
s
s
a
nd m
i
s
e
r
a
bl
e
l
i
f
e
i
n
Af
g
ha
ni
s
t
a
n t
hr
ou
g
h
t
he
m
a
j
or
c
ha
r
a
c
t
e
r
s
i
n t
he
nove
l
.
vi
The
r
e
s
ul
t
of
t
h
e
s
t
ud
y
s
hows
t
ha
t
T
he
K
i
t
e
Runne
r
i
s
t
he
m
e
nt
a
l
e
vi
de
n
c
e
of
Af
g
ha
ni
s
t
a
n’
s
hi
s
t
or
y
.
I
t
t
e
l
l
s
not
onl
y
a
bout
t
he
h
i
s
t
or
y
of
Af
g
h
a
ni
s
t
a
n
i
n
r
e
a
l
i
t
y
but
a
l
s
o r
e
f
l
e
c
t
i
on
of
wha
t
t
h
e
wr
i
t
e
r
h
a
s
e
x
pe
r
i
e
nc
e
d,
s
e
e
n, a
nd f
e
l
t
i
n hi
s
pr
i
va
t
e
l
i
f
e
.