Over the summer, I read a heart-touching novel called The Kite Runner. This book, written by Khaled Hosseini gives you a sense of reality and value to all the advantages we have living in a secure and healthy environment. As much as we do not realize how grateful we should be to have all the needs and more, when you read a novel like this you feel utter despair for the children not being able to go to school and working as servants at an incredibly young age. Khaled Hosseini gives you a book that will shatter your heart in every way possible. Since I have known you, I have learnt that you love the novels that make people realize how fortunate they are, and I truly believe this book is a one of a kind; it will change your views greatly.

These boys are like brothers, but are estranged due to the countries atrocious circumstances which makes you put yourself in that position and be affected by the atmosphere so dramatically that you will not be able to believe, and for the most part handle what the children in Afghanistan have at such a young age.

“There are a lot of children in Afghanistan, but little childhood.”

This quote is greatly related to Hassan. He has been working as a servant from the time he was able to think straight. He did not have a childhood like Amir did; wealth, school and friends just were not in his fate. Instead Hassan’s circumstances were permeated with sorrows. The disconsolate incidents that Hassan has to face gave me one of the most forlorn feelings I had ever met. The book only explains what Hassan had endured, but in reality, he is not alone; kids all over the country face abuse, homelessness and hunger. You appreciate how blessed you are; hardly do kids have to face these circumstances in a country where education is provided freely and wars are something that barely exists. We live in a country like this; we have all the advantages the children in countries like Afghanistan dream of. Since we were born we have gotten everything from affection to our unnecessary longings. This novel gives you a look at life in a whole new perspective. Since I put a hand on this novel, I can proudly say I have been impacted powerfully.

One of the most important themes that were met in this novel was love. I have known from day one that you are an absolute fan of books that involve family and affection, and I believe this is the best book for you to read because these two factors and much more eye-opening incidents that are involved.

 “When you kill a man, you steal a life. You steal his wife’s right to a husband, rob his children of a father. When you tell a lie, you steal someone’s right to the truth. When you cheat, you steal the right to fairness.”

This quote portrays many different views, but I found that it related quite well with family and affection. Though one may be wealthy and fortunate than the other, there is still a perception of jealousy involved. You notice how Amir is envious to Hassan because he feels that he is not loved as much as Hassan is by his father. I realized how wealth was not even important to him; Amir wanted adoration from his father more than he had a desire for anything else. Children in Afghanistan may not have the fortune of school or a secure environment, but what most matters to them is love, and still most of them are forsaken on the streets after they are born with no one to save them, which was basically the case with Hassan and his biological mother. I realized how love is the real wealth in your life not the number of dollars you have sitting in your bank account. I put myself in his position and thought about it; if my parents barely had any affection for me, I would be nothing, their love is apart of my identity and I truly believe that it is involved in enormous part of life for a person. We have everything, from love to our desires, from the minute we were born. I possibly cannot understand what they go through, but I realize how hopeless those kids are living in such horrible circumstances; but that is exactly why I want to help those kids and make a change in countries that have suffering, desperate kids. This book truly teaches you to appreciate yourself and the people around you because without them, you wouldn’t be able to live in such blessed circumstance.

You are the first person I would recommend this great book to because of all the lessons and remarks that are made in a person’s life after reading this novel. I assure you that you will look at life in a whole new perspective and will also help be apart of teaching everyone to appreciate the life we are living. This book impacted me immensely and I can guarantee it’ll impact you greatly also.

Yours Truly ,

Prabhjot

Quotes taken from: http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/search?utf8=✓&q=the+kite+runner&commit=Search