Kite Chaser Mind Map About the Author's Interpretation of the Core Content of the Book's Golden Sentences

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<h1 class="ql-align-center" > about this book</h1>

After the terrorist attacks on the United States in 2001, Al-Qaida's Afghanistan became the "counterterrorism center" in the eyes of the Bush administration; Afghanistan became synonymous with terror, violence, barrenness and backwardness in the eyes of many people. As the war progressed, people eagerly learned more about the country, and books about Afghanistan began to sell well; but it was not until 2003, when the debut novel of The Kite Chaser, published in the United States by the Afghan-American physician Khaled Al-Husseini, that the first Afghan-related novel was published.

Once released, the novel was immediately well received by literary critics and topped the authoritative best-seller list such as the New York Times for 101 weeks. The Kite Chaser is the first novel by Afghan-American writer Khaled Al-Husseini. Since its first publication in June 2003, the book has received widespread attention and acclaim, has been translated into more than 40 languages, and sold more than 10 million copies.

In addition, the book became the first choice book of the 2006 French Book Club and the recommended book of the American Book Association. The novel tells in the first person the childhood of an Afghan immigrant in the United States and his journey as an adult to redeem the mistakes of his childhood.

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Husseini's father was a diplomat and his mother was a teacher. In terms of his family situation, his own education is very good. Later, the family moved to Paris, but did not return to The country because of the extreme instability of the Afghan regime. Later, the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan, and his father applied for political asylum to the United States and immigrated to the United States.

In the United States, he began to be economically poor, receiving benefits and food stamps. Later, Husseini went to Santa Clara University to study biology, and after graduation, he studied medicine at the University of California, San Diego. After obtaining his medical license in 1993, he completed an internship at Mount Zion Medical College in Los Angeles, California in 1996. Judging from his personal experience, Husseini's current life is also a big ups and downs. From a well-off family to escape the war, from a doctor to today's full-time writer, Husseini has achieved fame and escaped the war-torn life of his childhood.

Originally from Afghanistan, he has a deep affection for his homeland, as can be seen in his trilogy. Most of the stories he tells have their own personal experiences, telling Americans in superpowers that there are still some people who suffer deeply on the other side of the world, full of affection to convey his love and sympathy for his homeland.

<h1 class="ql-align-center" > the golden sentence of this book</h1>

1． For you a thousand times.

2． Time is greedy – sometimes, it eats up all the details alone.

3． Many years have passed, and people say that old things can be buried, but I finally understand that this is wrong, because the past will climb up on its own.

4． We always like to find many reasons for ourselves to explain our cowardice, always deceive ourselves to believe those beautiful lies, always hide our inner fears, and always escape the crimes we have committed. But the truth is always that one day we will have to face those sins and redeem our hearts.

5． Gaining and losing is always more hurtful than never getting.

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The happy childhood of Afghanistan and the exile of the soul;

2. Life after immigrating to the United States;

Return to Afghanistan and embark on the "road of being a good man again."

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First, Afghanistan's happy childhood and soul exile

This part tells the story of the friendship between the 12-year-old afghan rich young master Amir and his father's servant son Hassan, the author does not have a very gorgeous writing, she just uses the soft words to delicately outline the family and friendship, betrayal and redemption, but it shocks me. When the servant Hassan, Amir's best friend, was besieged in a corner by other rich young masters to commit violence, Amir, Hassan's most trusted friend, curled up in a dark corner and watched silently, until he was in tears but still did not dare to stand up to help Hassan, I heard the sound of heartbreak. But the guidelines of fate did not stop, and Amir was so frightened by cowardice that he was ashamed and could not face Hassan. In the end, he even planted a bribe and let him leave the family forever.

In this paragraph, Amir has two betrayals of his friendship with Hassan: the first is in a kite contest, when Hassan chases the last kite for Amir, he is blocked by Assef and forced to hand over the kite, but Hassan firmly refuses, preferring to be beaten and raped by Assef and others. Hiding in the alleyway, Amir witnessed all this, experienced a fierce struggle in his heart, and hoped that he could stand up for him like Hassan countless times, but in the end he chose silence and never came to the rescue. The yearning for the kite, the longing for the father's love, maybe Hassan must pay some price, hassan's fate is like a lamb to be slaughtered.

In order to get rid of his inner torment, Amir once again chose to escape from the person he owed, and made a decision that he thought would both reduce Hassan's pain and ease his pain. When Amir planted hassan to steal hassan, creating the illusion that hassan had stolen his belongings, when faced with the faithful Hassan defending his honor for the last time, he "contracted his body as if he had been slapped" and almost collapsed in the face of the truth. But after some struggle, there was a vaguely happy thought in his heart, thinking that "driving them away may be painful, but life will continue", he wanted to forget, wanted to breathe again, so when Ali glanced at him, with a cold and incomprehensible look, Amir was glad that someone had finally recognized his true face, he felt that he was too tired, he hoped to get relief from Hassan's departure, where to know that this was just a sin that increased his heart, and let him fall into a deeper and more painful self-blame. Endure the torment of conscience day and night. The author's pen is like a sharp knife, portraying the truth of human nature almost cruelly.

Second, life after immigrating to the United States

His father fled with Amir from Afghanistan to Pakistan, where he endured hardships and finally moved to the United States. On this road, one of the things in particular to be said is that on the way to the car, he encountered the inspection of The Russian soldiers, who wanted to have the beautiful young woman in the car in exchange for the release of a car, and he stepped forward. "War does not make noble sentiments disappear, and people need it even more than in peacetime." And for the little boy Bao Amir, under the appearance of mild and harmless, there is a surging inferiority, if life is calm, then it has been gentle and harmless, once a change occurs, a lot of bad things will be stimulated. In fact, like many people, amir's image is just an ordinary person, but Hassan is a very rare person in life.

Return to Afghanistan and embark on the "road to being a good person again"

When Amir learns that Hassan is his half-brother, he is torn between remorse and pain. When the middle-aged Amir accidentally learned of Hassan's news, he ignored the danger and went to his hometown of Afghanistan to begin his redemption. But time is terrible because it can make everything change. Amir, who finally returned to his hometown, witnessed the changes in his hometown, the war was constant, and the people were not happy. At the same time, I also met the old housekeeper of my childhood, saw the abandoned home, and learned of Hassan's death. Hassan died, but Amir's redemption did not stop, Hassan's only son Sohrab fell into the hands of Amir's childhood enemies, and childhood cowardice and guilt entangled the middle-aged Amir... a redemption began again.

At the end of the story, Amir rescues Sohrab, but at this time, Sohrab is completely out of touch due to mental pain, and only when he talks about the kite, the favorite plaything of Hassan and Amir's childhood, he will laugh unconsciously... The second half of the book is written about the redemption of the protagonist's heart. He painstakingly found Hassan's son Sohrab, chased the kite that had been drifting in his heart for a long time, and became an upright man again, and the door of life was finally open to him again. Amir's ending, by comparison, was happy. He finally understood what it meant to be each other—at the cost of his life.

The emotions in the book are not only family affection, not just friendship, as long as they can sink their hearts to read, they will be touched by the emotions that point directly to people's hearts, and they will also reflect the mood they have had, such as happiness and hesitation when hurting others; cowardice and helplessness in times of crisis; panic when relatives face danger; impetuousness when love first arrives; sadness and loneliness when they lose their loved ones; selfish prevarication when they should take responsibility, and the impulse of self-blame, inferiority and atonement that often comes to mind... Such emotions are not pretentious without any hypocrisy, are the real reactions of a person who is too late to think about the moment of change, and the most intimate self-questioning of a person in the dead of night. Husseini's pen is like a sharp knife, portraying the truth of human nature almost cruelly, but without sensationalism.

Narrator: Yang Gun Gun

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