There’s also a powerful father-son dynamic, with Amir trying to earn Baba’s approval and Baba trying to act as a proper father. Whether Amir can ever atone for his pathetic betrayal of his ever-loyal best friend and if all he does in the final act earns him any redemption. The themes of loyalty, betrayal, and redemption are most pressing. There are so many wide-ranging themes this piece explores. Until one day in 2001, with Amir having fled Kabul for San Francisco, he’s offered “a way to be good again.” Amir’s choice and his subsequent actions seal who he is as a person and the fate of his best friend. Amir witnesses the scene, but instead of sticking up for his best friend (as Hassan has done for him), he cowardly hides while Assef brutally rapes innocent Hassan. Assef demands that Hassan hands over the kite or he’ll be punished with a brutal assault. At the kite fighting tournament, when Hassan runs a kite for Amir, he encounters their bully Assef, a sadist who believes all Hazaras should be expelled from Kabul. The boys engage in kite fighting, an Afghan tradition, and when Amir cuts another kite, Hassan runs to retrieve it. Baba treats his servant and Hassan as equals, which makes Amir, desperate for his father’s approval, envious. Amir and Baba are Pashtun, the largest and highest caste ethnic group in Afghanistan, while Hassan and his father are Hazara, the lowest and most oppressed caste. Hassan is deeply loyal to Amir and will follow him anywhere, but Amir also genuinely cherishes Hassan as a friend. He lives with his wealthy father he calls Baba, and plays with his best friend named Hassan, the son of his father’s servant. The narrator of The Kite Runner is Amir, who begins as a child in 1974 growing up in Kabul. ![]() Now this profound play is running at the Hayes Theater on Broadway in a limited run until October 30th. It’s a remarkable story with deeply flawed characters and complex themes. The Kite Runner tells the story of a boy named Amir, ranging from his childhood in Afghanistan with his best friend Hassan whom he later betrays, through adulthood as he seeks redemption for his failings. The Kite Runner has transformed from Khaled Hosseini’s bestselling 2003 novel into this new Broadway adaption.
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