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=Kite Runner Biographer Summary Response= Brian Cheney Mrs. Ackerman American Lit. Honors May 3, 2009 Khaled Hosseini Biography Summary Response //The Kite Runner// is a novel about an Afghan boy who is caught in the middle of a bloody coup and a soviet invasion and seeks safety in America. Being a native Afghan and growing up during this period, the author’s history has many parallels in his book. Khaled Hosseini was born in Kabul, Afghanistan in 1965, the same setting as in //The Kite Runner//. His father was a diplomat for the Afghan Foreign Ministry and his mother taught Farsi and History at a high school in Kabul. Because of his father’s job, his family moved a lot and they lived in 3 countries in 10 years. At the end of this period in his life, he and his family were living in Paris when they decided to move back to Kabul in 1980. But, Afghanistan had gone through the very conflict Khaled would later write about and the family received political asylum in the U.S. and the family moved to California. Khaled later got his Bachelor’s degree in Biology and a Medical Degree. While in medical practice, he wrote his first novel, //The Kite Runner//.

Some parallels between his life and his writings in //The Kite Runner// are found in him not actually living in Kabul at the time of the coup and invasion and his family seeking political asylum. In //The Kite Runner//, the main character, Amir, has to leave his friend behind in Afghanistan as he seeks safety in America. The obvious correlation to Khaled’s past is that he had to seek asylum in America with his family but it also could reflect his feelings toward leaving Kabul, shown by Amir leaving his friend behind. After Khaled’s family realized they could not go back to Kabul, they moved to America and had to deal with and adjust to the different culture. In //The Kite Runner//, Amir must flee to America and adjust as well. This part of the novel will likely reveal how Khaled felt about leaving his homeland and being forced to live in a completely different society. Some parallels in the plot thus far of //The Kite Runner// and Khaled Hosseini’s life are in both him and Amir being forced to live in America because of a coup in Afghanistan and in them both being forced to leave something behind.

"About the Author - Khaled Hosseini." The Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County. 03 May 2009 .
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"Khaled Hosseini | Biography." Khaled Hosseini | A Thousand Splendid Suns. 03 May 2009 .