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☸. Amir:  The narrator and protagonist; a Pashtun and Sunni Muslim. ☸. Baba:  Amir's father, who is considered a hero and leader in Kabul. ☸. Hassan:  Amir's playmate and servant; a Hazara and Shi'a Muslim; son to Ali. ☸. Sohrab:  Hassan's son. Like his father, Sohrab is excellent with a slingshot. Sohrab is the bait that Rahim Khan uses to lure Amir back to the Middle East. ☸.Rahim Khan:  Baba's best friend and business partner; father-figure to Amir. ☸. Assef:  A Kabul bully who ends up joining the Taliban. ☸. Soraya:  Amir's wife. ☸. Ali:  Hassan's father; servant to Baba. Having suffered from polio as a child, Ali has a crippled leg and is teased by kids in Kabul. ☸. General Sahib (Iqbal Taheri):  A friend of Baba's in America; father to Soraya. The general is biding his time in America, waiting to be called back into service in Afghanistan. ☸.Khala Taheri (Khala Jamila):  The wife of General Taheri and mother to S

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The Kite Runner  is the story of Amir, a Sunni Muslim, who struggles to find his place in the world because of the aftereffects and fallout from a series of traumatic childhood events. An adult Amir opens the novel in the present-day United States with a vague reference to one of these events, and then the novel flashes back to Amir's childhood in Afghanistan. In addition to typical childhood experiences, Amir struggles with forging a closer relationship with his father, Baba; with determining the exact nature of his relationship with Hassan, his Shi'a Muslim servant; and eventually with finding a way to atone for pre-adolescent decisions that have lasting repercussions. Along the way, readers are able to experience growing up in Afghanistan in a single-parent home, a situation that bears remarkable similarities to many contemporary households. One of the biggest struggles for Amir is learning to navigate the complex socioeconomic culture he faces, growing up in Afghanistan as