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12th Literary letter.

April 15, 2009 at 11:51 am (Uncategorized)

11th literary letter
Grade: A
Title: Kite Runner
I am writing this letter to share my experience, feelings, and emotions while I am reading the book named Kite Runner, written by Khalid Hussaini an Afghan-American well known author. I read another book Thousand Splendid Suns by the same author. I enjoyed reading it; therefore I choose to read another book by the same author. Moreover, some of my friends read the same book, and complimented and suggested it to me.
It’s not been long that I started this book, and I am very interested and enjoying it so far. I am noticing that this book is similar to Thousand Splendid Suns. The setting of both the books is very alike. Unlike his other book this story is about a boy, named Amir, who lives in peaceful Kabul, just enjoys his normal life while roaming, flying kite and just being a boy. He gradually noticed his fathers unbalanced love between him and his brother, his father seems critical and judgmental towards him and considers him less manly. He also is proud of Amir’s brother and feels embarrassed to have him as a son, he also considers Amir the reason of his mother’s death who died while giving birth to him. I can tell by now that the author is very attached to the city of Kabul. I like the way he describes the political situation changing over time and its impact on the people living there.
I have not gone far enough in reading the book, but the book is very interesting from the beginning. It sounds like a real story and makes me realize how good my life is compared to the people who lived in Kabul and suffered so much. I feel thankful to God for giving this life to me. For this purpose I will suggest my class to read it so that they also realize how lucky they are to have so comfortable lives.
Thank you.