Everyone's heart holds a kite, regardless of what it means, let us bravely pursue it.

For Amir, the kite in his youth was the struggle for his father's attention and gaze, and the kite in his adulthood was to make up for the guilt caused by the struggle for attention.

'The Kite Runner' was widely loved in China after its publication. The translator initially just browsed the book in a bookshop in the airport and was deeply moved by its content, never imagining that it would eventually be translated into Chinese.

We many people are moved by the friendship and family affection between Asan and Amir. Because it's rare in today's society for people to give so much without reservation or consideration.

'Blood is thicker than water' is often heard in our lives.

Inside this deeply touching novel, the kite is symbolic, it can be a family, a friendship, a love, it can also be integrity, kindness, honesty. For Amir, the kite symbolizes an indispensable part of his personality, only by pursuing it, he can become a complete person, become the Amir he aspires to be.

The servant Asan and the Afghan young master Amir's friendship story. When Amir was young, he did everything to make his father pay more attention to him. So, when the servant Asan decided to return the kite to his young master Amir, when Amir happily held the kite for his father, he was indeed paid attention to and cared for by his father.

01 To let Amir be praised by his father, even if he is insulted, he must hold onto the kite he has obtained.

Amir witnessed Asan being abused by Arthur and his group of gangsters, Asan could hand over the kite to them, he might avoid being harmed. But he always kept holding it tightly.

Amir was secretly watching Asan being harmed, but he didn't step forward, he turned and ran. Perhaps Amir couldn't save Asan, but at least he wouldn't leave a seed of guilt in his life in the future.

Amir was indeed selfish, timid, and cowardly in this matter, he didn't stand up for Asan, we all feel sorry for Asan's sacrifice, because a good person shouldn't be harmed.

When we were young, we all had such experiences, to make ourselves receive more praise in the eyes of our parents, to become more sensible and docile in the eyes of our parents, so we would blame the people who loved us for our bad things, and they would willingly bear the burden.

02 War and Peace, Rich and Poor

①War and Peace

In the eyes of Chinese people, Afghanistan has always had such an impression:Countless refugees fleeing, there are occasional threats from American or capitalist countries' bombs, not parades or demonstrations, but government coups. We have never associated it with prosperity and beauty.

However, 'The Kite Runner' gave us a different Afghanistan. I believe that even the worst places in the world, we can believe that they once had a beautiful and peaceful scene, but sometimes these moments are too short.

Just a few days ago, there was a news that went hot on the internet: a Syrian little girl's father told her that the sound of the bombs was the sound of fireworks, because in that country, fathers don't want their children to have bad psychological shadows because of bombs, so they chose a painful and kind lie.

How happy the girl's smile is, as if it really is fireworks, how sad the father's smile is.

②Rich and Poor

Amir's family was considered a wealthy family in Afghanistan, he lived in a white house with servants, he had education, he could learn knowledge. But Asan only knew about the world beyond reality by reading stories to him by Amir.

And all this was broken by war, after Amir's high school graduation, he followed his father to the United States, away from the war, while Asan didn't have such luck, he could only stay in that country that was being invaded, guarding the house he had lived in.

I know that the Americans will instill in him an optimistic attitude, which is admirable. We are a melancholic nation, the Afghan people, aren't we? We are always trapped in sadness and self-deprecation, we fail and fall in disasters, we regard these as the substance of life, even as a necessity. We always say that life will continue.

——Rashid Khan

The Americans will certainly instill in him an optimistic attitude, because that is a peaceful and economically strong country, how could they be pessimistic?

This is the sadness brought by war to a country and a nation, they have to choose to yield and fail, only then can they live longer.

03 Mistakes in Youth, Must Be Compensated in Different Ways

Although Amir later emigrated to the United States, he didn't really break away from the past, because he still came back, he wanted to make up for his mistakes.

In Amir's 38th year, Rashid Khan asked him to come back for a trip. But he faced the demolished orphanage and dilapidated houses, and learned that Asan had already died.

He also realized that Asan was actually his father's error, he was willing to fight with the enemy Arthur for his son Sohrab's safety, even at the cost of fighting with his old enemy.

He finally realized that it was necessary to make up for the mistakes, for ten years, Amir had been compensating, he had been protecting him, he had been practicing 'for you a thousand times' promises. This time, shouldn't he be as brave as Asan?

He decided, no matter what, he must bring Sohrab to the United States, he thought it was the right decision, but when he returned to Amir's home in the United States, Sohrab didn't get along with them very well, he remained silent and ignored Amir's wife's concern for him, his strange behavior was discussed by neighbors.

Since this path is impossible, try another way. In 2001, after the 9/11 incident in the United States, Amir decided to participate in the plan in Afghanistan, because he wanted to do something to make Sohrab no longer silent.

Because of a kite, it separated Amir and Asan in the end, and finally Asan's son didn't use silence to treat Amir, they chose to reconcile, they chose to say goodbye to all the past.

High in the sky, my kite swings from one side to the other, making that distant sound of 'birds flapping wings' in Kabul on winter mornings. I have not flown a kite for more than four years, but suddenly I am twelve years old again, all the feelings in the past come back.

I feel someone is looking down at me, it's Sohrab. His hands are deep in his raincoat pockets, following me.

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