Fly Your Own Kite! The Kite Runner Is Now on DVD!!

Kahled Hosseini's best-selling booking, The Kite Runner was adapted to film and now is available in DVD format.

 The story is based in Kabul, Afghanistan where Amir is a son in a well-to-do family and Hassan, the son of the familly's servant and a Hazara. The two boys become friends and pass time "kite fighting". Amir's father prefers Hassan because he seems more manly in accordance with Afghan tradition. Amir is more bookish and prefers to write and finds that a close family friend provides the emotional support that a young boy needs.

 There is a confrontation between another boy and Amir who threatens Amir because Hassan should not be in Kabul because his "race" is inferior. Seeing that Amir is about to be attacked, Hassan stands up to the offender and staves off the attack by threatening to shoot him in the eye with his slingshot. The boy and his cronies slink off to plot revenge.

Life for the two boys changes dramatically when the Soviets invade Afghanistan and Amir and his father leave for American and leave Hassan & his family behind. The Taliban come into power and life is forever changed.

Stevie Wilson, Movie Correspondent

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