In the “multifaceted” novel (“Khaled Hosseini”) The Kite Runner, Khaled Hosseini perfectly integrated Amir's transition from youth to adulthood with the tensions ethnic groups in Afghanistan between the Pashtuns and the Hazaras. Hosseini's coming-of-age novel, The Kite Runner, has earned its rightful place in the AP curriculum thanks to its well-developed and juxtaposed characters that implicitly illustrate the central idea that no matter how many mistakes one may make, one is always capable Khaled Hosseini's The Kite Runner skillfully weaves a "searing spectacle of hard-won personal salvation (INSERT INTERNAL QUOTE)" through well-developed and well-juxtaposed characters, making the novel a must-read in the Program AP. The Kite Runner opens with a chapter of foreshadowing that enlightens readers from the beginning of Amir's goal to redeem himself from his "past of unexpiated sins (Hosseini 1)." After the first chapter, Hosseini divides Amir's life into three main points: his childhood in Kabul, his and Baba's life in America, and finally, Amir's road to redemption through his return to Kabul. Amir and Hassan share a “brotherhood…an affinity that not even time could break (Hosseini 11).” It is the development of this “complex relationship (“Khaled Hosseini”)” that makes the novel more poignant as Amir’s coming-of-age story progresses. Along the way, Hosseini uses objects such as the pomegranate tree where Amir and Hassan play together, eat together, and grow together to impress on readers the deep kinship between Pashtun and Hazara. Furthermore, Hosseini solidifies this kinship by juxtaposing Hassan's dream with Amir's success in validating his existence towards Bab... middle of the paper... illustrates the ever-present hope of being better than we are. Furthermore, “its passionate story of betrayal and redemption (INSERT INTERNAL QUOTE)” is an “informative, sentimental, yet still touching popular narrative. (Kipen 51)” Although some might argue that “the story as a whole [is] a bit sentimental (“Khaled Hosseini”),” this sentimentality is what makes the novel so realistic because it is that sentimentality that drives Amir to “end the cycle (Hosseini 227)” of guilt, burden, and terrors. Often people “surrender to loss, to suffering, accepting it as a fact of life, even considering it necessary (Hosseini 201)”. However, here Hosseini says that this does not have to be the case. People should be more proactive. People should actively seek self-improvement and self-redemption. Here is Hosseini saying “there is a way to be good again (226).”