Hassan is a Hazara boy who is Amir's best friend. However, Amir often becomes jealous of him because he feels like his dad, Baba, prefers Hassan over Amir because of Hassan's qualities that Amir does not have, such as bravery. Their friendship lasts until the kite fighting tournament, where Amir and Hassan (two people in one team) win. When Amir asks Hassan if he could get the kite that they destroyed in the finals for him, Hassan says, "for you a thousand times over." However, Hassan, who is said to be the best Kite-Runner in all of Kabul, does not return for a long time and Amir decides to go and search for him. Finally, Amir finds Hassan with the kite however, he was surrounded by Assef and his two friends. Assef, a Pashtun boy who always disliked Hazaras especially Hassan, tells Hassan that he will let him go if Hassan hands the kite over. Hassan refuses and tells Assef that it's not for him. Amir, who was watching, could not do anything. He wasn't brave enough. Instead he runs away. Assef gets angry and punches him a several times. Eventually, he does something that is considered to be the worst thing that a man can do, he rapes him. A few hours later, Hassan returns. He is holding the kite in his hands but he is crying and bleeding. Without saying anything to Amir, he gives the kite to him.
After this incident, Amir and Hassan's friendship gets worse and eventually Hassan's father decides to leave and go to Hazara. Their reason for leaving wasn't about their friendship, but because of the growing attacks on the Hazaras. Baba, who is Hassan's fathers' best friend and treated Hassan just like his son, tries to stop them but fails. In the book, it was noted that Amir saw his father cry for the first time in his life at this point.
War erupts in Afghanistan and Amir and Baba flee to America. Amir graduates from University there and becomes a famous author. One day, Baba's friend, Rahim Khan, gives a letter to Amir which was written by Hassan a week before his death. It talked about how Hassan's life was in Hazara and that he had a son. It contained information about how Hassan knew Amir was there when he was being raped. However, it was also said that Hassan has already forgotten about what has happened in the past and wishes that Amir would one day come back to Afghanistan. Rahim Khan tells Amir that Hassan died while trying to save Amir's old house from the Taliban. Amir realises that Hassan's son has now become an orphan and decides to go to Afghanistan and save Hassan's son, Sohrab.
Amir successfully rescues Sohrab from the hands of Assef, a Taliban official. However, Sohrab faces difficulty in living a new life in America because of the pain and harassment that was inflicted upon him. One day, Amir and Sohrab go to a park where they fly a kite. They face a group of boys who challenge them to a kite fight. Amir tells Sohrab how Hassan was the best Kite Fighter and the runner in all of Kabul. Amir similarly uses the techniques that Hassan used and wins the kite fight. Sohrab then asks Amir if he could get the kite for him. Amir replies by saying, "for you a thousand times over."
The Kite Runner has become one of the most inspiring movies amongst all of those that I've seen. If I had to give it a rating out of ten, I would give it nine and a half just because it did not include some of the scenes from the book which I thought was interesting as well. I recommend that people who haven't seen this film yet should watch it as soon as possible. It will give them a different view of the world.
