Symbolism Of 'Blood In The Kite Runner'

Similarly, while travelling to Islamabad Amir had a dream in which lots of the bloody scenes in the book were recalled, including, “Baba cooking a freshly killed lamb and Hassan’s bloody jeans after the rape” (TKR. 309-310). He also recollected in his dream a term that General Taheri told to his daughter when she and Amir were thinking about adoption, “blood is a powerful thing, bachem, never forgets that” (TKR. 203). The idea of blood is echoed throughout the novel to symbolize the powerful connections and disconnections between the characters. Amir was cut by the glass-covered tar on their kite as they flew in the competition; he “had Hassan hold the string and sucked the blood dry” (TKR. 70) efficaciously sharing blood with Hassan. This

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