The Kite Runner Compare And Contrast Essay

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Both the book and the movie follow the same storyline, however the book gives a more detailed and insightful look into the lives of the main characters. The movie is a weak portrayal of the book because the main point in the storyline was not detailed and carried no further understanding. The character’s personalities, relationships were left out, and lastly lacked the emotional response. The main scene is what the story builds upon; therefore it has to be described and emotionalized.

In the book, the main scene of Hassan’s rape is detailed and has a powerful emotional response towards the reader. In the movie it lacked the intensity, and the powerful emotional nature of the scene. The scene represented the guilt, which stands out as one of the key themes. Amir’s conscience has the guilt of Hassan’s rape throughout the entire novel which lead him to making decisions he most likely would not have made if the rape did not happen, an example of this would be saving Sohrab. However in the movie the scene does not physically show the rape, the scene just implies it
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Hossieni does a remarkable job revealing the feelings that Amir and Hassan had for one and another as well as their relationship with each other. In the book, Amir’s inner struggle over his friendship with Hassan is a battle through which Amir decides to betray the only true friend he had. In the movie the feelings that the character have for one another after the rape are limited, Amir’s feelings towards Hassan are not fully discovered or questioned. In the book, the relationship provides a glimpse into Amir’s character and confusion regarding class, friendship and social norms in Kabul. Whereas in the movie, it does not imply much, the relationship between Hassan and Amir is limited and at times disregarded. However the emotions built in “The Kite Runner” adds to its tragic emotion towards the