Hassan has many questions about Amir and his life in America.

He also learns that a land mine killed Ali two years earlier. Rahim Khan learns that Hassan is married and that his wife is expecting a child.

It happened like this: After Rahim Khan hears of Baba's death, he drives to Hazarajat to search for Hassan and asks him to move to Kabul with him. Each brings a special quality to the play.Rahim Khan admits that the primary reason he searched for Hassan was his own loneliness. The whole plays is basically done as a memory play where Amir narrates his own story.ĭirected by Giles Croft, the wonderful drumming by Evan Zes and this cast of extremely talented Middle Eastern actors are wonderfully layered. Sohrab gives a half smile, but Amir takes it with all his heart as he runs the kite for Sohrab, saying, “For you, a thousand times over.” Sohrab has shut down until one day while flying a kite Amir shows off some of Hassan’s tricks. Thanks to Soraya Amir manages to take Sohrab to the United States. Sohrab begs to never return to an orphanage, but the politics of bringing Sohrab home seem to require the breaking of the promise and Sohrab, attempts suicide. Assef badly beats Amir, until Sohrab uses a slingshot to fire a brass ball into Assef’s left eye. The leader is Assef, who agrees to relinquish him if Amir can beat him in a fight. Once at the orphanage Amir learns the Taliban has Sohrab and they have turned him into a dancing boy. Hassan’s son, Sohrab, is in an orphanage in Kabul. Khan tells Amir that Hassan was his half brother. Hassan was shot refusing to allow the Taliban to confiscate Baba and Amir’s house once again showing his loyalty. He tells Amir, “There is a way to be good again.” Hassan and Ali are both dead. Khan, who is dying, asks Amir to visit him in Peshawar. He receives a call from his father’s best friend Rahim Khan. Amir and Soraya settle down in a happy marriage, but cannot have children.įifteen years later, Amir is a successful novelist. Baba is diagnosed with terminal cancer but is still capable of granting Amir one last favor: he asks Soraya’s father’s permission for Amir to marry her. There, Amir meets fellow refugee Soraya Taheri (Azita Ghanizada) and her family. Every Sunday Baba and Amir make extra money selling used goods at a flea market. It is now 1979, the Soviet Union militarily has taken over. Amir is freed of the daily reminder of his cowardice and betrayal. Hassan falsely confesses when confronted by Baba, who forgives him. To make matters worse he distances himself from Hassan, beats him and plants a watch and some money under Hassan’s mattress to make him go away.

His guilt and the knowledge of his cowardice would destroy his father’s affections, so he keeps quiet.

Amir witnesses the act but does not intervene. On a day when Amir wins the local kite-fighting tournament and finally earns Baba’s praise, Hassan off collecting the kite runs into Assef who severely beats him and rapes him. Assef backs off but swears to take revenge one day. He starts to attack Amir with brass knuckles, but Hassan defends Amir, threatening to shoot out Assef’s eye with his slingshot. Amir Arison and Amir Malaklou photo by Joan MarcusĪssef (the scary Amir Malaklou), an older boy has sadistic taste for violence, mocks Amir for socializing with a Hazara.

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