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Thu, 30 Apr 2009
The main theme of The Kite Runner reminds me a lot of the first novel I read in my 10th grade English class, "The Red Badge of Courage" by Stephen Crane; both are stories about betrayal and cowardice followed by an opportunity for redemption. In The Kite Runner, the main character while still a young boy betrays the friendship of his best friend to cope with an incident of tremendous cowardice (also involving the friend) in an effort to provide relief for his sense of extraordinary guilt. His own cowardice is made all the more plain by contrast with the brave acts of his father, who stands up for the virtue of a woman even in face of the threat of death. After growing into a young man, the main character is given the opportunity to redress his previous wrongdoings by placing himself in harm's way to rescue the son of his old friend. The movie does a very good job at involving the viewer emotionally without getting overly sentimental (well, at least until the very end), yet the subject material is still difficult (and uncomfortable sometimes) to watch. Also, the path to redemption (given the reputation of the adversaries that he has to face) seemed a little too easy, but this may have been a necessary contraction for the film... I dunno, I have not read the book on which the movie is based.
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