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I like The Kiterunner a lot so far, even though I’m only about a third of the way through.  I don’t really like the main character, however.  He’s always making bad decisions, and it seems like he wants to be ruining his life.  I’ve also realized that the book is very similar to For One More Day by Mitch Albom.  In both books, the main character makes almost all big decisions in their lives so that their fathers will be proud of them.  In both, however, the characters end up disappointing everyone that is important to them, and they only gain their fathers’ pride temporarily.  In the two books, there’s one thing that the characters do that their fathers’ are particularly proud of, and in the Kiterunner, it’s running kites.  In For One More Day, the main character, Chick, plays baseball and eventually makes it to the world series.  It’s very strange how in both books, the main motivation of trying to win each sport is not to become a winner, but to gain respect from their fathers.  I’ve never really known someone who has had to fight so hard for their parents’ love, so it’s kind of hard to relate The Kiterunner to my own life.  I kind of like how similar this book is to the one by Mitch Albom, however, and I’m excited to keep reading.

I’ve chosen to read the book The Kiterunner because it’s about different views of what evil is. The main character supposedly does something that they view as something great, a really positive thing to do that will help the world. This same thing is seen as something that is evil, however. I think the idea of doing somehting, such as a terrorist attack (9/11 for instance), that is viewed a truly evil and bad by a lot of people can be seen as just the opposite, depending one which perspective you are viewing the event from is fascinating. I’ve never really read anything like this book before, and it should be really interesting to read about.