The Kite Runner is a novel by a Sunni Muslim, Amir, and a Hazara boy, Hassan. Hassan is the son of Amir's father's servant. Amir and Hassan spend their childhood playing with each other on the streets of Kabul. Amir's father Baba, as mentioned in the novel, loves both boys equally. However, Amir believes that Baba loves Hassan more than himself. Amir struggles to find understanding from Baba for killing his wife during childbirth. Amir tries hard to make him proud. The Hazara boy, Hassan, often finds it difficult to protect Amir and wonders if Amir would do the same for him. Over twenty years after Amir and his childhood friend, Hassan, left Kabul, Amir returns to Kabul to find his brother dead by the Taliban and his son residing in a local orphanage. Amir ventures out to find a way to be good again, while trying to save his childhood friend, Hassan's son. The motif changes to show how their relationship is growing and evolving, thus helping Hosseini, the author of The Kite Runner, develop his theme in the novel. Friendship does not require physical connection. The pomegranate tree is used as a motif and changes throughout the novel. Amir often returns to the motif of the pomegranate tree. At the beginning of The Kite Runner, Amir and Hassan's friendship blossoms as they share stories and laugh near the pomegranate tree. Hassan and Amir bond over stories like “Shahnameh” (Hosseini, pg. 103). As the novel continues, Amir throws pomegranates from the tree at Hassan, breaking the physical relationship between him and Hassan. At the end of the novel, Amir returns to find the dead tree, and their physical relationship is over, but they both consider each other friends. I...... middle of paper ...... and relives the adventures he shared with Hassan. All three experiences with the pomegranate tree are unique, because they highlight important and different parts of their relationship with each other. The relationships that were built and destroyed at the Pomegranate Tree made it clear that after years of guilt and remorse for Amir, he was proud of the relationship he had with Hassan and hoped for the well-being of the relationship with Hassan's son, Sohrab. Works cited "Friend" Merriam-Webster: Definition of friend. Merriam-Webster and Web. 06 April 2014..Hosseini, Khaled. The Kite Runner. New York: Riverhead, 2003. Print.Ncowie. "The Kite Runner." Blog post. The Kite Runner. WikiFoundry, 31 October 2007. Web. 09 April. 2014. .