THE KITE RUNNER SUMMARY

ERICK ALEJOCHAPTERS 16 AND 17

CHAPTER 16

• Rahim Khan admits that the primary reason he searched for Hassan was his own loneliness

• Hassan and his wife, Farzana, refuse to move into the house with Rahim Khan; instead, they live in Ali's old hut.

• Hassan teaches Sohrab to use a slingshot• in 1998, they massacred the Hazaras in Mazar-i-Sharif."

CHAPTER 17

• With the picture is a letter from Hassan addressed to Amir. Hassan tells Amir that the Kabul that they knew and loved is gone.

• Taliban officials arrived at the house, accused Hassan being a lying Hazara, and eventually killed him in the street.

• Rahim Khan also tells Amir that Baba was Hassan's biological father.