The Kite Runner: Section 4: Identity

          In Khaled Hosseini's novel The Kite Runner, Amir has many changes in his life.  A large gap in his life is the absence of a mother.  His identity thus far has been made up of Baba, a picture of his deceased mother, and his father's description of her.  He learned of his mother's taste for Almond cake with hot tea and honey.  Unfortunately, this is all he ever learns about his mother.  Amir's identity is also changed because of his new knowledge that Hassan was his half brother.  Amir tells Sohrab that " 'Your father and I were brothers'," (Hosseini, 322).  With Amir's new knowledge he completes his identity a little more and lives his life differently.  This affects the meaning of the work, because since Amir found out he had a half nephew he decided to go to Kabul and find him.  This decision changed his life forever.