The Kite Runner

The cover hints at the turbulent childhood friendship between the two main characters in the book: Amir and Hassan. In the narrative, Amir describes Hassan as ‘a boy with a Chinese doll face perpetually lit by a harelipped smile’. The two China doll faces on the cover reflect the fragility of their relationship, and the clef lip symbolises the themes of status comparison, betrayal and redemption. Student project at Shillington College.