Book Compared to The Movie

Similarities-
After reading the kite runner, I decided to watch the movie for my last blog entry. The movie was very well done and stuck to the original plot. Some strong similarities between the book and the movie was the representation of the relationship between Amir and Hassan as children. The movie showed the two boys always together and laughing. It also emphasized the amount of love Hassan showed for Amir by having him always compliment, speak highly of, and stand up for Amir. Another relationship that was portrayed similarly in the book and the movie was the father- son relationship between Amir and Baba. In Amir's childhood, Amir and Baba have a hard time connecting because Baba is a tough guy who stands up for himself, and Amir has a hard time doing that. But as Amir gets older and Baba becomes sick, their relationship begins to grow stronger. These examples were the stronger similarities of the book and the movie, but for the most part the movie was very accurate to the events that occurred the story.

Differences-
Even though the movie stayed very close to the book, there were a couple minor differences. One of the differences was the order the book and movie were narrated in. In the book the story begins with Amir's childhood and goes through out his life in chronological order. But in the movie, the story begins with Amir when he is around the age of thirty. The first scene opens up with Amir answering the phone call from Rahib Kahn asking Amir to come back to Kabul. After this short scene, the movie goes back in time to when Amir was a child and then makes it's way upward chronologically. I believe the reason to why they decided to do this was to keep the viewer interested and for dramatic reasons. The producer might have been thinking that keeping the entire movie from his childhood, to his adulthood might drag out for too long. Another difference between the book and the movie was the depiction of how Baba felt moving from Kabul to America. In the book, the trip took very long and Baba was annoyed with how slowly things were moving. Then when they got to America, Baba was very depressed and missed home. In the book, the trip from Kabul to America was a couple second- scene, and while Baba was staying in America he seemed very happy.

Even though there were some differences between the book and the movie, I believe that the movie accurately portrayed the story and did not stray too far from the plot. I was enthused choosing the movie for my project because it was enjoyable to depict the similarities and differences between the movie and the book. It was helpful to also know the basics of what was occurring in Afghanistan during the time prior to watching the film.