The Kite Runner Khaled Hosseini in “The Kite Runner” narrates a story of friendship and treachery between a father and son. It is based on the Afghanistan’s days of monarchs and the present modern world and their happenings. The story describes the friendship of two young boys one who was the son to the wealthy master and the other one a son to the master’s servant. The novel gives a description of the family set and how betrayal and redemption work hand in hand; in addition to the power that fathers have over their sons (Hayes, 49).