阅读时间：1月14 - 1月20日

“For you, a thousand times over”. 

“为你，千千万万遍”。

Kite fighting is kind of sport or activity in Afghanistan, and some other countries. In Afghanistan Kites used range from 0.5 m to 1.5 m across. The line is traditionally made with a cotton line and coated with a mixture of crushed glass and rice glue. Kites can go up to 3500 meters in height depending on the size of the kite. From 1996 to 2001, the Taliban government in Afghanistan outlawed kite fighting, and kite flying. After the fall of the Taliban government kite fighting has returned to the country. 

重温《追风筝的人》依旧让我感动万分，依旧是哭着看完。每一个国家都有自己的命运，每一个人物也都随着历史的变迁有着不同的命运。有些人是幸运的，有些人确是不幸的。如何面对生活，如何面对所面临的一切困境，是很艰难的选择。在人生的道路上，有多少人能够用于承认自己的错误，用于承担自己过去犯下的错误，弥补错误来完成人生的救赎？作者借用阿富汗的传统的风筝活动贯穿整个故事，让人深刻体会到人性与战争与国家。 

This book told the story of a young Kabul boy, whose closest friend Hassan was his servant. However, Amir was a Pashtun boy, and Hassan was a Hazara boy. They had different social classes. Amir’s father was a wealthy merchant who loved both boys, and Hassan’s baba was servant of Amir’s father. Amir’s father treated Hassan very well which made Amir so jealous. Meantime, his father often critical of Amir’s weak and lacking in courage. As a little boy whose mom was dead early, "he often had dinner alone when his dad was at the construction site to build orphanage house. He already hated all the kids he was building the orphanage for, sometimes he wished they’d all died along with their parents.” It was no surprise what he did to Hassan. When reading the part of depicting of sexual assaulted that happened to Hassan and Amir did not have the courage to protect Hassan, I cannot stop crying. 

The whole book was prominent by the themes of guilt and redemption feature. When he built his successful career as a novelist, and his marriage. However, they couldn’t have children. Until one day he got a phone call.  "There is a way to be good again", Amir went back to Afghanistan to rescue Hassan’s son after decades. 

父亲被强暴的命运又传给了孩子。当孩子在宾馆里每天花费很多时间洗澡，说”I am dirty” 的时候是多么让人心碎。一个10岁左右的孩子经历的一切永远的印在他小小的心灵上。他是千千万万受到塔利班迫害的人之一，正如Rahim Khan所说，“They don’t let you be human.” 当孩子得知要先被送去孤儿院的时候，孩子已经承受不住那份打击而选择了自杀。当最后Amir对Hassan的儿子说出的那句”For you, a thousand times over”, 就在我写下这句话的时候，依旧是泪流满面。到底是谁的错，造成了Hassan和他儿子这样悲惨的命运？

生活本就是不公平。一件事情就可能改变人的一生。如果没有Amir对Hassan做的一切，是否他们会一起去往美国？如果没有父亲的缄默不语，在美国的时候承认自己曾经的错误，结果是不是又不一样？如果父亲的好朋友，一个了解一切的旁观者能主动站出来挑明，是不是最后的结局也会不一样？然而生活没有那么多如果。

如果换做是我，我也许不会有Hassan那么勇敢，我也许不会有Amir那么懦弱。但是谁又知道呢。我们有句古话“知错能改善莫大焉”，可是我们真的有勇气去承认那些曾经做过的很严重的错误吗？