Amir seeks information about her at various points in the novel. Farzana Hassan’s wife and Sohrab’s mother. Farzana appears only briefly, but in that time she is portrayed as a loving mother. Wali One of the boys from the neighborhood who helps Assef to rape Hassan. Wali is …

A nearly blind old man. The famous kite maker. 7 Omar Amir's friend. A son of an engineer. 8 Homayoun Baba's second cousin. Shafiqa Baba's cousin. Faruq Nader's brother. Fazila …

Sanaubar is known for being “dishonorable” and eventually abandons her son and husband to run off with a group of travelers. As an old woman, she turns up to meet Hassan, having had her …

The woman who nursed both Amir and Hassan . Karim The man who drives Amir and Baba from Kabul to Pakistan. Farzana Hassan ’s wife, who has a stillborn baby and then gives birth to …

Ali. Ali is Baba’s kind and religious Hazara servant, who grew up with him as a companion, as Hassan and Amir grew up together. Ali was the child of a Hazara couple killed on the road by …

Amir (named Amir Qadiri in 2007 film adaptation, surname is not given in book) is the protagonist and narrator of the novel.

As a child, he is the neighborhood bully who rapes Hassan. As an adult, he is a Taliban official who delights in killing people. He keeps Sohrab as a sex slave until Amir comes to rescue him. …

Assef is the most unambiguously evil character in the novel, emphasized by the fact that Assef’s hero as a child is Adolf Hitler. Significantly, Assef does not die in the novel, insinuating that the …

Ans. Soraya is the daughter of General Taheri, a friend of Baba's from Afghanistan who used to work in the Ministry of Defence. Amir describes her as "a young woman's voice" and as having …

Farid is Amir's twenty-nine-year-old driver and guide, who takes him from Peshawar to Kabul and helps him find Sohrab. Farid is an ex-soldier, who fought against the Shorawi for two years in …