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This event is important because Amir is one of the main characters in the novel.
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This event is important because Hassan is one of the main characters in the book.
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Hassan being raped by Aseff is one of the most important events in the starting part of the book because it is the first act of Aseff demonstrating his power over others.
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Hassan and Amir's victory is important because it is the first instance of the activity of "kite running" introduced in the book.
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Amir's birthday party has significance in the story because after Aseff raped Hassan the book describes Hassan waiting on Aseff at Amir's birthday party. This scene shows how "powerful" Aseff is over Hassan.
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After Amir starts feeling guilty for not trying to intervene during the rape, he "frames" Hassan for stealing to try to kick him out.
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“ Soviet Troops parachuted into Kabul on Dec 27, 1979”
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Afghanistan's initiation into it's bad times "can be traced to the 1979 invasion by the Soviet Union."
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This event has significance because Baba and Amir are forced out of where they have lived for all of Amir's childhood. This point is also important because it leads to Baba and Amir moving to America.1
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The migration of Baba and Amir during the Kite Runner is a large change in regards to their daily life. This is especially true because Baba is now at a new job; barely making enough money to survive and Amir is at a new school.
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When Amir graduates highschool reality starts to set in and he sees that he needs to be able to survive by himself.
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Amir is further encouraged to marry Soraya at the hospital when overseeing Baba. Amir knows that this marriage will please Baba while he is suffering his last breaths.
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After Baba has suffered enough he decides not to take his medicine and passes away later that night.
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After peace talks “the last soviet troops left Afghanistan in February 1989”
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The birth of Sohrab paves the way for multiple events later in the book, so while it is not the biggest shock it is important in the grand scheme of things.
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Afghanistan “descended into the vicious internecine strife; by the summer of 1994”
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By the end of 1994 “mullah Omar had nearly 12,000 followers and was rolling up the warlords to the north and east”
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This is a very big incident considering the whole book's path has partially revolved around Hassan. This also leaves Hassan and Faranza's son alone.
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After Hassan and Franza die Rahim Khan calls Amir asking him to go pick up Sohrab from Afghanistan and bring Sohrab back with him.
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After “The attack on the World Trade Center in New York on sept 11, 2001”
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The chairman soon “[became] the leader of [Afghanistan].”
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Sohrab starting to smile is a symbolic representation for his ability to (partially) recover from his parent's murder and his own attepmted suicide.
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David Petraeus "the architect of the 2007 surge on" Afghanistan
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"American combat forces to being withdrawing from Afghanistan."
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American troops will be there “until the end of 120
