The last part of The Kite Runner seemed to be something of a departure from the rest of the novel. No longer were are we watching the everyday life of Amir, but what happens when a regime takes over. Ali and Hassan killed, officials (who turn out to be Assef) taking children from orphanages.
The story ends with Amir flying a kite, and remembering how life was when he was a kid. However, with Sohrab with him, he sees an image of Hassan. "I looked down at Sohrab. One corner of his mouth had curled up just so. A smile. Lopsided. Hardly there. But there. ... I blinked and the smile was gone. But it had been there. I had seen it."... "Do you want me to run that kite for you?" ... "For you, a thousand times over." (370-71)
That smile, while not fixing all that had happened in his life, reminded him of the simpler times, when he was a child, and didn't have all the worries he has now. For that brief moment he was happy, and a kid again.♠
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