At a normal walking pace, it would take around 20 minutes to walk around the 27-acre square field. If the 27 acres are in any shape more rectangular or irregular than a square, it will take longer to walk around.
Hosseni wrote The Kite Runner to show the world the way that common issues of identity, assimilation and power are carried out in his culture in Afghanistan. He spends a great deal of time developing Amir and showing how he comes to a self-identity by the end of the book.
The Kite Runner is Khaled Hosseini's first novel and was published in 2003. This book is about two Afghans boys named Amir a Sunni Muslim from a wealthy family and Hassan a Sh'ia Muslim from poor family.They grew up together in Afghanistan and were the best of friends, until the winter of 1975 when Amir is twelve.