The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini is a book that displayed many of the Five Themes of Geography. Authors often use the Five Themes of Geography to help readers thoroughly understand information about a particular place. This report will discuss The Five Themes of Geography in the context of The Kite Runner. The Five Themes of Geography are Location, Place, Human/Environment Interaction, Human Movement, and Region. The Location Theme of Geography helps readers understand where a location is and how it's similar or different to another place. The absolute location helps you understand where a location exactly is according to its longitude and latitude. The relative location helps you understand the relationship between one place and another…show more content… Another example of relative location found in the book is when Assef (the neighborhood bully) would bully Hassan and Amir a lot because he lived only “a few streets south” of Amir and Hassan (Hosseini 38). The Place Theme of Geography allows a reader to understand what a place is like through descriptions of the physical characteristics and human made characteristics of a place. Physical characteristics help a reader understand the natural environment of a place. The human made characteristics of a place help a reader understand the inhabitants' ideas and actions. Both physical and human characteristics of places in The Kite Runner were mentioned throughout the book. An example of a physical characteristic of a place found in the book would be that Kabul, Afghanistan has a lake known as “Ghargha Lake” (Hosseini 43). An additional example of a physical characteristic of a place located in the book would be that San Francisco has a lake known as “Spreckels Lake” (Hosseini 1). An example of a human characteristic of a place found in the book would be the “Lake Elizabeth Park in Fremont, [California]” (Hosseini 125). Another example of a human characteristic of a place found in the book would be “the smoking room” in Baba’s house where he and his friends would