In The Kite Runner write about the opening scene (first chapter) in which you explain how it functions in an analytical way.

In order to answer this question for yourself, you need to
review chapter one and ask yourself what is revealed in this chapter that affects you as
a reader for the rest of the novel.  What is notable about The Kite
Runneris that Amir is a first person narrator and he reveals in chapter 1
that he did something awful in his youth that he then will spend the rest of the novel
trying to come to terms with and make amends for.  We are intrigued to think about what
awful thing he did.  We ask ourselves, 'how bad could it be?'  'Who else is involved?' 
"Is it even possible to right the wrongs of the past?'  By starting the novel from an
adult perspective, we might trust the story more than if the narration was told from the
perspective of a child who later grew to adulthood.  He is an adult with an adult
understanding of his past.  As the novel progresses and we "catch up" to the point in
time of chapter one, it makes us then ready to go forward in the story from
there.

As you analyze the chapter consider the tone of the
chapter and how that sets the tone from the novel.  You should talk about the
significance of a first person narrator as opposed to a third person narrator.  You can
discuss in greater length the value of starting in the middel of the story and then
structuring the novel as a series of present moments mixed with flashbacks.  There may
be specific details that are revealed in chapter 1 than influenced your understanding of
Amir's character from the start of the novel.  The opening of any novel sets the basis
for the whole experience -- there is lots to discuss!