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 genre of The Kite Runner is a 'redemption story', because the novel is surrounded by the protagonist trying to escape the guilt of a tragic event in his past. The protagonist of the novel is an Afghan boy named Amir, the plot is about his past.