In the movie Blood Diamond, we meet a very innocent young man who’s name is Solomon.  Solomon plays a very important role as the hero throughout the entire movie.  The most innocent part of the movie is at the beginning when Solomon acts as a father figure and sends his son, Dia off on his “journey” to school.  Unfortunately, just like in the song Concrete Angel, Solomon’s innocence and dreams are shattered when the rebels destroy his soul.  They do this by separating him from his son, invading his village and kidnapping Solomon to work as a slave in the diamond mines. After Solomon makes a mistake by hiding a very valuable pink diamond, he is arrested by the government army which causes his courage to be toppled once again.  Fortunately, Solomon learns from his mistake and knows never to do that again.  As this is all happening, not only is he losing his innocence, Solomon’s family is being destroyed.  He is saddened by the fact that he may never see his family again and pleads to exchange the diamond that he discovered for his missing family.  Solomon learns from his past and realizes that if he tries hard enough, there is still a chance to find his missing son.  If Solomon follows the rules and believes in himself, Danny and he will be capable of finding his lost son, Dia. 

          In the novel, The Kite Runner¸ we experience a very similar event to the abuse that occurs in the song Concrete Angel.  At the beginning of the novel, Amir and Hassan came to be very good friends while holding a strong bond between each other at times.  However, one day after a kite running competition, a horrific event occurred that crushed the innocence of Hassan and stole everything within him.  Hassan was raped by three boys and there was nobody around to save him.  His spirit was crushed and there was not much left in him at that moment in time.  This situation relates to the theme of complete innocence because even though the rape stole a lot out of him, he was able to regain his strength and move on with life.  Fortunately, he and his wife gave birth to their very own child named Sohrab.  Before Hassan’s death, he was able to teach Sohrab the many things that he and Amir had done throughout their childhood.  Hassan’s wish was then completed when Amir adopted Sohrab into his family, confirming to Hassan that he was safe at last. 

          When analyzing the song, Concrete Angel and comparing it to Blood Diamond and The Kite Runner, evidently, there are many similarities between them.  All three characters, Angela, Solomon and Hassan all encountered very hard obstacles in their life.  In order to move on however, they had to find some way of overcoming their own battles.  Luckily, all three of them believed in themselves and never gave up on life.  They were able to learn from the situations that they encountered and eventually passed it on to their loved ones.   These events allowed them to also learn and develop new qualities that contributed to the person they became in the end.