Irony In The Kite Runner

“The great thing about irony is that it splits things apart, gets up above them so we can see the flaws and hypocrisies and duplicates.” – David Foster Wallace. The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini, included lessons that gave readers a glimpse of what life is like as one grows older. As we progress through the book, we see how the relationship between servant and masters looks like. The relationship between Baba and Ali, and, Amir and Hassan, really captures the essence of how hypocritical and ironic Baba and Amir are. Khaled Hosseini portrayed how hypocritical and ironic Baba and Amir were through their relationship with their slaves. The two claim that their relationship between their slaves were two friends. However, it seems more of a master to slave relationship more than a friend to friend one. Baba is always the wise parent giving his son, Amir, a slice of life now and then. One of the times that Baba gave his son a slice of life is when Amir was in Baba’s study room. Amir was talking to Baba about his
He went up to Hassan and threw a pomegranate at him so that Hassan would throw one back. However, Hassan didn’t, so Amir calls him a coward. "But Hassan did nothing as I pelted him again and again. “You’re a coward!” I said. “Nothing but a goddamn coward!” (Page 92 and 93) Amir called Hassan a coward when it is the complete opposite. When Amir and Hassan were first encountered by Assef in the book, Hassan protects Amir with his sling shot. When Assef came up to Hassan and rapes him, Amir stood and watch taking no action. So when Amir calls Hassan a coward, it’s ironic because Hassan stood up for himself and Amir while Amir is still like a little boy who is too spoiled to make decisions for himself and too cowardly to defend themselves. Even though technically Amir is in a higher class than Hassan because he’s not a Hazara, Amir has the personality of a defenseless peasant while Hassan is a brave