World Literature March 11‚ 2012 In The Kite Runner‚ by Khaled Hosseini‚ Hassan serves as the minor character/foil to the main character‚ Amir. Hassan possesses qualities such as loyalty and selflessness. These qualities contrast the characteristics and qualities of Amir because he is both disloyal and selfish. Although Amir possesses disloyalty and selfishness while Hassan is present in his life‚ he later on retrieves the characteristics his half-brother Hassan had. Amir was the son of a wealthy
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French translation. Galland purged the eroticism and homosexuality‚ added tales from the dictation of a Lebanese friend‚ and perhaps invented the two best-known and seemingly most "Arabian" tales of all: "Aladdin and the Magic Lamp" and "Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves". Warner quotes Jorge Luis Borges (a guiding spirit in her book) approving this belle infidèleapproach to translation. "I think that the reader should enrich what he is reading. He should misunderstand the text; he should change it into
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with Baba‚ his father. They have two servants‚ Ali and his son‚ Hassan‚ who are Hazaras. One day‚ Amir and Hassan are playing when they run into three boys‚ the group of Assef. Assef threatens to beat up Amir for hanging around with a Hazara‚ but Hassan uses his slingshot to stop Assef. Hassan’s birthday came and the two went to the cemetery. Amir read a book to Hassan since it is his birthday. After a while‚ the both of them were fetched by Baba. They then went to a kite shop and Baba let Hassan
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when Hassan and Ali move out and Baba and Amir move to America. Here are the examples. 1. Amir and Baba’s relationship is fake. Amir is pretending to be someone he is not by pretending to enjoy the soccer games Baba always takes him to see. 2. Amir and Baba’s relationship becomes real when Baba is diagnosed with cancer. Amir cares for him and stays with him until he dies. They become very close. 3. Amir and Baba are very alike. They both betrayed their best friends. Baba betrayed Ali by sleeping
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guilt and redemption. To begin with‚ Amir’s character is remarkably complex. It is difficult to identify sometimes whether he is playing the role of a protagonist‚ or an antagonist—due to some of his decisions or choices. Amir growing up always had Baba to rely on and fight his battles. But when Amir is alone he lacks knowledge or power to protect himself. Considering this‚ it is why he could not stand up for Hassan during the traumatic rape.
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adaption of the kite runner does not diminish the complexity of the story to a full extent‚ only to some extent‚ for the book has too much content to be put in a film. However‚ the fil executed the scenes where hassan got raped for Amir’s kite‚ where baba was willing to die for the young woman in the truck‚ the scenes where farid assisted Amir to find sohrab and where Amir got beaten by assef to get sohrab well. All of these scenes are perfect examples of sacrifice. Hassan sacrificed himself for Amir’s
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as Baba in the book. Amir has always felt like Baba was blaming him for the death of Amir’s mother‚ because she died giving birth to him. But Amir is lucky enough to have someone like Rahim Khan‚ Baba’s friend‚ who understands and supports him better than Baba. And on the other side‚ we have Hassan who is Amir’s best friend and introduced as a mere “hazara”. A “hazara” is a member of Afghan ethnic minority group‚ and is primarily of the Shi’a Muslim faith. Hassan is the son baba’s servant Ali. And
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Hassan - Amir’s best childhood friend. He was often bullied by Assef and his followers Kamal and Wali. He was Ali’s son even though later in the novel‚ it is revealed that he is truly the son of Baba and Amir’s brother. Late in the book‚ they allow us to know by saying that there is a special closeness that people who fed from the same breasts share. He was poorly educated and stood up for what he believed in‚ even if it meant dying for it. He always stood up for Amir no matter what the consequence
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Atonement are novels that entice readers with characters that display universal truths about human nature. The Kite Runner introduces Amir‚ the son of Baba‚ living in 1960s Kabul‚ Afghanistan. Amir betrays Hassan‚ his best friend and the son of his servant‚ Ali. Amir and Baba escape to America amidst increasing violence in Afghanistan‚ leaving behind Hassan and Ali. Years later‚ Amir returns to Afghanistan in an attempt to correct his mistake. Atonement introduces Briony as a thirteen-year-old aspiring writer
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that his father Baba is diagnosed with Lung Cancer. This changes everything because Amir allows depend on Baba since he was a child. I know this because the author states‚ “ What about me‚ Baba? What am I supposed to do?........You’re twenty-two years old‚ Amir! A grown man! You....... What’s going to happen to you‚you say? All those years‚ thats what I was trying to teach you‚ how to never have to ask that question.” This quote is significance because it shows when Amir pleads with Baba to try to take
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