trust‚ since the older father is in a position of power and authority over the younger son. Without trust‚ the essential bond can only extend as far as the dishonesty lasts; when the truth comes out‚ there can be only bad feelings. In The Kite Runner‚ Baba conceals his parentage of Hassan from Amir both for cultural reasons and because he doesn’t want Amir to feel jealous of Hassan. When Amir finds out‚ many years later‚ his reaction shows how much of his life the broken trust affects: How could he
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from his life in Kabul and then the novel flash backs to his childhood spent in the Kabul valley. The early years of his life in Kabul were magical. Our central character‚ Amir‚ who lives in a high-class area lives with his father‚ Baba and their two servants Hassan and Ali. Amir’s mother passed away during childbirth and Hassan’s mother ran after giving birth to him– so the two young boys both grow up without mothers. They both were nursed by the same nurse; this made the bond of the boys a very close
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celebration of the bond of the brotherhood because of the relationship between Amir and Hassan. Although there are signs of disloyalty by Amir there are also signs of brotherly love between them. Amir shows that he cares for Hassan when he says ’then he [Ali] would remind us that there was a brotherhood between people who had fed from the same breast‚ a kinship that not even time could break. Hassan and I fed from the same breasts.’ In this quote Amir implies that because he and Hassan fed from the same
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Study Questions 1. What role does religion play in the lives of Baba‚ Amir‚ and Assef‚ and in the novel as a whole? * Though it is rarely the main focus‚ religion is nearly always present in Amir’s narrative. It is part of the culture of Afghanistan‚ and it is accordingly a fixture of the everyday life Amir describes. Amir creates a complex portrait of both the positive and negative traits of religion‚ with the negative always stemming from fundamentalists who use their beliefs as an excuse
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faces a personal crisis when he witnesses an act of violence done to his loyal friend and servant‚ Hassan‚ which he fails to prevent. The guilt of his inaction overwhelms Amir and he eventually forces Hassan and his father Ali to cease their servitude‚ much to the dismay of
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and admit the truth about his cowardice. Paragraph 1: By keeping a shameful secret from society‚ Baba does more harm than good to his beloved. Though he wishes only to preserve his dignity and honour‚ Baba’s choice to deceive the world means inflicting lasting consequences on his sons. From Amir‚ he steals his right to know he had a brother and instead Amir grows jealous and envious whenever Baba shows affection towards Hassan‚ and says “I wish he’d let me be the favourite”. He mocks and taunts
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we are when young. Amir‚ to win his father’s approval allows for the rape of his friend‚ Hassan to occur. In the process he becomes an insomniac. However Amir is able to redeem himself by rescuing Sohrab from further abuse by the Taliban. Similarly‚ Baba is never able to overcome his guilt of not acknowledging Hassan as his son‚ and thus leads a tormented life. Assef too‚ being a child with treacherous views grows to be a member of the Taliban. Amir‚ to win his father’s approval allows for the rape
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throughout the novel. After listening to Baba repeatedly talk about him with Rahim Khan‚ as well as how Baba acts around him‚ Amir deduces it’s all because he “had killed [Baba’s] beloved wife” (19). He also “always felt like Baba hated [him] a little” (19). Amir always believed it was his fault his mother died‚ and that his father somewhat hated him for that. Amir is also not quite the son as Baba had envisioned. As Amir once overheard Baba saying to Rahim Khan‚ “if [Baba] hadn’t seen the doctor pull [Amir]
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relationship plays a central role in the book‚ and it figures in another theme that is introduced in this chapter: standing up for what is right. But despite this undeniable connection‚ Amir cannot call Hassan a friend‚ in the same way that Baba never refers to Ali as a friend either. The looming division of religious beliefs is further intensified by the blasphemous language used by the soldiers in reference to Hassan’s mother‚ which gives an impression of the control and sadistic ways associated with
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in order for Baba to finally love him as his son‚ he has to win the kite tournament and bring home the lost kite. “Baba was on the the roof‚ watching me. I felt his
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