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shows no matter how deeply it might be buried‚ it finds a way to re-surfacing Have you ever tried to run away from your past? And did it work for you? Well in the book we learn that a lot of characters try to run away from their past‚ for instance Baba hiding the fact that Hassan is also his son or when Amir witnessed Hassan being raped. They all tried to run away from their past but it all caught up with them in the end‚ like Amir said “My past was like that always turning up”. There is no way
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leads to good” (Hosseini 302). At the beginning of the story‚ Amir is selfish‚ scared‚ and guilt-ridden. He treats his servant Hassan poorly and doesn’t see him as a friend or his equal‚ and he abandons him in his hour of need. Amir’s relationship with Baba was also strained because he feels that he is a disappointment to him. However‚ Amir finds his true redemption at the end of the novel when he rescues Sohrab from the Taliban. Amir‚ at the beginning of the story was selfish and didn’t care about
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In every book‚ there is a sense of culture. Learning the culture in the Kite Runner is essential to comprehending the novel. The main character Amir‚ is a Pashtun‚ which means he is a higher class while his best friend‚ a Hazara‚ is considered lower class. Amir tells the story of his childhood and the significant events that happened. The book makes it evident that Amir is living with a terrible truth that he was disloyal to his best friend and servant‚ Hassan. Amir dwells on that fact that he betrayed
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few months of his childhood. He decides that he cannot live with his guilty conscience‚ and must somehow get rid of Hassan so that he does not have to have this feeling anymore. According to Amir‚ "I went downstairs‚ crossed the yard‚ and entered Ali and Hassan’s living quarters by the loquat tree. I lifted Hassan’s mattress and planted my new watch and a handful of Afghani bills under it." (Hosseini 104) Amir tries to frame Hassan so that his father will send him away. He does this so that he
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marriages between others of a different status are often forbidden. Royalty only weds royalty‚ poor only weds poor‚ and people in merchant families only wed people in other merchant families. Henceforth‚ a negative impact is imposed upon the characters‚ Baba and Rahim Khan‚ as they are not allowed to marry whoever they want. Even if marriage with a person of lower status occurred‚ the spouse “‘would have suffered‚ [the] family would have never accepted them an equal. You don’t order someone to polish your
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Her secret was out. Spoken Dealt with’ (page 144) – Human nature‚ courage‚ choices‚ lies and secrets & values and morals. 4. ‘But despite Baba’s successes‚ people were always doubting him. They told baba that running a business wasn’t in his blood and he should study law like his father. So Baba proved them wrong by not only running his own business but becoming one of the richest merchants in Kabul’ (page 13) – Fathers and sons‚ loyalty‚ faith‚ values and morals & human nature. 5. ‘Hassan was
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in Kabul‚ Afghanistan during the Taliban take over. Amir lives with his wealthy father Baba and his two servants‚ Hassan and Ali. Even though Hassan is Amir’s servant and is of a lower class‚ the boys are best friends in the beginning of the book. Much of the story is about Amir trying to get his fathers’ love and approval. But in the beginning of this book Amir does a couple things opposite of what Baba would have wanted and he sets himself up for a lifetime of guilt. Throughout the book Amir
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named Amir who lives in Afghanistan. Amir witnesses his servant‚ Hassan‚ get raped‚ for sticking up for Amir but does nothing‚ and does not tell Baba. A few months later Hassan and his father‚ Ali‚ move away because of what happened to Hassan. Years later war breaks out and Amir and Baba move to America‚ where Amir gets married and becomes an author‚ but Baba dies from cancer. Amir goes back to Afghanistan to visit a friend‚ and finds out Hassan has a son named Sohrab‚ but Hassan and his wife were killed
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he blames on himself. He believes Baba wishes he was more like him‚ and that Baba holds him responsible for killing his mother‚ who died during his birth. For example‚ when Baba tells Rahim Khan that‚ “If I hadn’t seen the doctor pull him out of wife with my own eyes‚ I’d never believe he’s my son” (Hosseini 25). As a result Amir behaves jealously toward anyone receiving Baba’s affection‚ especially Hassan. This causes Amir to resent bringing Hassan around Baba‚ even if it’s just for a short time
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