precariously balanced‚ is the bittersweet relationship between “friends” Hassan and Amir. Hosseini cleverly uses the religiously symbolic pomegranate tree to represent this. Appearing three times in the Koran‚ the pomegranate in Islam is a unique‚ utopian fruit‚ symbolising fertility. Fitting‚ therefore that the pomegranate tree in The Kite Runner‚ throughout Amir ’s childhood‚ is fertile and fruitful‚ “After school‚ Hassan and I climbed its branches and snatched its blood red pomegranates” (p.26)
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characteristics‚ in fact; Amir‚ the narrator of the story‚ tells about his childhood in Afghanistan and the relationship between him and his half-brother‚ Hassan. Hassan is the most sacrificing and the kindest character in the book. He is Amir’s best friend and later in the story it is revealed that he is also his half-brother. Another important character‚ Baba‚ is Amir and Hassan’s father‚ who is very ashamed of the fact that he is also the biological father of Hassan and keeps this as a secret
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depicted‚ mainly between Amir and Hassan. However‚ one of the most significant example is when Amir etches Hassan as he gets raped by Assef. Amir states‚ “I had final opportunity to decide who I was going to be. I could step into that alley‚ stand up for Hassan the way he stood up for me all those times in the past-and accept whatever would happen to me if I could run‚ In the end‚ I ran. It shows that Amir had a chance to save Hassan‚ however he ran out. (68)” It shows that Amir is a coward‚ and he runs
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this by using a motif he has created at the beginning of the novel. This motif is about when Amir was watching Hassan getting raped and doing nothing about it‚ and then guilt falls on him after doing nothing. When Amir watched Hassan getting raped‚ he did nothing about it and it ruined his friendship between each other. In the quote “I hit with another pomegranate‚ in the shoulder this time… then Hassan walked toward me. He opened it and crushed it against his own forehead… ‘Are you satisfied? Do
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The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas is a literary work that relates very much to this book. Shmuel and Bruno were friends. Shmuel was a Jew and Bruno was the son of a Nazi general‚ much like Amir and Hassan‚ they came from very different backgrounds to establish the most unlikely friendship. Until Bruno came to the understanding that Jews were hated by the Nazis‚ did Bruno act like Shmuel was anything less than human. The only reason Bruno ever feared
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Amir is a person with darkness looming inside of him. Since he was a boy‚ he faced his darkness‚ his guilt‚ differently from when he was a boy compared to his adulthood. In Khaled Hosseini’s book‚ The Kite Runner‚ Amir at first glance does not seem to grow in character. He lived a privileged childhood‚ but did not take advantage of it because he was overcome by the anguish of his inner guilt of taking his mother’s life by being born. His guilt of taking his mother’s life was an excuse to abandon
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healed overtime. In the Kite Runner‚ Amir and Hassan are best friends‚ but later on‚ Amir betrays Hassan by not helping him when Hassan was getting raped by Assef. There are many other betrayals in The Kite Runner‚ including‚ when Baba never tells Amir that he is the father of Hassan‚ and Amir never tells Baba he left Hassan in the alleyway‚ or that he put the watch and money under Hassan’s mattress. Amir twice betrays his servant‚ Hassan. Amir fails to help Hassan when he was being raped by Assef
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be. I could step into that alley‚ stand up for Hassan‚ the way he’d stood up for me all those times in the past‚ and accept whatever would happen to me. Or I could run. In the end I ran.” (Pg. 77) This quote was an example of betrayal because Amir left Hassan by himself in the alley. He didn’t stick up for him like Hassan has done many times for him. He could’ve stopped them but instead he just stood there‚ watched for a while and then ran away. Amir could’ve walked into that alley and stopped everything
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Director Marc Forster tells the story of a friendship between Amir and Hassan‚ two young boys growing up in Kabul. Although‚ they are raised in the same household and shared the same wet nurse‚ Amir and Hassan grew up in different worlds: Amir is the son of a prominent and wealthy man‚ while Hassan is the son of Amir’s father’s Hazara servant. As a protagonist‚ Amir has many complexes and struggles with the consequences of the
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in the novel that I picked was when Baba told Amir “Now‚ no matter what the mullah teaches‚ theres is only one sin‚ only one. And that is theft” (16). The second irony is Baba tells Amir that there is one better than a Pashtun by your side. “We may be hardheaded and I know we’re far too proud‚ but‚ in the hour of need‚ believe me that there’s no one you’d rather have at your side than a Pashtun” (140). The last irony I found unique is the lip scar Amir gets later on in his life that is the same as
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