the setting goes back to Kabul when the Taliban rises in power. In this novel‚ Amir‚ to whom the whole story of the book is centered around‚ is a morally ambiguous character. Amir is a Pashtun boy; he betrays his friendship with Hassan‚ a Hazara son of Amir’s father’s servant. Guilt haunts Amir for years even after he had left Kabul and moved to United States. Amir is a morally ambiguous character because he’s a coward‚ he’s selfish‚ he betrays his friend and lies‚ but he also finds courage to face
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shown through Amir‚ the main character‚ who feels neglected by his father‚ Baba‚ which follows Amir throughout his life. Initially‚ Amir is desperate for Baba’s approval due to Baba’s lack of empathy and willingness to accept Amir. “Most days I worshiped Baba with an intensity approaching the religious.” (Page 32) Amir’s desperation to win over Baba’s approval drives most of his actions throughout his childhood. But even from the start‚ “If [Baba] hadn’t seen the doctor pull [Amir] out of [his]
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story is about a boy name Amir who is the son of a wealthy man in the northern area of Kabul‚ who develops a friendship with his servant name Hassan. Amir never considered calling Hassan a friend because of his low class Hazara heritage and Amir can’t get past the society they lived in. Amir had felt this way because he had known that neither religion nor history can change what they where. Amir was Pashtun and Hassan was a Hazara and that’s what society had considered it. Amir and Hassan were friends
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Hosseini’s novel The Kite Runner‚ a little boy named Hassan demonstrates love and sacrifice the most. Hassan admires Amir an immense amount and his loyalty towards Amir is always present in everything he does. He constantly sacrifices things for Amir and does whatever he can to make Amir happy and Amir’s father Baba‚ very proud of Amir. Hassan makes sure Amir is always pleased
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the rest of the novel. In the beginning of the book‚ he was definitely a coward. He was not able to stand up for his best friend because he was scared of getting hurt. Even though Amir’s made a horrible decision in letting Assef rape Hassan‚ he still wouldn’t have been able to do much to help him. If Amir had stepped in he probably wouldn’t have been able to help. But throughout the book Amir learns from his mistakes. Amir redeems himself from his sins through
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relationships runs throughout the novel‚ the four main relationships being Baba and Amir‚ Amir and Hassan‚ Amir and Sohrab and Baba and Hassan. Some relationships are parallel to each other and are reflective in many different chapters throughout the novel. The father and son relationship between Baba and Amir is problematic from the start as Amir feels he is blamed in some way for his mother’s death‚ by his father. Amir believes that the only way to redeem himself and be forgiven by his father is to
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Hosseini starts to like give flashbacks on the things that happened in his life and the things he wished he could’ve done differently. For an example‚ in the beginning of the novel it starts off with Amir getting a call from his friend named‚ Rahim Khan who is from Pakistan. His friend Rahim Khan asks Amir if he can go to Pakistan to visit him. But for some reason he said that
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The Kite Runner‚ manages to weld this activity with the journey of one man from betrayer to his redemption and challenge to higher authority. Amir a young and determined boy trying for his father’s affection will go to all extremes to win the kite tournament and his father’s love. He will betray his companion on multiple occasions‚ because of his weak coward self he runs from everything never standing up to harsh challenges. Baba Amir’s father is one of few characters Hosseini depicts has a man who
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Amir uses several ego defense mechanisms to try and resolve these anxieties. Initially‚ Amir uses the ego defense mechanism of rationalization. This is utilized in the following passage “I ran because I was a coward. I was afraid of Assef and what he would do to me. I was afraid of getting hurt. That’s what I told myself as I turned my back to the alley‚ to Hassan. That’s what I made myself believe.”(68) Amir tries to justify his actions by telling himself
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novel The Kite Runner‚ readers meet and follow the lives of two boys growing up in the late 1900’s of Afghanistan: Amir and Hassan. With the young boys growing up in different circumstances‚ Amir as a wealthy Pashtun and Hassan as a servant Hazara‚ their lives are distinctly different. After witnessing a severe case of bullying towards Hassan due to the difference in social class‚ Amir is unable to deal with the guilt of running away instead of stepping forward to protect his friend‚ leading to his
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