In the book "The Kite Runner" Amir and his father escape from Afghanistan before the Taliban can get them. Amir is happy to be in America because he longs for peace from what had happened to Hassan. Yet‚ he cannot escape the events that had happened that changed his life. He is still an insomniac and he carries guilt over not standing up against Assef when he was raping Hassan. Baba found America to be a place where he spent his time mourning his homeland. The irony is that the homeland that
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1975 made him who he is and how he see’s kites flying and is reminded of his friend Hassan‚ who he calls a kite runner. 2. Hassan is the son of Ali who is the servant for Baba. Hassan is a childhood associate of Amir’s‚ Hassan is also a servant so Amir doesn’t consider him a “friend” although he is. Him and his father live in a shack in the back of Baba’s land. Hassan has a round face and a flat‚ broad nose. His eyes are narrow and slanted with gold‚ green or sapphire colouring depending on the light
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the main character Amir is no different than any other child. He has a constant urge to be praised and recognized by his father. This desire may perhaps be even greater than most children due to Baba’s aloofness towards Amir. Amir goes to extreme lengths to please his father‚ sacrificing many important things along the way. To please Baba‚ Amir changes his personality‚ gives up his own peace and sanity‚ and sacrifices Hassan. Believing these costs to be worth Baba’s love‚ Amir easily surrenders them
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Themes in The Kite Runner “For you a thousand times over.” In Khaled Hosseini’s “The Kite Runner” Afghanistan is portrayed in a flashback of this family’s life. Baba and his son Amir lives in Kabul with their servants Hassan and Ali. Being that Hassan and Amir grew up together they have a very strong bond that is unbreakable under any circumstance or obstacles. In “The Kite Runner” there are three themes in the book‚ love‚ loyalty and guilt. First theme being love in “The Kite Runner”‚Baba had
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The three main characters that change their perception are; firstly after Baba fled to America with Amir his hardships had begun. Secondly after coming to America Amir has forgotten about his past. The guilt Amir carried around with is gone‚ he compares America to a river because‚ after immigrating Amir’s sins and his guilt get washed away; however this satisfaction does not last long. Later on Amir learns that Baba lied to him about Hassan and all of his emotion come to life when find out about the
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Amir is essentially a selfish character who needs to redeem himself. At the beginning of the book‚ Amir witnesses the rape of Hassan. Towards the end of the book Amir brings Hassan’s son to America after Hassan’s death. Collecting Sohrab and bringing him home to America has challenges which Amir must face in order to redeem himself. Amir’s selfishness costs him his friendship with Hassan. From the beginning of "The Kite Runner" it is evident that Amir and Hassan’s relationship was a very close one
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remained loyal to Amir throughout his entire life. In fact‚ Hassan said that he would “sooner eat dirt” (54)‚ than lie to Amir. Hassan’s loyalty was unrequited throughout his life‚ yet he remained true. This could be for multiple reasons. The reader does know that during the first part of childhood‚ Hassan honestly believed that Amir felt the same way‚ “that’s the thing about people who mean everything they say. They think everyone else does too” (55). However‚ Hassan remains true to Amir even after he
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Hosseini he illustrates the sacrifice one gives for love. Over the course of the novel‚ Amir‚ Hassan‚ and Baba all face dramatic events that shape them to the person they are. Each one of them sacrifice a piece of their own happiness for the one they love. Hassan is loyal to Amir even though in their childhood Amir was not a good friend. Baba sacrifices his life in Afghanistan for Amir to have an education in America. Amir risked his life for Sohrab‚ Hassan’s son‚ to repay the wrong he commits toward Hassan
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protagonists‚ father Baba and son Amir appear very different. Amir glorifies his father but is disappointed when it is not reciprocated. Despite their initial differences‚ their parallels are shown as the book progresses. These similarities become even more obvious when the pair flee to America. Then‚ a shocking secret is revealed that forever tests the relationship of Baba and Amir. This forms the basis of the novel: the underlying similarities between Baba and Amir. Baba and Amir are similar because they
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Describe what happened to Amir and Hassan on their way to go and play by the tree. Assef and his two friends‚ Wali and Kamal first threw a rock and hit Hassan in the back of the head. Amir was instantly scared since Assef and his two friends are the neighborhood bullies. Assef calls the boys fags and starts calling Hassan racial slurs and flat-nose. Amir is excluded from most of the abuse because Baba is his father. Hassan moves slightly behind Amir as if he was expecting Amir to protect him in some
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