the book The Kite Runner written by Khaled Hosseini. The main character Amir is set on his path to redeem his honour and pride. On this path Amir gets beat up to redeem his faults toward his brother‚ Hassan. Amir finally redeems himself once he gets his depressed nephew‚ Sohrab‚ to smile. Amir has truly redeemed his honour and pride on his path to redemption‚ sacrifices himself by getting beat up‚ and making Sohrab smile. Amir has been set on his journey by Rahim Khan‚ his father’s best friend‚ to
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For instance‚ in The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini‚ Hosseini explains how Amir wanted to have a closer relationship with his father but did not have one. Also in “Father” by Alice Walker‚ author exitibits how Aice wanted to have a closer relationship with her father but did not have one. In one literary selection the protagonist did not had mother and in the other selection protagonist had a mother. To begin with‚ Amir wanted closer relationship with his father but could not have one. For example
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Amir and Soraya found out they couldn’t have children. Without a child they feel disconnected towards each other. I think Amir should tell Soraya because he can finally get it off his chest. Chapters 15-20 Amir and Rahim Khan are in Pakistan. Amir says that the reason cliches exist is because they are true. He uses the cliche about the “an elephant in the room” because doesn’t want to talk about what happened to Hassan. Hassan was living in a small village. Ali father is dead. Hassan is married
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Amir’s quest to redeem himself makes up the heart of the novel. Early on‚ Amir strives to redeem himself in Baba’s eyes‚ primarily because his mother died giving birth to him‚ and he feels responsible. To redeem himself to Baba‚ Amir thinks he must win the kite-tournament and bring Baba the losing kite‚ both of which are inciting incidents that set the rest of the novel in motion. The more substantial part of Amir’s search for redemption‚ however‚ stems from his guilt regarding Hassan. That guilt
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Baba says these words to Rahim Khan while he is talking about Amir at the end of Chapter 3‚ and the quotation reveals important traits in both Amir and Baba. With these words‚ Baba sums up one of Amir’s major character flaws—his cowardice—and Baba shows how much value he places in standing up for what is right. Baba is reluctant to praise Amir‚ largely because he feels Amir lacks the courage to even stand up for himself‚ leaving Amir constantly craving Baba’s approval. Amir’s desire for this approval
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The Kite Runner‚ which is incidentally written in the retrospective first person narrative‚ follows the protagonist Amir as he travels on a journey of innocence and innocuous naivety towards redemption and enlightenment‚ this writing style is often known as ‘bildungsroman’- a novel written about the turbulences of coming of age. Hosseini creates both remarkable and unforgettable characters throughout the novels opening five chapters and Hosseini contributes vast amount of emotional depth (presumably
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How does Hosseini present the character of Amir in Chapters 1-9? The first nine chapters of the novel show us Amir as a boy growing up in Kabul with his very wealthy father and a friend who clearly adores him. However Amir also displays character traits which show him to be a very flawed character. He is very selfish and displays cowardice on regular occasions. He also appears to be incredibly insecure and he constantly seeks his father’s approval despite what it means for other aspects of his
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through the harsh journey of main character Amir as he struggles to gain redemption from his past sins. Khaled Hosseini’s also walks us throughout the destruction of Amir’s childhood as he watches his best friend getting raped but does nothing to stop it. The theme of redemption is Prominent throughout the Kite Runner in the characters of Amir‚ Baba and Rahim khan as they try to teach the reader that no sin is beyond atonement. In the Kite Runner‚ Amir struggles to redeem himself from his past
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caring towards Amir and Paul‚ but instead are hurtful. Firstly‚ Amir has always had a great passion for reading and writing‚ but his father‚ Baba‚ has never been supportive of those passions. Ever since a young age‚ Baba has always looked down on Amir’s love for reading and writing stating that there is something missing in Amir because of it. As a wealthy man‚ Baba wants Amir to carry the family name in an honourable way. Consequently‚ Baba hopes that Amir will be wealthy as well. Amir finally decides
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chapters of the book‚ “The Kite Runner”‚ the author introduces four persons. Amir is the main – person in the book. He names his father “Baba”. His father is well – to – do and he has much money. Amir´s father has many friends. One of the best friends of “Baba” is Rahim Khan. On the other side of the good family relationships stands Hassan‚ a childhood friend of Amir‚ and his father Ali. Hassan´s father works for Amir´s and he isn´t rich. It´s interesting how much poles apart two families can
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