CHAPTERS 1-4 The father/son relationship • “The problem‚ of course‚ was that Baba saw the world in black and white. And he got to decide what was black and what was white. You can’t love a person who lives that way without fearing him too. Maybe even hating him a little” (15) • “Of course‚ marrying a poet was one thing‚ but fathering a son who preferred burying his face in poetry book to hunting…well‚ that wasn’t how Baba had envisioned it‚ I suppose. Real men didn’t read poetry –and God forbid
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Hassan was dead and Amir could never gain peace of mind face to face with him. He was offered another solution however‚ which was to go find and take Sohrab to the US. Amir did not have anyone else to rely on anymore‚ both Baba and Hassan were gone‚ so he went on this journey with only his influence alone. His first step was to get into Kabul‚ which he did. The next was to get Sohrab from Assef‚ the person who originally assaulted Hassan who was now a ranking Taliban official
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The Forty Thieves Retold by Andrew Lang In a town in Persia there dwelt two brothers‚ one named Cassim‚ the other Ali Baba. Cassim was married to a rich wife and lived in plenty‚ while Ali Baba had to maintain his wife and children by cutting wood in a neighboring forest and selling it in the town. One day‚ when Ali Baba was in the forest‚ he saw a troop of men on horseback‚ coming toward him in a cloud of dust. He was afraid they were robbers‚ and climbed into a tree for safety. When they
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and betrayal throughout the novel. It first portrays how Amir betrayed Hassan‚ then Amir betrayed his own father. Baba betrayed Ali‚ Amir‚ Hassan‚ Rahim Khan‚ and his own wife (by having sex with his servant’s wife‚ Sanaubar). In the novel The Kite Runner‚ Khaled Hosseini constantly tests characters friendships in order to demonstrate the severity of betrayal. Amir‚ the son of Baba‚ is a cut above the rest at Kite Fighting. As he grew up with the house servant’s son‚ Hassan‚ they were very close
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kite Runner”? Ans: The secret affects the life of characters in many ways in the novel “The kite Runner”. Firstly the secret of Baba affect the life of Hassan and Amir. In the beginning of the novel‚ we know that the life of Hassan and Amir were enjoyable under different world with different style even though they were unknown brother. The secret of brotherhood hidden by Baba makes the life of Hassan difficult as well as Amir’s life filled with the guilty. Hassan is deprived from the truth of brotherhood
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feels like Baba does not like him as much. This guilt fuels the fire for the rest of Amir’s childhood. He is always trying to prove himself to Baba. He even feels guilty when he cries at the match of buzkashi. He thinks that he embarrassed Baba. He also overhears Baba telling Rahim Khan that he thinks Amir is weak and thinks that he will become a man who can’t stand up for anything. Because of this‚ Amir wants so badly to redeem himself to Baba. He becomes to resent Hassan too because Baba respects
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answer for this on “the day of Qiyamat‚ Judgment Day”. Amir tells Baba‚ Amir’s father‚ about what he learned and Baba responds by saying that Amir has “confused what [he’s] learning in school with actual education”‚ says that “no matter what the mullah teaches‚ there is only one sin”‚ and that one sin was theft. Killing‚ cheating‚ lying‚ were all variations of theft. Amir blames himself for killing his mother‚ and believed that Baba hated him for this. Many people seek forgiveness through religion
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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 until his death. Those are some of the main and the most important characters in the book. These richly described characters get the readers’ attention and hook them up to the flow of the story. The characteristics of Amir‚ Hassan and Baba in The Kite Runner‚ such as‚ Amir being guilt-ridden and condescending
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historically not appreciated and persecuted. Baba could have easily sent Ali to an orphanage after his parents’ death‚ but he chose not to and picked the decision of raising him in his household. Baba does the same with Hassan‚ although this is because of the fact that Hassan is actually his son after all. Even in Baba’s house‚ the house of best intentions‚ the class barrier between the Pashtuns and Hazaras endures. Ali is as dear to Baba as a brother. Baba calls him "family." But Ali still lives in
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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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