fraternizing with upper class Pashtuns. Amir tests Hassan’s loyalty and resents Hassan because he is secretly jealous of him. Baba is always treating Hassan like a more favored son than Amir even though he is not his son (or so was thought). After the kite tournament‚ their relationship is strained because Amir was ashamed of being more concerned to return the kite to Baba than to help Hassan from being raped by Assef. The
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in order for Baba to finally love him as his son‚ he has to win the kite tournament and bring home the lost kite. “Baba was on the the roof‚ watching me. I felt his
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The Kite Runner‚ written by Khaled Hosseini‚ and The Crucible‚ written by Arthur Miller‚ share many similar themes‚ characters‚ and ideas. One particular theme that is present throughout both of these written pieces is love. Defined by the Oxford Dictionary‚ love is a strong positive emotion of regard and affection. It can be found in moments of one’s life‚ through relationships‚ and through people. In The Kite Runner and The Crucible‚ one can see the similarities of love through friendship‚ paternal
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which involve him. He tends to make wrong decisions because of his father‚ Baba’s influence. Baba seems to be disappointed by Amir’s lack of athletic ability‚ which causes a distant relationship. "After all‚ didn’t all fathers in their secret hearts harbor a desire to kill their sons?” (Hosseini 29). This expert from Amir is an example of how his relationship stood with his father is. Once Amir and Baba moved to America‚
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don’t learn this until later in the novel when Rahim Khan opened it up to him. We learn that Baba is Hassan’s real father and that Amir and Hassan are brothersAmir is constantly trying to measure up to Baba‚ because he does not realize that Baba is so hard on him because of his guilt over his own sin. Baba tries to redeem or amend his sins to Hassan by “Hiring Dr. Kumar to fix Hassan’s harelip‚ Baba never missing Hassan’s birthday…and weeping when Ali announced he and Hassan were leaving” (288)
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who he is now in America. There are various types of shame displayed in the text which all have a destructive force damaging them forever‚ this includes Amir’s shame felt from watching Hassan get raped and doing nothing about it except running away‚ Baba felling shameful for sleeping with Ali’s wife and getting her pregnant and Soraya is shameful for running of with an Afghan man disobeying her parents. The novel shows Amir feeling shame throughout the whole novel as one bad decision as a child
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kites in his childhood. When Baba passes Amir wondered‚ "Baba couldn’t show me the way anymore; I’d have to find it on my own" (Hosseini 174). Baba was a man of great honor and in Amir’s eyes he seemed to make little to no mistakes. Because of his high amount of respect for his father‚ Amir feels as though he should right his wrongs with Hassan because he knew that Baba loved and truly cared for Hassan. When Hassan and his father‚ Ali‚ left it devastated Baba. As Baba mourns their departure Amir states
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then Chinese and the least is other region. FACTS – CHINESE PEARANAKAN The Peranakans‚ also known as the Babas and Nyonyas‚ was a prominent community of acculturated Chinese unique to this part of the world‚ especially in the Straits Settlements (Penang‚ Malacca and Singapore) hence its other name‚ the Straits Chinese. At the Pinang Peranakan Mansion‚ the typical home of a rich Baba of a century ago is recreated to offer a glimpse of their opulent
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a long time before Amir arrives in America. Amir grows up in Kabul with his prosperous father‚ Baba‚ who has two servants‚ Ali‚ and his son‚ Hassan. Amir and Hassan are best friends until Hassan is raped‚ and Amir doesn’t help him. Amir can’t get over his guilt‚ so he takes it out on Hassan and treats him very badly. Thus‚ Hassan and Ali leave Baba’s house. During the Soviet invasion in Afghanistan Baba and Amir flee to America. Many years later‚ Amir goes back to Kabul and rescues Sorhab‚ Hassan’s
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the way. (BS-1) The Kidnapping of Nur and Baba-jan and the loss of Habib and Mada-jan has crushed her.(BS-2)The absence of her family members have striven her to get to Peshawar to find Nur and Baba-jan. (BS-3)The life taken of Baba-jan has made Najmah to go back home to the hills. (TS) Najmah has been affected from the losses of loved ones and is not the same girl from the beginning.
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