his character. Amir changes throughout the novel from a selfish and cowardly child into a fatherly and selfless adult. During Amir’s childhood‚ he experiences what may be categorized as depression due to his strained relationship with his father‚ Baba‚ and the envy he feels towards Baba’s relationship with and Amir’s best friend‚ Hassan. Amir is constantly attempting to prove himself to his father whilst taking every opportunity to make Hassan look like a fool. He frequently enjoys taunting Hassan’s
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poem is told from a third person point of view that is omniscient and allows for the characters thoughts‚ and fears to be heard. The son appears as a five year old with “…a boy’s supplication…” (22) For a story. From his aspect his father is known as “Baba” a source of entertainment and a storyteller. Yet‚ the fathers desire to please his son becomes lost during his immediate inability to “…Come up with one…”(2) story. The image of “the man rubbing his chin‚ scratching his ear” implies the emotions of
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in his life. He wants acceptance from Baba. Baba seems to favor Hassan‚ so Amir must establish that he is better than Hassan constantly. Baba says that he feels like he connects with Hassan better when he was talking to Rahim Khan. This is where most of Amir’s jealousy is derived from. Baba expresses his disapproval for Amir when he says‚ "If I hadn’t seen the doctor pull him out of my wife with my own eyes‚ I’d never believe he’s my son" (Kite Runner 23). Baba also says‚ "There is something missing
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Baba’s father took me in‚ where Baba and I grew up together. Although we did grow up together‚ Baba never referred to me as a friend. Similarly‚ for our ethnic and religious differences. At the same time ‚ I continue to refuse to give up my morals and my lifestyle in Afghanistan in contempt of my beliefs. Amir ‚ aside from your ethnic ‚culture and religious discrepancies between you and Hassan‚ Hassan looks beyond those differences‚ like Baba and I grew up. Baba is a courageous individual with
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Divine Toledo Monday‚ March 2‚ 2015 I.CHAPTERS 1-5(PP. 1-47) Reading Questions 1. The flashback is used to give a history behind the story and also background information about the author. Based on the narrator‚ I learned that he does not have a mother and his father is very popular in his town. In the first chapter‚ the description of the winter day in 1975 sounds as if the narrator is hiding something as well. They might be burying their past‚ but it also states that it always claws its way out
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living and what’s interesting is that there is discrimination among them due to the social class differences that exits in the Afghanistan society today. In the novel The Kite Runner‚ by Khaled Hosseni shows through the character of Amir‚ Hassan and Baba that the social differences of the ethnicities (Pashtuns and Hazaras) have made huge differences in their lives and has also led to the fading away of the moral codes that have been honored in their society for a long period of time. A major factor
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Amir comes to the decision not to help him in order for him to obtain the blue kite Hassan has. “Nothing was free in this world. Maybe Hassan was the price I had to pay. the lamb I had to slay‚ to win Baba.” (Hosseini 77). This relationship is a one way street‚ Amir loves and cares for his father Baba but these feelings are not reciprocated. Amir constantly feels unaccepted and
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The world is a colorful place‚ to paint everything in just two shades is ludicrous. Baba often sees the world in black and white‚ he does not believe a gray area exists. He tells Amir‚ “there is only one sin‚ only one. And that is theft. Every other sin is a variation of theft.” (Hosseini‚ 17) This ideal leaves no room for the gray area‚ it oversimplifies every situation. I believe that most people live in the gray area‚ or at least I certainly do. Rarely do I deal with problems that are
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father‚ Baba. As much as Amir loves and reveres his father‚ he continually struggles to feel loved by his him. Also‚ Baba has difficulty connecting with Amir and conveying his love for him and can only do so in an indirect way. Baba feels guilty about being able to love Amir freely and not being able to love Hassan (also his son) the same‚ which is misunderstood by Amir. “With me as the glaring exception‚ my father molded the world around him to his liking. The problem‚ of course‚ was that Baba saw the
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while the Pashtuns are Sunni Muslim. Furthermore‚ Baba tells him that there is only one sin: theft. Every other sin is a variation of theft. Murdering a man‚ for instance‚ is stealing his life. He calls Mullah Fatiullah Khan and men like him idiots. Finally‚ the story jumps back in time to 1993‚ two young men who are driving while drunk and high hit and kill Ali’s parents. Amir’s grandfather takes the young Ali in‚ and Ali and Baba grow up together. Baba‚ however‚ never calls Ali his friend. Similarly
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