understanding “that nothing was free in this world.Maybe Hasen was the price I had to pay‚ the lamb I had to slay to win Baba”(82). After the rape‚ the innocence‚ and purity of the relationship between the boys die‚ and Amir exclaims he “was just a Hazara”(82). In this story the blue kite is an object that causes the dynamic of the relationship between the boys to change. For Amir the blue kite is an object that he finds himself needing to acquire under any circumstances‚ even if that meant abusing
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doing things together‚ but Amir never considered Hassan and him to be friends. Amir thought and felt this way because he knew that no matter how time would pass‚ it wouldn’t change who they were. In the end‚ Amir would always be a Pashtun and Hassan a Hazara. They did feed from the same breast and they grew up together‚ so nothing was going to change that either. Amir is afraid to be Hassans true friend because of the discrimination that comes along with it. Hassan is loyal to Amir because is a
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The Kite Runner: Character logs: Amir: Narrator Mother dies giving birth to him in 1963 Aches for his mother Pashtun Sunni Rich by Afghanistan standards First word “Baba” Seeking love and acceptance from his father Baba In awe of his father Good at reciting poetry Avid reader Bad at sports Selfish Sometimes wishes Rahim Khan was his father Has a master-servant relationship with Hassan His belief in God: When Hassan catches the Kite‚ Amir is shocked saying‚ “And my god – if he
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Study Questions 1. What role does religion play in the lives of Baba‚ Amir‚ and Assef‚ and in the novel as a whole? * Though it is rarely the main focus‚ religion is nearly always present in Amir’s narrative. It is part of the culture of Afghanistan‚ and it is accordingly a fixture of the everyday life Amir describes. Amir creates a complex portrait of both the positive and negative traits of religion‚ with the negative always stemming from fundamentalists who use their beliefs as an excuse
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All through the novel Kite Runner there are various references to Muslim tradition and beliefs‚ there is an instrumental role of Islam on the story and its characters. Religion seems to be many things to many people in this book. Baba is celebrated in part for his exceptionally secular ways in a traditional society. Amir exercises it in an entirely private way‚ as if his faith were more repentance than conversion. Hassan is a victim of discrimination and bigotry and in Assef’s Taliban rendition‚
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Motif In The Kite Runner‚ the lamb’s purpose is to show the sacrifice of an innocent being. The author used the motif of the lamb in the novel because lambs are often used for sacrifice and the novel brings up sacrifice in many different ways. At different points of the story‚ Amir compares Hassan and Sohrab to lambs ready to be slaughtered. During Assef’s attack on Hassan‚ Amir says ““Assef knelt behind hassan‚ put his hands on Hassan’s hips and lifted his bare buttocks. He kept one hand on Hassan’s
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divisions in social class and different castes. Finally‚ the Kite Runner is viewed as an Orientalist view from the time period the novel was written about‚ which determined whom where and when one stand in the setting‚ it also played a huge role from how people were portrayed by others to be like. The characters were portrayed in the novel as one would think a person from the Western culture would seem to be characterized as‚ which backed up the Orientalist view. With the barbarity shown by not all but
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Path to Redemption Many people believe that there are different paths to life and redemption. Today people are divided into social classes‚ which change the methods of forgiveness with superficial methods such as money‚ however‚ in reality the guilt remains with the wrongdoings they have committed and people cannot let go of their guilt. A person’s past cannot be erased‚ and the mistakes cannot be undone however through constant charitable acts there can be a different way to reach redemption
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I feel mentally challenged encountering obstacles day by day. It has been mental tribulation and misery throughout this time period for being segregated as a Hazara from the Pashtuns. I mean no iniquity to anybody‚ yet I am discriminated and hated in this society for my beliefs. It is not just about me‚ but it involves the people of my kind. Although we did have an uprising in the early nineteenth century‚ it was brutally suppressed by the Pashtuns. At the same time‚ we were described by derogatory
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THE KITE RUNNER I will be doing my book review on the book called ‘kite runner’‚ by Khalid Hosseini. The Kite Runner tells the story of Amir‚ a young boy from the Wazir Akbar Khan district of Kabul‚ who befriends Hassan‚ the son of his father’s Hazara servant. The story is set against a background of upcoming events‚ from the fall of Afghanistan’s monarchy through the Soviet invasion‚ the large number of refugees sent to Pakistan and the United States‚ and the rise of the Taliban regime. I am doing
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