In “The Kite Runner” by Khaled Hosseini‚ Hassan is presented as Amir’s foil‚ but Amir’s negative morals are not permanent. The novel walks the reader through Amir’s transforming personality‚ all caused by guilt and atonement. Despite Amir’s transformation from being unscrupulous to becoming moral and Hassan’s virtuousness‚ there are elements that make them very similar. Amir and Hassan are very different in their social status. Amir comes from a rich Pashtun family. Due to his caste‚ he
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gentile man who always gives money when people are in need. Hassan is Baba’s son and Amir’s half-brother. He is raised most of his life by Ali‚ Baba’s Slave. He has a flat broad nose and slanting eyes that look like many colors depending on the light. He has tiny low set ears and a pointed stub of a chin. Hassan would do whatever Amir would tell him. He does not like violence but would do anything to save Amir. People make fun of him because he is Hazara. The Kite Runner Analysis The expression
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The Flashbacks are set in pre-civil war Afghanistan in the home of a wealthy man. The main character‚ Amir‚ is an intellectual character‚ loving books more than sports‚ a major disappointment to his powerful father. Amir’s best friend is also a Hazara servant‚ Hassan. Although they are master and servant‚ the boys’ relationship is more of friends and companions. Amir’s favorite activity was to go Kite Fighting with Hassan. The object of the game was to be the last kite in the air while trying
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of the story then moves backward in time to the narrator’s early life in Kabul‚ Afghanistan‚ where he is the only child of a privileged merchant. Amir’s closest friend is his playmate and servant Hassan‚ a poor illiterate boy who is a member of the Hazara ethnic minority. The Kite Runner‚ a coming-of-age novel‚ deals with the themes of identity‚ loyalty‚ courage‚ and deception. As the protagonist Amir grows to adulthood‚ he must come to terms with his past wrongs and adjust to a new culture after leaving
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something out of a book‚ complete with pomegranate trees and story telling‚ it was dark and emotionally wearing. A main reason for this was because of the one subtle difference between these boys‚ omitting the differences in character. Hassan is a Hazara and Amir is a Pashtun. For this reason the Afghan society has classified Hassan as a lower human being and he‚ along with his father‚ is in servitude towards Amir and his family. Amir’s lack of self-confidence throughout the novel hinders his ability
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friendship & inhumanity. 2. ‘Afghans are an independent people. Afghans cherish custom but abhor rules. And so it was with kite fighting. The rules were simple: No rules. Fly your kite. Cut the opponents. Good luck’ (page 45) – Values and morals & father and sons. 3. ‘I envied her. Her secret was out. Spoken Dealt with’ (page 144) – Human nature‚ courage‚ choices‚ lies and secrets & values and morals. 4. ‘But despite Baba’s successes‚ people were always doubting him. They told baba that running a
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further amplifies the seriousness of this betrayal. Amir also says that Hassan is the “price”‚ as if he is a tradable object. This further enhances Amir’s image that he is superior to Hassan. He even reasons with himself‚ and says that “he’s only a Hazara”‚ as if that justifies anything. After Amir gets home‚ he comes back to Baba‚ holding the kite‚ having finally won him over. Amir walks into Baba’s open arms‚ “...and in his arms‚ [he forgets] what [he’d] done” and he is glad about it (79). This
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he thinks about is himself he hate it when Baba showers attention on anyone other than himself and he hates that Baba talks more affectionately of Hassan than himself and he also seems to have a superiority complex and refers to Hassan as a simple Hazara when it suits him. 2.Hassan is described as having a “Chinese doll face chiseled from hard wood: his flat broad nose and slanting‚ narrow eyes like bamboo leaves ‚ eyes that looked ‚ depending on the light‚ gold‚ green‚ even sapphire. I can still
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Dru Barnes Ms. Rudd English 5th 2 February 2016 Kite Runner Stations 1. How has Baba changed over course of novel? Chart the stages of his character development Afghan Baba vs. America Baba vs. Sick and Dying Baba At the beginning of the book Afghan Baba is given nicknames to compliment his physical stature and overall intimidating presence over all other men. He however with his strength also values morals with honor or pride. He is selfless at moments and stands up for what is right. He has a
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while others have to work hard their entire lives and can barely live off it. He is the kind of person who would be proud if Amir was doing a "manly" job‚ and he believes writing isn’t one - it is too creative etc... Quite hard to explain‚ but many people believe creative jobs like writing‚ singing and acting aren’t real jobs. So basically‚ Baba wanted Amir to be manlier‚ but Amir decided not to because he had given up Hassan for Baba already and that decision had damned him. 7. How did the author
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