Assef joining and being one of the leaders of the Taliban and finally Hassan being able to see the flaws in stories that Amir writes. Irony could be considered one of the main topics of the book. Throughout the book certain stories come true and people from Amir’s childhood come back to affect his life forever. The first example of irony is one that you do not understand until closer to the end of the novel. This is when Baba and Amir flee to America. Baba and Amir left a very luxurious life
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Pakistan to see him. Next in the second section‚ while looking through history books‚ Amir discovered information on the Hazara. They had a war during the nineteenth century‚ but it was brutally suppressed by the Pashtuns. The book mentions some of the derogatory names they are called‚ including mice-eating and flat-nosed‚ and says part of the reason for the enemy is because the Hazara are Shia Muslim while the Pashtuns are Sunni Muslim. Furthermore‚ Baba tells him that there is only one sin: theft. Every
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flourishing Kabul‚ Afghanistan. Hosseini points out first example of juxtaposition as Amir grows up‚ the relationship between him and Hassan‚ his truest friend. Hassan was a servant boy of a different slightly oppressed ethnicity of the Afghani people (the Hazaras)‚ and‚ as it turns out‚ Amir’s half brother. Their contrasting personalities‚ Amir’s arrogant‚ malicious‚ and cowardly persona against Hassan’s constantly calm‚ passive‚ and courageous persona ‚ are very useful to juxtapose as they emphasize
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Character relationships are one of the most frequently analyzed aspects of novels. These relationships provide the reader with information about what characters may think about each other without directly stating it. In The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini‚ Amir and Hassan’s relationship is complex enough by nature and continues to get more twisted following the Kite Running Competition. When closely analyzing the actions of both characters‚ the intricacy of their relationship begins to unravel.
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when the boys fly kites together‚ they are on the same team. They are more like brothers then than perhaps any other time‚ because the activity is somewhat mutual. It allows them to momentarily escape their differences and the fact that Hassan is a Hazara and lets them enjoy a shared sense of freedom.
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Riverhead Books‚ it is Hosseini’s first novel‚ and was adapted into a film of the same name in 2007. The Kite Runner tells the story of Amir‚ a young boy from the Wazir Akbar Khan district of Kabul‚ whose closest friend is Hassan‚ his father’s young Hazara servant. The story is set against a backdrop of turbulent events‚ from the fall of Afghanistan’s monarchy through the Soviet military intervention‚ the exodus of refugees to Pakistan and the United States‚ and the rise of the Taliban regime. KHALED
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Kite runner themes Ethnic Pride Baba expresses a great deal of pride and attachment to the afghan culture so the move to America fills Amir and himself with a loss of heritage and identity. The escape from the previous culture however allows Amir to escape the incident of rape upon his best friend Hassan which has left a bad taste on his childhood. In America Amir doesn’t turn away from his Middle Eastern culture‚ and asks Soraya’s father‚ the general for permission to marry her even though
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understand a character‚ it is necessary to break the surface and question the rationale behind each action. In The Kite Runner‚ a servant named Hassan was described to be at the very bottom of the social hierarchy in Kabul because he is a Hazara. During that period‚ Hazaras were discriminated against due to their religious beliefs. Not only is he part of a detested race‚ but he is also the servant of one of Kabul’s most influential men. At first glance‚ loyalty appears to be Hassan’s Achilles heel; it is
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Being the focus of the story‚ Amir is incontrovertibly the protagonist of this film. Not only was this illustrated by the details of his emotional activities‚ his appearance in almost every scene in the movie also justified his role as the protagonist. Amir was a boy born from a wealthy and highly regarded family in Kabul‚ Afghanistan. His mother passed away giving birth to him‚ and Amir inferred to this and his cowardice as to why Baba‚ his father‚ developed displeasure at his presence. Soon‚ the
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until Hassan gets raped and Amir didn’t do anything to stop it or help him. After Hassan gets raped something changed in Amir. He began to feel guilty and his guilt began eating away at him. He became a total jerk to Hassan and Hassan had no idea why (Hazara encyclopedia Britannica page 1-3). Some of Amir’s guilt is directed towards Hassan who receives Baba’s affection instead of Amir. Amir feels that Hassan (a Hazarah and one of his family’s servants) is beneath him and
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