time together. Baba and Amir take a trip to Jalalabad and they stay at the house of Baba’s cousin. When they finally arrived to BABA’s cousin they got an Afghan tradition dinner and Baba stared talking about the tournament that his son won but Amir wasn’t feel comfortable with that. After dinner‚ they all lie down to bed in the same room‚ but Amir couldn’t sleep. He said really loud that Hassan was raped but nobody could hear him in that night he became an insomniac. When Amir and Baba went back home
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Amir’s quest to redeem himself makes up the heart of the novel. Early on‚ Amir strives to redeem himself in Baba’s eyes‚ primarily because his mother died giving birth to him‚ and he feels responsible. To redeem himself to Baba‚ Amir thinks he must win the kite-tournament and bring Baba the losing kite‚ both of which are inciting incidents that set the rest of the novel in motion. The more substantial part of Amir’s search for redemption‚ however‚ stems from his guilt regarding Hassan. That guilt drives
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his live (life) and makes him struggle living peacefully for twenty six years. His father‚ Baba‚ is rich by Afghan standards‚ and as a result‚ Amir grows up accustomed to having what he wants. He is always looking for his Baba’s attention and love and therefore feels jealous towards anyone receiving His (his) father’s attention. His best friend Hassan‚ who lives with them as a Hazara servant‚ often gets his Baba attention that was intolerable for Amir and therefore it leads (him) to aggressively attacking
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book has. Amir‚ Hassan‚ and Baba‚ three characters in the book can all be considered courageous‚ but they’re all courageous in different ways. There’s no one way courage can be described. A man who confronts a murderer can be considered courageous‚ and a man who leaves his best friend of 42 years can also be regarded as courageous. The only action in common between these 2 events is the fact that they’re doing something that would frighten them. In the story‚ Amir‚ Baba‚ and Hassan did things that
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The stories that we read from Arabian Nights portray a large variety of how women are seen and treated in early Islamic society. Throughout the stories‚ many women are slaves who are owned by men and must obey them in order to live. Shahrazad‚ for starters‚ is the one who ultimately spares the lives of the women in her village. "Scheherazade possessed courage‚ wit‚ and penetration. She had read much‚ and had so admirable a memory‚ that she never forgot any thing she had read. She had successfully
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Once upon a time‚ roughly 26 years ago‚ a boy named Amir lived in Afghanistan. He lived in a city called Kabul with his father‚ Baba. Baba’s best friend‚ Rahim Khan‚ is always around and sometimes Amir felt that Rahim Khan was more of a father figure to him than Baba‚ because Rahim Khan understands him. Amir’s mother died giving birth to him‚ but Baba and Amir have two servants named Hassan and Ali‚ who are Hazaras. Hassan’s mother and Ali’s wife‚ Sanubar‚ ran away with a clan of gypsies after Hassan’s
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living by becoming servants to the Pashtun. Like Hassan was to Amir and Baba. Amir the main character and novel narrator is of the Pashtun religion and because of this he is accustomed to having the things he wants handed to him on a silver platter. The only things Amir feels deprived of is a deep connection both emotionally and figuratively with his father Baba. He blames it on himself because he is so different than Baba in so many ways. He also feels responsible for the death of his mother
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everyday life. For example‚ Baba‚ Amir’s father‚ offers to take the boy’s to the lake‚ but Amir lies and tells Baba that Hassan is ill and unable to come. Amir does this so he can have more time alone with Baba. Amir would go to many extremes to protect and grow his relationship with baba. Hassan receives the same treatment from Baba as Amir‚ which makes Amir feel ordinary and undistinguished. When Baba buys Amir a kite‚ he insists on getting one for Hassan as well. Baba invites Hassan wherever 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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