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    EN – 207 In the epics "Gilgamesh" and "The Tragedy of Sohrab and Rostam"‚ the two heroes‚ Gilgamesh and Rostam‚ both have to deal with a loss of the most precious person in their lives. Gilgamesh loses his friend and companion‚ Enkidu‚ and Rostam loses his son‚ Sohrab. They have different types of relationships with their loved ones and therefore react to the situations in different ways. Gilgamesh loses his best friend and companion‚ Enkidu‚ in his epic. Before Enkidu is created and the

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    Story of Sohrab and Rustom

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    The story of Sohrab and Rustum is told in Sir John Malcolm’s History of Persia‚ as follows: — "The young Sohrab was the fruit of one of Rustum’s early amours. He had left his mother‚ and sought fame under the banners of Afrasiab‚ whose armies he commanded‚ and soon obtained a renown beyond that of all contemporary heroes but his father. He had carried death and dismay into the ranks of the Persians‚ and had terrified the boldest warriors of that country‚ before Rustum encountered him‚ which at

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    a key motive for both Amir and Baba. In rescuing Sohrab‚ this quest is near completion‚ but in fact will never be entire in the case of Baba‚ having taken the truth about his betrayal with him to his grave. With the rescue of Sohrab from the clutches of the tyrannical Assef‚ Amir does find close to redemption‚ but not for his father‚ only himself. True redemption is when one atones for his own sins; Baba will remain restless in his grave. Sohrab‚ the son of Hassan‚ serves as a means of salvation

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    character Amir Jan respond in a significant way to justice for Sohrab. Amir Jan feels that since Sohrab is his nephew and his half-brother Hassan is dead he should rescue sohrab from the orphanage and bring him back to America to live with him and his wife Soraya. Even though Hassan and Amir went through good times and bad times Amir feels it’s his duty to help his family out though he did them wrong. Amir goes back to Pakistan to rescue Sohrab and find that he’s in the hands of Assef the man that raped

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    Runner‚ Amir and Soraya live with Sohrab in their house in California. Amir teaches Sohrab how to fly a kite and goes to catch the kite for Sohrab like Hassan had done for Amir. The ending of the book however had tuned out good for Amir. The Kite Runner does have a happy ending because Amir repaid Hassan for his loyalty at the end of the book by getting Sohrab out of Afghanistan and giving him a new life. The Kite Runner has a happy ending because Sohrab is alive and safe in Amir’s

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    Khan informs him that Hassan was his half brother and that he was killed but he left behind a son. He also gives Amir a polaroid picture of Hassan all grown up. Amir learns that the boy‚ Sohrab is in an orphanage in Kabul‚ he goes to find him and bring him home. When he gets to the orphanage he finds out that Sohrab has

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    Amir and a little boy that he rescued from the war ridden lands of Afghanistan named Sohrab arrived at the San Francisco airport terminal welcomed by their family. Amir a sensitive and intelligent young writer and son of the deceased Baba a well known Kabul businessman risked his own life going back to his country and town of Kabul to save his best friend/former servant’s son Sohrab. A man named Assef who abused Sohrab on a daily basis was keeping him hostage in Afghanistan. So out of Amir’s good will

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    Epic based on Kite Runner

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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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    gathering with Sohrab‚ as he took the job of Hassan and Sohrab took the job of what Amir use to do when he was a child. During the competition‚ Amir says. “I did it perfectly...I’d already slipped him Hassan’s trick...then‚ just like that‚ the green kit was spinning and wheeling out of control” (370). Amir puts himself in the Hazara’s role instead of the Pashtun role and because the kite represents his childhood‚ he is doing what he should have done to help Hassan‚ but instead to Sohrab. Amir is not

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    fighting for Sohrab‚ and letting Sohrab in the family. Amir deserves to forgive himself because if Rahim Khan and Hassan both forgive him in their letters‚ then why should he not do the same? For instance‚ Rahim Khan stated‚“I know that in the end‚ God will forgive.

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