Kite Runner

Kunj Rami
Ms. Grindley
ENG3U0- C
December 13th 2012
The Kite Runner: A Different View Point In the novel The Kite Runner written by Khaled Hosseini, exemplifies the act of loyalty. This novel outline the hardships character faced and how their perception of the world has changed. The conflict between the Soviets and the Taliban’s affects the character in this novel to experience hardships. The three main characters that change their perception are; firstly after Baba fled to America with Amir his hardships had begun. Secondly after coming to America Amir has forgotten about his past. The guilt Amir carried around with is gone, he compares America to a river because, after immigrating Amir’s sins and his guilt get washed away; however this satisfaction does not last long. Later on Amir learns that Baba lied to him about Hassan and all of his emotion come to life when find out about the secret that Baba was hiding from him. Finally Hassan who does not have different view point in this novel. He consistently stays loyal to Amir throughout his life; Hassan is the only character in this novel that is not affected by the events occurring around him. Baba struggles and his perception changes when he and Amir immigrate to America. Baba is stuck between two cultures. He is overwhelmed and he has lost his place in reality. Even though he does not where he is in society he stays to for Amir. Even though he (Baba) does not like America he chooses to stay just for Amir. The way Baba thought about it was that it is an “interdisciplinary care for families…” (Susan J). For Baba, Amir means everything to him and he is willing to anything for his son. This is very unusual because though he cares for Amir, Baba does not respond and take extreme action just for his son. Usually Baba looks over Amir yet he looks at the bigger picture before making any decisions. Not only did Baba go to America to protect Amir; he went there because he wants be a caring father for Amir and want Amir to be successful in life. It is very rare for Baba to explicitly say what on his mind to Amir but in this section of the novel, Baba tells Amir about several years to earn a “degree then you’ll get a chatti job like mine.” (142). Baba does not want his son to suffer like himself. Baba does not want Amir to get a degree that will not help him. Baba has firm faith in Amir; and he does not want Amir to do labour when he grows up. Secondly Amir has finally forgotten about his guilt and feels satisfied with his life ever since he came to America. Amir is freed from his guilt for not standing up for Hassan; however after he finds out about Hassan his guilt finds a way back into his mind. He (Amir) feels the only way to forgive himself is to save Hassan’s son Sohrab. After immigrating Amir contemplate about America; he come to a conclusion that “America was a river, roaring along, unmindful of the past I could wade into this river, let my sins drown to the bottom, let the waters carry me someplace far” (144). Amir truly believes that he has finally peace and is satisfied with himself. This happiness does not last long because he learns that Baba had lied to him about Hassan and the peace he had has been destroyed. Amir decided to go to Kabul to save Hassan son Sohrab, as a token of loyalty to Hassan. Not only does Amir understand that what he has done has only brought himself “…hate, forgiveness…betrayal, family bonds.” (Anderson), he also finds a solution to all this; which is to go to Kabul and save Hassan son’s because Amir feels it is time to stand up for someone that has always stood up for him (Hassan). Finally the one character that stays constant is Hassan; is a character that is not affected by anything around him. Hassan is a character that is loyal throughout the novel and his perception never changes for the society or for Hassan. Hassan imbibes “it was a triumph or all concern” (Anderson). Hassan not imbibes these word he also lives them. Hassan never thinks for himself; for him it is like he does not care if they use him as bait to what they want. Hassan is like a tour guide, he want to make the people who interact with him happy. In the novel when Amir asked Hassan if he would eat dirt for him, Hassan boldly replied by saying yes. In the same way when Amir won the kite tournament Hassan went to go run the last kite and before he ran the kite and got raped by Aseff, Hassan told Amir something very important he said “ for you a thousand times over” (71). This indirectly showed Hassan loyalty toward Amir. Hassan never really cared about what people think of him, he always took a stand for something he believed in. In conclusion the controversial in Afghanistan has shaped the character in this novel The Kite Runner to see the world form a different pair of eyes; except for Hassan who is always loyal to Amir. This novel illustrate the development of a character through hardship

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