Kite Runner Themes
Assignment 2
Themes
1) Redemption ; No matter what you do in life, there are ways to redeem yourself 2) Discrimination; a true friend will see past it 3) Fear; fear can severely affect your life.
From a gentle apology to travelling around the world to even just obeying what your father tells you, no matter what you’ve done in life, there are always ways of redeeming yourself. In The kite Runner Amir tells the story about how he betrayed Hassan, his childhood friend and servant, by not standing up to the bullies. Although he tries to forget this occurrence over the years, he can’t, and he shows that his still feels guilt and regret from his actions; he goes on to say “... It's wrong what they say about the past, I've learned, about how you can bury it. Because the past claws its way out” His memories of this often leave him feeling disgraceful and ashamed, but when he goes back to Afghanistan to see a dying friend, he finds out Hassan’s son is orphaned and needs to be saved. Amir goes into the line of danger, meets with a Taliban leader and almost gets killed to save Sohrab. After all of that it still takes a ton of time and work to get Sohrab back to America. Through the next few months Amir hadn’t noticed that he had lost his self-hate feelings when thinking about Hassan until one night when he says “I wondered if that was how forgiveness budded, not with the fanfare of epiphany but with pain slipping away unannounced” showing that he finally feels like he redeemed himself. From ancient times to present day, people have been judging others by the color of their skin and what they look like but only a true friend will see past that. In The Kite Runner Hassan is a Hazarra servant for a wealthy Pashtun family. Since he is a Hazarra, most of the neighborhood children will make fun of him, calling him names like “Dirty Hazarra” and making fun of how he looks “hair lipped Hazarra”. Through all this time, his only friend Amir doesn’t judge him at all
Themes
1) Redemption ; No matter what you do in life, there are ways to redeem yourself 2) Discrimination; a true friend will see past it 3) Fear; fear can severely affect your life.
From a gentle apology to travelling around the world to even just obeying what your father tells you, no matter what you’ve done in life, there are always ways of redeeming yourself. In The kite Runner Amir tells the story about how he betrayed Hassan, his childhood friend and servant, by not standing up to the bullies. Although he tries to forget this occurrence over the years, he can’t, and he shows that his still feels guilt and regret from his actions; he goes on to say “... It's wrong what they say about the past, I've learned, about how you can bury it. Because the past claws its way out” His memories of this often leave him feeling disgraceful and ashamed, but when he goes back to Afghanistan to see a dying friend, he finds out Hassan’s son is orphaned and needs to be saved. Amir goes into the line of danger, meets with a Taliban leader and almost gets killed to save Sohrab. After all of that it still takes a ton of time and work to get Sohrab back to America. Through the next few months Amir hadn’t noticed that he had lost his self-hate feelings when thinking about Hassan until one night when he says “I wondered if that was how forgiveness budded, not with the fanfare of epiphany but with pain slipping away unannounced” showing that he finally feels like he redeemed himself. From ancient times to present day, people have been judging others by the color of their skin and what they look like but only a true friend will see past that. In The Kite Runner Hassan is a Hazarra servant for a wealthy Pashtun family. Since he is a Hazarra, most of the neighborhood children will make fun of him, calling him names like “Dirty Hazarra” and making fun of how he looks “hair lipped Hazarra”. Through all this time, his only friend Amir doesn’t judge him at all