the book The Kite Runner written by Khaled Hosseini. The main character Amir is set on his path to redeem his honour and pride. On this path Amir gets beat up to redeem his faults toward his brother‚ Hassan. Amir finally redeems himself once he gets his depressed nephew‚ Sohrab‚ to smile. Amir has truly redeemed his honour and pride on his path to redemption‚ sacrifices himself by getting beat up‚ and making Sohrab smile. Amir has been set on his journey by Rahim Khan‚ his father’s best friend‚ to
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Amir continues to try to enlarge his ego. Teasing Hassan makes him feel better about himself. Amir does not feel like he is getting the one thing he wants in his life. He wants acceptance from Baba. Baba seems to favor Hassan‚ so Amir must establish that he is better than Hassan constantly. Baba says that he feels like he connects with Hassan better when he was talking to Rahim Khan. This is where most of Amir’s jealousy is derived from. Baba expresses his disapproval for Amir when he says‚ "If I
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Amir and Soraya found out they couldn’t have children. Without a child they feel disconnected towards each other. I think Amir should tell Soraya because he can finally get it off his chest. Chapters 15-20 Amir and Rahim Khan are in Pakistan. Amir says that the reason cliches exist is because they are true. He uses the cliche about the “an elephant in the room” because doesn’t want to talk about what happened to Hassan. Hassan was living in a small village. Ali father is dead. Hassan is married
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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
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caring towards Amir and Paul‚ but instead are hurtful. Firstly‚ Amir has always had a great passion for reading and writing‚ but his father‚ Baba‚ has never been supportive of those passions. Ever since a young age‚ Baba has always looked down on Amir’s love for reading and writing stating that there is something missing in Amir because of it. As a wealthy man‚ Baba wants Amir to carry the family name in an honourable way. Consequently‚ Baba hopes that Amir will be wealthy as well. Amir finally decides
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In Khaled Hosseini’s The Kite Runner‚ the main character‚ Amir‚ is constantly reminded of the wrongs he has committed by noticing select objects. The author uses symbolism in the novel to demonstrate the themes of guilt‚ brotherhood‚ and redemption. In the novel‚ kites represent the theme of guilt. Amir’s guilt is demonstrated when he chooses the kite over Hassan. After Hassan had returned with the kite shortly after being raped‚ Amir was suddenly hit with a sense of guilt for fretting more about
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are several comparisons that can be made between Baba and Ali and Amir and Hassan. Their relationships had similarities and differences that were equally significant. Ali and Baba grew up as childhood playmates‚ just the same way Amir and Hassan did. Since Ali is a Hazara‚ and Baba is a Pashtun‚ there was always an invisible barrier between them and Baba was in a way more in charge of their relationship. This applies to Hassan and Amir as well because of the same tribal backgrounds‚ and the main difference
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For instance‚ in The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini‚ Hosseini explains how Amir wanted to have a closer relationship with his father but did not have one. Also in “Father” by Alice Walker‚ author exitibits how Aice wanted to have a closer relationship with her father but did not have one. In one literary selection the protagonist did not had mother and in the other selection protagonist had a mother. To begin with‚ Amir wanted closer relationship with his father but could not have one. For example
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Amir is a person with darkness looming inside of him. Since he was a boy‚ he faced his darkness‚ his guilt‚ differently from when he was a boy compared to his adulthood. In Khaled Hosseini’s book‚ The Kite Runner‚ Amir at first glance does not seem to grow in character. He lived a privileged childhood‚ but did not take advantage of it because he was overcome by the anguish of his inner guilt of taking his mother’s life by being born. His guilt of taking his mother’s life was an excuse to abandon
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Readers will appreciate the love‚ friendship and redemption. The characters are Amir‚ Hassan‚ Baba‚ Ali‚ Sohrab and Assef. Amir is selfish‚ Hassan is loyal‚ Baba is brave‚ Ali is dutiful‚ and Assef is cruel. Amir is the protagonist of the book‚ Hassan is a servant in Amir’s house. Hassan is loyal to Amir and Ali is another servant to Amir and Baba (Amir’s dad). The reader gets a feel for the relationship between Amir and Hassan on page 34. “Then he (Ali) would remind us that there was a brotherhood
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