story, is named Amir. Amir grew up peacefully when he was little, as he grew older, the country’s revolution began and Russian forces invade Afghanistan. There are two different kinds of Muslims, Amir was one kind and his servant, and also his one and only best friend, like a brother, is another kind of Muslim. Conflict between to different sides of the religion separates these two brothers apart, so does war. Amir and his father were rich, and Hassan and his father were poor. Amir and Hassan share
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the psyche of Amir. By Chapter 18 he is truly a broken man; he is an orphan, infertile, betrayed his best-friend, and the man he considers a father is dying. In chapter 18 these psychological attributes culminate and form an Amir who reflects the setting in which he is narrating this chapter, Pakistan. Pakistan is an in-between place in Amir's journey, reflecting Amir who is on the cusp of realising his true potential - through the intertwining of setting (Pakistan) and character (Amir), Hosseini foreshadows
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it even more dramatic, as we know that Amir really had to go through all this and that it is a real story. The chapter is told from Amir’s point of view and in a retrospective narrative, so we know that it is not happening at the time and it is Amir’s memory told in a past tense. Hosseini also want to give us some information by others points of view. Epistolary we get the point of view of Rahim Khan and Hassan through the letters they have addressed to Amir. Hosseini begins the chapter with a sense
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treated Amir ‘Baba grunted, didn’t answer.’ (Chapter 2) to the adultery with Hassan’s mother, a high crime in Afghanistan in the past, especially with a servant, resulting in the birth of Hassan. The fact he kept this hidden for so long is a flaw in itself, as he sees himself to have the moral high ground on many occasions, for example, when he forgives Hassan from stealing from Amir. However, these flaws do not instigate Baba’s downfall. It was down to the politics of Afghanistan, that Amir and
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Sins and Forgiveness How could one mistake affect someone's life forever? Amir is a young boy who lived with Baba, his father, in Kabul, Afghanistan. Amir and Baba had secrets that affected a dramatic portion of their lives. Both had spent most of their days trying to atone the mistakes that had been made to finally be in harmony. “But it's wrong what they say about the past , I've learned about how you can’t bury it because the past claws it’s way out”(169). They both wanted to make it up to a
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fighting”- Hosseini 227 Amir’s fear bested him at a time he needed courage the most. Like the coward he is, Amir “ran” and didn’t even run to go get help but instead “ran” out of fear and selfishness. Amir feared he too would be raped or attacked in some other way and let the rape occur just to get the kite from Hassan afterwards in hopes of proving himself to Baba. After the rape Amir couldn’t even look Hassan in the face much less in his eyes like a real man and was “grateful for the early-evening
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Flying the kite with Hassan, young Amir strives for “salvation, redemption” and ultimately, “victory” (65). For the twelve year old, the tournament was a chance for accolades and his father’s attention—all of his efforts for egotistical self-validation. Years later, Amir once again flies the kite—this time running for Sohrab. Bloodied rope whizzing through his hangs, Amir realizes he isn’t running the kite for personal gain as he once did, but for a “tiny
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only person who is with Amir from the start to the end. However, Baba and Amir’s relationship eventually works out. The difficulties of Baba and Amir’s relationship starts from the time they live in Afghanistan. Because of Amir’s different characteristics from Baba, Baba doesn’t like Amir in many situations. He presents his dissatisfaction and dislike towards Amir to Rahim Khan and even says if he didn’t physically see his wife’s child birth process, ‘(he’d) never believe (Amir) is (his) son’. From
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over looks what happens during Amir and Hassan’s childhood, through the thoughts and recollections of Amir (the narrator). However, it’s not always in the best of ways. For example, Hassan treats Amir with respect, whereas, Amir exploits Hassan’s innocence by mocking Hassan’s incapability to read: “My favourite part of reading to Hassan was when we came across a big word that he didn’t know. I’d tease him, expose his ignorance.” This gives the reader an idea of how Amir treats Hassan, which is reflected
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Khan’s advice and Amir’s growing maturity results in Amir finally facing his past. After Rahim Khan’s call Amir Ventures back to Afghanistan to visit Rahim to finally reconcile with his past, Amir explains to Rahim about the past of the “winter of 1975” and the events that made him the man he is today. Rahim Khan reveals something to Amir that he never knew himself and that was that Baba had slept with Hassan’s mother which ultimately means that Amir and Hassan were half-brothers, and that Baba had been
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