Throughout the story of The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini, we follow Amir through the choices that he made and the steps he took to make peace with his past and look to the future. This makes me think about this essential question. The decisions we make in the past whether positive or negative follow us through every stage of our lives. The aftermath or the consequence of the situation continues to live with us forever, however in the case of a bad decision, like Amir’s, we might have an opportunity
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is usually a symbol for a character’s unhappiness. This gives the reader an idea of the state of mind of the narrator. Another interesting thing is that Hosseini suggests that Amir feels very guilty. He does this with the application of the simile “like a pair of eyes staring down on San Francisco”. This simile conveys Amirs guilt as he feels as though the kites are staring at him, judging him. This allows the reader to see the less attractive side of the narrator and allows the reader to decide whether
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could step into that alley, stand up for Hassan the way he'd stood up for me all those times in the past, and accept whatever would happen to me. Or I could run. In the end I ran” (7. 137-139) Amir leaves Hassan in the alleyway. This passage In the Kite Runner is very important, along with the passage in which Amir plants a wad of cash and his watch under Hassan's mattress. Khaled Hosseni, the author counts these two incidents as Amir's two major betrayals of Hassan. I have been in both Amir’s situation
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cleft lip, Amir expresses his feelings of jealousy by saying, " I wished I too had some kind of scar that would beget Baba's sympathy… Hassan hadn't done anything to earn Baba's affections; he'd just been born with that stupid harelip." An irony is presented, as Amir had done everything to impress and make his father feel proud of him, yet nothing changes in their relationship. Opposingly, Hassan does not do anything to impress Baba, but he was treated in a special way by him. This causes Amir to feel
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not exceed the expectations met in order to be the wife of Ali. By Sanaubar being nineteen years younger and Ali being a very knowledgeable and religious man, society is questionable in Ali’s decision. Soraya has a deep love interest for Amir and wants to marry Amir, but has no influence in
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infidelity." This quote suggests that Sanaubar was very beautiful and, like many American women, used her looks as a tool to use men. Amir’s wife, Soraya is perhaps the most important woman in the novel. She is steady, intelligent, and always there for Amir when he needs her. She can be strong-willed like her father, General Taheri, and deplores the way women are often treated in Afghan culture. Soraya is important because she provides a unique and more personalized opinion of the way women are treated
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it?” “A million times,” Stone sighed. “But how do I explain my knowledge of her having it. I can’t very well tell her that I’m capable of searching a person’s mind to see what secrets they hold. And compromising that, Amir has resurfaced and has been stalking her.” “Amir!” For a few reasons, Braden was alarmed. For one, he carried a strong grudge for Stone. For another, his sudden appearance coincided with the attack on The Chimera had him wondering if he orchestrated it. And last, as a
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notable character in the novel, suffers from physical deformities that Hosseini developed for his character. Ali, a Hazaran servant in house of Amir, suffers with congenital paralysis of his lower face. In fact, the story states “…Ali had a congenital paralysis of his lower facial muscles, a condition that rendered him unable to smile and left him
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a flag for propaganda. The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini begins in the 1970s in Kabul, Afghanistan, when the country is in a time of an ending monarchy. The main character, Amir, is the son of wealthy Afghanistan business man, and his playmate, Hassan, the son of his father's houseman, Ali. Hassan is a Hazara and Amir is a Pashtun, which makes them from different social classes. The author has undoubtedly stirred my emotions and I admit that I did cry several times. I think that this was the
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Taliban. It has been a long time since we have last been in contact Rahim, and I miss you ever so much. I am ever so grateful of the times you spent with Amir and now, after many years of looking back on the past, realise that you were more of a fatherly figure than I was to my own son. You also understood me better than anyone else, impressively so. Amir has made me proud living in America, more so than ever. He has graduated from college and has dedicated his career to writing. I would have preferred
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