Throughout this novel the narrator, Amir, is plagued with cruel figures and events that traumatize/pain him, yet he also commits a few himself. For example cruelty is used as a fear inducer or to put the protagonist/main characters in his place along with other characters. an example is well off into the book after revisiting Afghanistan. Amir sees a dead body while driving by an area not too far from Kabul. This is a demonstration of cruelty and the Taliban's gain of power during the novel's
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Since Amir is a Pashtun, he has power above other social groups, including Hassan who is a Hazara. Amir has the ability to discriminate or mistreat Hazara’s without being judged or mistreated back. Before Amir can be as strong and as powerful as his father, he isn’t able to realize that in order to have the qualities that Baba is known for, he must treat others fairly like the example his father gives him. When Hassan got rapped, Amir had the power to fix things, but instead was furtive with his
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Assef becomes a key official in the Taliban, which persecuted and killed many Hazara. Thus bringing Assef childhood vision to fruition in his adulthood. Overall, the Caste system cause a huge divide, the Pashtuns were the high class and the Hazara were the untouchables. These two classes caused tremendous heartache and tragedy within the Islamic community. The author appeared to be showing how something as trivial as someone’s heritage could have a devastating impact on a whole society. The author
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commits many mistakes but he always finds a way to redeem himself and cover his mistakes. In order for Amir to beat the shadows that haunt him, he decides to rescue Sohrab, his best friend and half-brother’s son, and do for him what he did not do for Hassan. Baba also commits many mistakes, but he attempts to make up for them in his everyday life. There is always something people can do to expiate their guilt. Throughout Amir’s childhood, he constantly feels that his father blames him for his mother’s
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for a long time. It is an event that affects not only women but men as well. Rape is an issue that is ignored and many times goes unreported. In the Book I read, The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini, a young boy, Amir, watched as another young boy, Hassan, got raped. One of the major themes in this book is that you cannot escape your past no matter how hard you try. My perspective on this topic has changed because i had not realized how much of an impact rape has on people's lives. Many people think
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Afghanistan with Hassan, a Hazara boy, who worked as a servant to Amir and his father, Baba. A main conflict of the story is the fact that Amir allows Assef, the antagonist, to do horrible things to Hassan with no attempt to intervene. This scene is very intense and upsetting. Although it could be considered as a representation of “real-world” situations that sadly occur in the Middle Eastern area, the situation is purely troubling. Amir commits an act of dreadful betrayal. Hassan and his father
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servant’s son, Hassan, how they would always play and support each other. The end of the second chapter explains that Amir and Hassan had similar experiences, such as that they never met their mothers and that they had breastfed from the same person, which creates “a kinship that not even time could break” (Hosseini 11).
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epigraphic characteristics, which resemble Naga-ed-Deir stelae (Hassan 2006, 295). The second stelae are a fragment of an unknown man is made of limestone (Hassan 2006, 300). It has been broken into several fragments, which were later restored, but unfortunately, the left side is lost (Hassan 2006, 300). The remains of the stela measure 53 cm. by 29 cm. There are remains of two horizontal lines of a hieroglyphic inscription at the top (Hassan 2006, 300). On the right side, there is a scene
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Hassan’s mother which ultimately means that Amir and Hassan were half-brothers, and that Baba had been keeping a dark secret all along. Rahim also explains that Hassan had died and that he had a son Sohrab who is an orphan and that Amir has a chance to redeem himself though Sohrab, but it is not though saving Sohrab that will entirely redeem himself. Amir takes the final leap towards his reconciliation with the facing of Assef in Kabul, from whom Hassan had always shielded him from. As Assef is beating
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After reading both “Oedipus Rex” and “The Kite Runner” the authors of each employ the device of irony to develop the major themes in both text. Irony is the expression of using one’s meaning by language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for emphatic effect.Throughout each story the irony was used to reveal truth, mood, and lessons. Displayed in the book “The Kite Runner”, many ironic scenes were present. This leads to the reveal of the mood of the story. In the book it states “ You
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