Forgiveness is a necessary part of human existence, although it is hard to forgive others, and sometimes harder to give to ourselves. The Kite Runner is full of examples of forgiveness between people, with themselves. Baba forgives Hassan, Hassan forgives easily, and Amir is unable to forgive himself but throughout the book the readers saw the travel of Amir how he forgive himself. The opening sentence sets this theme with "I became what I am today at the age of twelve," as Amir relates how he believes
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Influence of the Past The past will forever be a part of the present, it affects who we become and how we live our lives. Depending on a specific past, future lives can be affected positively or negatively. In the novel The Kite Runner Baba, Amir and Hassan all had violent pasts which negatively impacted their future and how they viewed themselves and their lives. There was a point in each of their lives where their childhood ended with just one event. Amir watched his friend/brother get raped for the
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And the last, was Amir’s choice of not helping Hassan as he was getting raped. The first choice that leads to a consequence was Baba’s choice of sleeping with Sanaubar, Ali’s wife. After Baba slept with Sanaubar, the result was Hassan. Baba did this because, ``Ali was sterile`` (pg 243). The first reason that this was a bad choice was because; Baba was never able to treat Hassan as his son. Every time Baba tried to show some compassion towards Hassan, Amir would get jealous. For example, when Baba
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the privileged class; Hassan is Shi'a, which is the lowest minority. Even still the two boys, grow up together as brothers. Until one horrible incident changes everything. The Kite Runner is a story about love, guilt, truth, and redemption. Amir grows up as the only son of a WEALTHY MAN in Kabul where life is rich and full of possibilities prior to the Soviet invasion. His father Baba is disappointed in the bookish, non-athletic child he must raise. Amirs' playmate Hassan, a Hazara servant seems
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Baba has a servant Ali and his son Hassan who are Hazaras, the ethinic majority. Amir and Hassan are best friends, who almost have a brotherly relationship. Amir has the sensation that he is a dishonor to his father, but Baba’s best friend Rahim Khan does not and sees Amirs talents. Amir’s mother died giving birth to him; however, is why Amir blames himself for killing his mother; Baba’s wife. Hassan and Amir love to fly Kites and Amir loves to tell and read Hassan stories from books; under their favorite
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can never change the past as worrying can never change the future. In the Novel, The Kite Runner, Amir witnesses Hassan's encounter with Assef, since that incident, Amir suffers the thought of guilt throughout his whole life. His relationship with Hassan was broken and it lead to many events that Amir wish he could reverse. This lead to many events that molded Amir into the present man he is today. The past reminisces the minds and actions of several character in the book and Amir's future will continue
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Summary Amir, a well-to-do Pashtun boy, and Hassan, a Hazara and the son of Amir's father's servant, Ali, spend their days in a peaceful Kabul, kite fighting, roaming the streets and being boys. Amir’s father (who is generally referred to as Baba, "daddy", throughout the book) loves both the boys, but seems critical of Amir for not being manly enough. Amir also fears his father blames him for his mother’s death during childbirth. However, he has a kind father figure in the form of Rahim Khan,
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bully of Kabul, Assef, is harassing Amir’s friend Hassan for being Hazara, which is the minority ethnicity in Afghanistan. Due to Amir conforming to the ideology of the society, he does not stand up for Hassan; “I opened my mouth, almost said something. Almost… I just watched,”(Hosseini 73). Amir shows conformity because he just watched as Assef and his friends were bullying Hassan. He had multiple opportunities to help Hassan, but did not. Hassan then pays the ultimate price for Amir conforming,
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the sky. They remind him of his childhood friend Hassan, the hair lipped kite runner who had once told Amir “for you a thousand times over” (Hosseini, 67). Everything from 1975 floods back into his mind and he starts to remember how he became who he is today. Amir starts to remember his childhood memories of him and Hassan climbing the popular tree in the drive way of his
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wealthy in Afghanistan, Amir had a servant named named Hassan. Being the same age,
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