Khaled Hosseini's The Kite Runner

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Grace Pulpit once said “A friend is the one who comes in when the whole world has gone out.” True friends will always be present and have your back regardless of the circumstances. Amir and Hassan share a unique relationship; they are friends, brothers, and enemies. Growing up together, Hassan always had Amir’s back, but Amir did not always have Hassan’s. This developed a friendship that was one-sided, but the boys still had a close bond regardless. Amir says “…we were kids who had learned to crawl together, and no history, ethnicity, society, or religion was going to change that…(25).” The relationship between the two boys is one that is difficult to fully comprehend. The bond they share is one that not many people get to experience. The boys are separated from each other after the Russian invasion, but it is Amir’s decisions later in life that show what Hassan truly meant to him. They share a relationship that had varying definitions, but in the end they both loved each other. Amir and Hassan share this diverse friendship because of Amir’s selfishness, jealousy, and cowardly actions. Amir is afraid to be Hassan’s true friend because he is different. This highlights Amir’s selfishness. In the novel, Amir often points out Hassan’s harelip, and the fact that he is a Hazara. He describes Hassan as “… a boy with a Chinese doll face perpetually lit by a harelipped smile (25).” Amir is not sure if he wants to be around Hassan because he is selfish and he recognizes that Hassan is in a lower social class than him. This makes the young Amir hesitant to be around Hassan because of what other people’s opinions might be. Amir is influenced heavily by this and that makes him grow afraid of becoming Hassan’s true friend. Amir is not stron... ... middle of paper ... ...ir and Hassan share is unique. They share a bond as brothers, but Amir at times considers them enemies. Their friendship is very diverse because of Amir’s selfishness, jealously, and cowardly actions. From childhood, they boys grew up together. Hassan had always been there for Amir; his first words were even “Amir”. This shows the loyalty that Hassan has for him. Amir is caught in a difficult situation in which he is trying to win his father’s attention, but Baba keeps a secret from the boys which could have totally alter their lives. Because of that and Amir’s cowardly actions the relationship crumbles, but Amir’s true feelings for Hassan come about when he travels back to Afghanistan to save Sohrab. He loved Hassan his whole life; it just took age for Amir to realize that he did. Works Cited Hosseini, Khaled. The Kite Runner. New York: Riverhead, 2003. Print.

Individuality And Identity In The Kite Runner By Khaled Hosseini
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Because of Amir’s extreme desire to receive the attention and affection from Baba, he begins to subconsciously sacrifice his relationship with Hassan in order to fulfill his interests. However, as Amir continuously matures and begins to recognize his initial ignorant, detrimental actions towards Hassan, he no longer “worship” his father like he did in the past. This causes him to ensure a sense of independence because of his ability to quickly adapt to a completely new, unfamiliar environment and remain adamant on pursuing their own aspirations.
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...h him; another part to this is because he believes Hassan is just a dirty Hazara boy. “I'd chase the car, screaming for it to stop. I'd pull Hassan out of the backseat and tell him I was sorry, so sorry, my tears mixing with rainwater. We'd hug in the downpour (Hosseini 109).” After Amir causes Hassan to leave, he laments about letting, more like making, his best friend leave him. He sees the dirty Hazara boy as his best friend at that moment. In both of these stories, the main character realizes how similar they are to the other social or religious group.
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Search for Atonement in Khaled Hosseini’s The Kite Runner
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Despite this absence of fatherly affection, Amir has other people who care about him deeply. To Amir, Hassan is his servant first and his best friend second. Throughout Afghani culture, this superiority idea is continually upheld and reinforced. Hassan, on the other hand, sees Amir as his all knowledgeable best friend. He protects Amir against the attacks of Assef out of love and devotion. Unfortunately, Hassan’s defense only leads to Amir burrowing deeper into his natural state of cowardice.
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An important stepping stone in every child's life is when a child makes a vow to be best friends forever with another child. Many girls cement this promise by buying a necklace with half hearts on them, while boys may carve their names into trees, but either way this promise is very important for children to prove that they have someone who they can trust. In Khaled Hosseini's best-selling novel The Kite Runner, two boys, Hassan and Amir, have a friendship that is not as typical as most children's. Although they do carve into a tree that they are the "sultans of Kabul" (Hosseini 27), their friendship is weak and one sided. These boys grew up in Kabul, and although their childhood friendship may have seemed like something out of a book, complete with pomegranate trees and story telling, it was dark and emotionally wearing. A main reason for this was because of the one subtle difference between these boys, omitting the differences in character; Hassan is a Hazara and Amir is a Pashtun. For this reason the Afghan society has classified Hassan as a lower human being and he, along with his father, is in servitude towards Amir and his family. Amirs lack of self-confidence throughout the novel hinders his ablity to have a true friendship with Hassan. Amir ruins the chance for friendship between himself and Hassan because he is jealous of Hassan, he thinks of Hassan as a lower human, and because of his bitter resentment.
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The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
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“In the winter of 1975, I saw Hassan run a kite for the last time.” (Hosseini 55) It was a year when something happened to really bad happened to Hassan. It was also the year when Amir did something to Hassan that had changed everything that was going to happen. What Amir did to Hassan was for Amir’s own good, but it changed everything for the rest of his life. It changed him because it was something that was done that was considered a sin in their culture, and Amir had witness it happen.
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The Kite Runner Hassan Character Analysis
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One challenge that Hassan faces, is the friendship that he shares with Amir. Hassan and Admire grow up together as childhood playmates. Hassan shows strong devotion towards his friend, and always protects and defends Amir. No matter what the situation is or how bad the consequences might be afterwards, Hassan never showed the slightest bit of betrayal as Hosseini states “but he never told on
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Courage In Khaled Hosseini's The Kite Runner
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When Assef and his friends cornered Hassan and Amir, Hassan threatened them even though he is outnumbered. Hassan suppressed his fears with the intent to protect Amir. This heroic act, truly shows how Hassan prioritizes Amir’s safety. Hassan and Assef once again met after the kite competition, when Hassan went to ran the kite that Amir ordered him to. Assef cornered Hassan and sexually assaulted him. Hassan allowed Assef to do it, because it is the only way to obtain the kite that Amir wanted. It took a substantial amount of determination and courage for Hassan to let Assef sexually assault him. Hassan’s desire to make Amir happy, can be plainly seen on this incident. It seems though that Hassan’s unwavering loyalty is still inadequate to prevent Amir from betraying Hassan again by framing him for theft. When Baba asked Hassan if he really took Amir’s money and watch, Hassan said yes. Hassan did this, knowing that their is a possibility that Baba will punish him. This act of courage truly expresses Hassan’s desire to protect Amir. Hassan’s feats of bravery certainly defines his identity and plainly exhibits his loyalty to
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Khaled Hosseini's The Kite Runner
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The book is consisting of three main characters, Amir, Hassan, and Baba. Amir who was born into a rich family and had everything handed to him, Hassan who is a friend of Amir but was born into a poor family. Baba who was the father of Amir but was disappointed in Amir and on and blamed him for his mother’s death. Baba has a problem with Amir being too soft because he allowed the other children in the area to pick on him and he will not fight back. In the book it shows the bond that Amir has with Hassan when they were growing up. The book was centered on the both Amir and Hassan childhood and the stuff their did while growing up and how they relationship changed because Amir has to move to America because of issues in Afghanistan. But after 20-25 years of living apart Amir received a call from his father’s friend that would bring Amir back to his home town to help his friend out of some trouble he got himself into. On return to his home country Amir found out that Hassan is dead and apart from him being dead Hassan is also his half brother that left behind son behind. Amir seeks out to find his nephew to bring him back to America with him.
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The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
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Although Amir and Hassan grew up together playing in the same fields and climbing the same trees, there was an enormous degree of cultural history that separated them. Something much greater drew an invisible barrier between the two of them. The division of separation was more than the fact that each of them slept in two different homes or ate breakfast at different tables. Amir and Hassan were born only a year apart from each other. They each knew they had different mothers and different fathers. However, somehow, they were both fed as an infant from the breasts of a woman who was not their mother. In their culture, the nurturing and feeding that they received from the same woman connected them in way that was unchangeable. Hassan almost always knew the thoughts of Amir. Nonetheless, in spite of their friendship and unshakable feeding bond, the fact still remained that the two boys belonged to their own unique class within Afghanistan’s society.
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Humanity In The Kite Runner
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Other than flying kites and watching westerns, Amir would read to Hassan to help pass the time. Amir was not a particularly a good friend to Hassan and would attack him out of jealousy. Amir would tease Hassan’s illiteracy by giving him the wrong definitions of words. Amir was devastated by Hassan for quickly finding a plot hole in his first short story. He was not athletic or brave as Hassan and Amir prided himself for being intelligent. In Amir’s situation, he felt entitled to all of his father’s attention and the majority of it, from his point of view, was going to Hassan and the
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Theme Of Friendship In The Kite Runner
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Friendship is something that Hassan values tremendously. Perhaps this is because Amir is the only one he could consider as a friend. Because of his limitation of friends, Hassan does whatever necessary to uphold that friendship towards Amir. An example which illustrates Hassan and Amir’s friendship
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Comparison Of Friendship In The Kite Runner
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“I thought it showed that Hassan’s good nature and respect for Amir was still present, Hassan writing “I taught Sohrab how to read and write so he doesn’t grow up stupid like his father.” Shows Hassan still thinks of himself as a lesser person than Amir even though it’s clear to Amir and the audience than Hassan is greater person which makes Amir feel more guilty,” Replied Jack.
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An Incident In The Kite Runner
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After leaving Hassan helpless in an alley to be raped by Assef, Amir felt immense guilt and remorse for his heinous actions. Amir returned to Kabul years later to see Rahim Khan one last time and to save Hassan’s orphaned son, Sohrab. He became aware that Hassan was actually his brother while in Kabul, but never thought of him any different. “For you a thousand times over.” they always told each other. (page 67). This represents just how far they would go for each other.
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The Kite Runner Book Report
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One day Amir and Hassan are out playing when they are approached by three older boys, Assef, Wali and Kamal. Assef threatens to beat up Amir for hanging out with a Hazaran boy, but Hassan hits Assef with the help of a slingshot and the two younger boys get away. However later, during a kite-fighting Amir wins and Hassan runs for the losing kite, he is raped by Assef with the help of Wali and Kamal. Amir sees this happen but does not stop it nor confront Assef. After this event happens things are not the same between the two friends. Ali, and Hassan are asked to leave, after Amir frames Hassan for stealing.
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