The Kite Runner, Rain and the Rhinoceros and When a Parent’s ‘I Love You’ Means ‘Do as I Say’ are all connected by a single idea. The feeling of being alone is present in all three examples. The rain in Rain and the Rhinoceros is the bully terrorizing others without a second thought just like Assef, Wali, and Kama from The Kite Runner. The victims have no choice what to do just like when Hassan and Amir were being bullied. Also, in the story Rain and the Rhinoceros, the part about the one person being alone with no one around to help or be along side the journey is the same as when Hassan was raped and felt like the odd one because he has no one there with him. Finally, in the story When a Parent’s ‘I Love You’ Means ‘Do as I Say’ it tells …show more content…
The story of The Kite Runner is focused around Hassan and Amir, who are friends who spend a lot of time together. One of their favorite things to do is fly their kites and compete in tournaments. One of the tournaments they play in is won by cutting the string of the opponent’s kite. The string is cut by placing glass on the string then battling till one breaks. The loser or the person whose kite string breaks has to run after the kite and get it wherever it …show more content…
The two boys were battling it out to see who could cut the string of the others kite first. Amir comes out on top when he cuts the string of Hassan’s kite flying high in the sky. Hassan runs after his kite as it plummets from the sky. Amir soon flows after Hassan to gloat about his victory. When Amir finds Hassan his is trapped at the end of an alley by Assef, Wali and Kama. Hassan’s pants are taken down and he is held back by Wali and Kama while Assef rapes him. Amir runs away form the alley and leaves his friend who once stood up for him trapped in the alley. Amir has a lot of guilt for what happened to Hassan but, Hassan feels worse for being the outsider who got raped without a thing he could do to stop it from happening. In the story Rain and the Rhinoceros by Thomas Merton it describes a rain that is harder then any other. Like Assef being worse then any other kid. The location of the rain is in the forest with little around but nature and the small shelter. The rain surrounds the area and the writer describes the rain as something never felt before “The rain I am in is not like the rain of cities. It fills the woods with an immense and confused sound.” The writer describes the rain with a lot of
Clearly, Amir hears how his father compares the two, and unlike Hassan who manages to meet Baba’s expectations, Amir grows bitter towards Hassan. He is unable to fight off his envy which later causes him to sacrifice his best friend’s innocence: “Maybe Hassan was the price I had to pay, the lamb I had to slay, to win Baba” (82), and this is all because he realizes “his shame is complicated by his own realization that in part he doesn’t help his friend precisely because he is jealous of him” (Corbett, 2006). From here, Amir develops strong feelings of guilt that induces him to perform even more destructive acts, such as having Hassan and his father evicted from the house. Amir not only loses a close friend, but now he has to continue to live with remorse as he dwells on these memories.
The Kite Runner is a novel of a Sunni Muslim, Amir, and a Hazara boy, Hassan. Hassan is the son of Amir’s father’s servant. Amir and Hassan spend their childhood days playing with one another in the streets of Kabul. Amir’s father, Baba, as referred to in the novel, loves both of the boys equally. Although, Amir believes that Baba loves Hassan more than himself. Amir struggles to find understanding from Baba for killing his wife during childbirth. Amir strives to make him proud. The Hazara boy, Hassan, finds himself often in trouble protecting Amir, and questioning whether Amir would do the same for him. Over twenty years after Amir left Kabul, and his childhood friend, Hassan, Amir returns to Kabul to find his brother dead by the Taliban, and his son residing in a local orphanage. Amir ventures on to find a way to be good again, while trying to save his childhood friend, Hassan’s son. The motif changes to show how their relationship is growing and evolving thus helping Hosseini, the author of, The Kite Runner, develop his theme in the novel. Friendship does not require physical connection.. The Pomegranate tree is used as a motif and changes throughout the novel. Amir often returns to the motif of the Pomegranate tree. In the beginning of The Kite Runner, Amir and Hassan’s friendship is flourishing as they share stories and laugh by the pomegranate tree. Hassan and Amir bond over stories such as, “Shahnameh,” (Hosseini, pg. 103). As the novel continues, Amir throws pomegranates from the tree at Hassan, breaking the physical relationship between himself and Hassan. At the end of the novel, Amir returns to find the tree dead, and their physical relationship is gone, but they both think of themselves as friends.
The novel tells the story of, Amir. Amir is portrayed as the protagonist; the novel revolves around his recollection of past events 26 years ago as a young boy in Afghanistan. Amir is adventures and brave. Hassan is Amir’s closets friend and servant to his house and is portrayed as a subservient male, often supporting and accepting blame for Amir’s actions. Assef, Wali and Kamal are the “ bad guys” within the novel; Wali and Kamal hold down Hassan and Assef rapes him purely for ethnicity differences, as Hassan is a Hazara. Afghanistan boys are supposed to be athletic and true to Islam .The leaving of Soraya Hassan mother with another man gives the notion that women lack morality leaving behind there children .The Taliban laws are followed closely within Afghanistan and women are treated without any rights, beatings, stoning and execution become the reality for women who violate the laws. Culturally Afghanistan women are portrayed to be subservient to there husband only live and breath to provide children, cook food and clean their
Flying kites was a source of Amir 's happiness as a child as well as a way to attain his father’s approval. In Kabul, Afghanistan, a kite flying tournament was held annually. Young boys laced their string with glass and attempted to cut the strings of other kite flyers. That last on standing was deemed the champion and the idol of all the younger children. Before Amir competed in his kite tournament, Baba said, “I think maybe you 'll win the tournament this year. What do you think?” (Hosseini, 50) Amir took this opportunity and told himself that, “I was going to win, and I was going to run that last kite. Then I’d bring it home and show it to Baba. Show him once and for all his son was worthy. Then maybe my life as a ghost in this house would finally be over.” (Hosseini, 50) Amir wanted the approval and affection of his father badly enough that he was willing to allow Hassan to get raped in order to attain it. After this kits became the symbol of Amir 's betrayal to Hassan. The kite ultimately becomes the way that Amir connects with Sohrab, mirroring how Amir connected with Baba when he was a
He offers to run Amir’s last kite, a favor that isolates and makes him susceptible to an attack from Assef. The Hitler enthusiast sodomizes Hassan while Amir covertly watches, --- to do anything. Later in the novel, Amir tries to redeem himself with Sohrab, who is the prime symbol of redemption that will clear up Amir’s debt. The kite flying competition at the end of the novel is a deliberate echo of the past. Amir and Hassan’s roles are now switched; Amir is Sohrab’s kite runner.
In The Kite Runner, Hassan is a servant in Amir’s family, but Amir initially sees him as a friend, and the two are inseparable. Hassan is extremely loyal to Amir, and proves time and time again to be a valuable companion, but over time their friendship deteriorates. The social differences between Hassan, who is a Hazara, and Amir, who is a privileged Pashtun, create a source of conflict within their friendship as the two can never be truly equal. Due to this inequality, Amir expects Hassan to sacrifice for him, and it is this expectation that leads Hassan to much misery. After Amir wins the kite tournament, he asks Hassan to run for him the blue kite, which Hassan does so, telling Amir “For you a thousand times over!” (Hosseini 67). Hassan, being a loyal friend of Amir’s, goes out to find
Amir and Hassan’s relationship is a recurring theme throughout the novel. In the ethnic caste system, Amir is a Pashtun and Hassan is a Hazara. Pashtuns are placed in a much higher caste than Hazaras, therefore Hazaras are treated as servants to the Pashtuns. Every morning, Hassan prepares Amir’s breakfast, makes his clothes and cleans his room for him. In the annual kite tournament, at least two people must work together in order to properly maneuver the kite, one to lead the kite, and another to feed the kite’s glass string. Hassan’s role is the latter. His role is to feed the kite’s string for Amir and run after any fallen kites. The glass string attached to the kite is dangerous as it is coated with shards of glass and leaves bloody marks and cuts on the hands. Although Hassan catches the fallen kites, he must always bring it back to Amir. One winter, when Hassan and Amir were waiting under a tree for the kite to come to them, Hassan asks Amir “Would I ever lie to you, Amir agha?” (Ho...
Because Hassan did not give the kite, Assef decides to rape Hassan as a “punishment”. Instead of helping his friend out, Amir just walked away from the scene and let Hassan get violated in one of the most vulgar ways. After this incident, Hassan quietly walked back home and gave Amir the kite for which he was confronted by Assef for. The kite in this situation proves to be an important symbol. Whereas earlier in the novel the kite represented happiness and fun to Amir, in this situation it represented sin and guilt to Amir.
The Kite Runner focuses on the relationship between two Afghan boys Amir and Hassan. Amir is a Pashtun and Sunni Muslim, while Hassan is a Hazara and a Shi’a. Despite their ethnic and religious differences, Amir and Hassan grow to be friends, although Amir is troubled by Hassan, and his relationship with his companion, one year his junior, is complex. Amir and Hassan seem to have a "best friend" type relationship. The two boys, Hassan and Amir, are main characters in the book titled, The Kite Runner. The two boys have a relationship that is significantly different compared to most. There are many different facets that distinguish the relationship the boys possess. The boys do write their names in a pomegranate tree as the "sultans of Kabul" (Kite Runner 27) but, their friendship is not strong and it is one sided. Hassan has love for Amir. He loves him like a brother. Hassan is exceedingly loyal to Amir. The relationship between the two boys is emotionally wearing and rather gloomy for the most part. The main reason for their complicated relationship is the fact that Amir is Pashtun, and Hassan is Hazara. The Afghan society places Hassan lower than Amir. Hassan is Amir's servant. The placement of Hassan in the Afghan society disenables Amir from becoming Hassan's true friend. Amir sees Hassan as lower than human. 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 Amir possesses such extreme guilt for what he has done to Hassan. Amir is an unforgivable person overall.
In Amir’s early childhood, kites represented happiness. Flying kites was his favorite pastime, as it was the only way that he connected fully with Baba, who was once a champion kite fighter. However, the kite takes on a different significance when Amir doesn’t stop Hassan's abusers from raping him in order to prevent the kite from being stolen. The kite serves as a symbol of Amir’s guilt throughout the novel. Hechose his fragile relationship with his father over the well-being of his best friend and half-brother: “Baba and I lived in the same ...
One night while eating dinner, General Taheri tells Amir that he is embarrassed to have a Hazard boy as a step-grandson. Amir stands up for Sohrab and tells him that he has a name and that Sohrab is his uncle. Unlike in the past, he left Hassan get raped by Assef and it shows the unfairness of the relationship. He redeems himself for standing up for Sohrab and gains his self-respect. He respects his confidence of him speaking up in front of the general. The final redemption is when he becomes the kite runner. At the end he says "I ran with the wind blowing in my face, and a smile as wide as the Valley of Panjsher on my lips." The memory of Hassan chasing kites for Amir is finally achieved and he finally redeems himself as the kite runner. Therefore it helps him gains his self-respect. His self-respect is him being redeemed and now he is proud of his decision. The injustice here is that Amir got all the recognition for flying kites and Hassan got barely any credit. One must redeem themselves from their past injustice doings in order to gain
The blood on Hassan represents the blood in the snow after the rape and foreshadows Hassan’s death. The Shahnamah symbolizes Amir and Hassan’s friendship. The book also symbolizes Amir’s guilt, because for Amir’s thirteen birthday Ali and Hassan get him a hand-illustrated copy of the Shahnamah. Amir feels guilty because Ali and Hassan don’t have much money and they put a lot of money into his present and Amir, is disloyal to Hassan. The kite is dedicated to Baba, Amir’s father. Amir craves Baba’s attention and always wants Baba too tell him stories and facts. Amir knows that if he wins the kite competition Baba would be proud of him and they would get closer. The kite symbolizes Amir’s deep desire for his father’s approval, Amir thinks if he wins Baba would love him more and pay more attention towards him. Amir as an adult changes as he becomes more courageous, honourable and achieves redemption. A symbol for Amir’s redemption was the kite he flies at the end to novel for Sohrab. Sohrab also smiles when Amir flies the kite for him, this shows that Sohrab is slowly healing from the trauma he experienced, with the guidance of Amir.
As a foreword, the story of The Kite Runner focuses on a man named Amir. In his childhood, he enjoyed a high-class life in Kabul, Afghanistan, living with his father Baba. They have two servants, Ali and his son Hassan. They are Hazaras, a lower class ethnic minority in Afghanistan. In one Winter of their childhood, Amir and Hassan participate in a kite-fighting tournament; the goal is to be the last kite flying. When a kite is cut, boys chase after it as a trophy. Amir wins the tournament, and Hassan flies to catch the losing kite. Later, following Hassan's path, Amir comes upon a neighbourhood bully named Assef about to rape Hassan who has the trophy, the blue kite. Amir does not interject, believing this will secure him the kite. Thus, Amir sets forth a chain of events he must redeem in his adulthood.
On the day of the kite running competition, Amir vows to win the entire competition in Baba’s honor. To end the competition, Amir cuts down the last remaining kite in the air, at which point in time Hassan runs after the falling blue kite. In hopes of retrieving the last cut kite for Baba, Amir follows Hassan on the run. However, Assef and his two sidekick bullies corner and rape Hassan. Amir watches the entire occurrence in
The Kite Runner, a novel by Khaled Hosseini, is a story about Redemption. In this novel, two kids always run kites together when they are young. One is Amir, a rich boy living in a high-status family; the other is Hassan, Amir’s loyal servant and playmate. One day, Amir wins the kite running tournament, and they need to run to get their trophy, the last fallen kite. Hassan tries to get the kite for Amir. He gets it successfully, but he is raped by the local bully, Assef. Amir sees everything behind a corner; however, he doesn’t do anything and runs away because of fear. He betrays Hassan, his friend. What’s more, he accuses Hassan of stealing in order to dislodge him because he is afraid