Formal Writing- Kite Runner “There is way to be good again.” This remark of Rahim Khan suggested to Amir that he could make up for his past mistakes. This realistic novel highlights the tension between two ethnic groups the Pashtun and the Hazara living together in 1970’s Afghanistan. This is shown in the story through the two main characters and their childhood friendship as Pashtun and Hazara boys. A significant event in Kite Runner is the Assef’s violation of Hassan after the kite flying tournament. When Amir decided to run away from Assef’s attack on Hassan, it meant that he chose to protect himself rather than help his friend.
This clearly shows an example of how destructive shame can be on someone’s life. Some people can overcome shame and redeem them selves but to other people it can destroy their whole life. Another character form the book that experiences the tragedy of shame is Baba. Thru out the book it is revealed to us that Hassan is also Baba’s son. Baba feels ashamed of being Hassan’s father because he kept it a secret to everyone for all this time.
Atticus defines true courage as when you fight for what is right regardless of whether you win or lose and demonstrates it multiple times in the novel. Jem demonstrates courage when he tries to stop Bob Ewell from harming Scout. He tells Scout to run while trying to help her escape but ends up getting hurt. He also shows courage when refusing to leave Atticus alone at the jail cell in chapter 15. Scout was the one that truly got the men to leave but if Jem had not refused
During the course of the novel of ‘Deadly Unna?’ the readers are exposed to the negativity between the father and his son. This affects Blacky in way that his self-esteem is almost non-existent, and the negativity is prominent throughout the novel. Examples of the neglect shown by his father are that of the time when Bob refers to Blacky as a ‘gutless wonder’, and the journey we take through the story of Blacky’s deteriorating respect for him. The ‘gutless wonder’ incident was a influential part of the novel, as Blacky realises that his Dad isn’t one to take advice of someone he feels is inferior than him, thus saying, ‘My own son, a gutless wonder. A gutless fucking wonder!’ When Blacky explains to his father about the storm, Bob insults him rather than swallow his pride and takes his son’s advice on board.
For the rest of his life, Amir regretted his lack of action and blamed himself for what he did to Hassan. So when Rahim Kahn pleads him to come back to Kabul and to save Sohrab, convinces himself to save Hassan's son since he could not save Hassan himself. He goes as far as fighting Assef and says that although he is beaten within an inch of his life, he, "felt healed. Healed at last." (p289).
They show their bravery in order to protect the things that are important to them. Amir and Hassan, best friends and family, use courage and bravery to survive in rural Kabul, Afghanistan. The Kite Runner gives one a vivid and engaging story that reminds one of how long the Afghan people have been struggling to triumph over the forces of violence and the forces that continue to threaten them even today with their courage. The Kite Runner the story of the brave Hassan, a hazara, and Amir, the sultans of Kabul (27). From early on in the novel we learn that the main character, Amir, has a best friend Hassan who will do anything for him if he asks for or needs the help.
The moral standard Amir must meet to earn his redemption is set early in the book, when Baba says that a boy who doesn’t stand up for himself becomes a man who can’t stand up to anything. As a boy, Amir fails to stand up for himself. As an adult, he can only redeem himself by proving he has the courage to stand up for what is right. The quote I chose to support it is "Then I saw Baba on our roof. He was standing on the edge, pumping both of his fists.
The Nazis inhumanity and brutality slowly diminished his hope and desire to live. Despite Elie’s constant battle, it is from the interaction with other characters that he is able to maintain his hope. Elie depends on his father for support, and his love for his father makes him strengthen his hope and desire to live. When they arrived at the camp, his father said that he would rather Elie to go with his mother than to see what they were going to experience as men. The father began to cry and this was the only time that Elie saw his father cry.
The next time he goes to Afganistan is when he goes to visit Rahim. Rahim tells him another big turning point, Hassan was his half brother. This makes him feel even worst about the things that he did to Hassan and makes him feel worst about running him and Ali off. He tries to redeem himself and do something good by saving Hassan's son because Hassan has died. I think that Amir would have to do a lot more to take back what he did as a child but I also feel like he saved his son more for Rahim than for Hassan.
The first important theme is denial where each character showcase their denial of certain aspects of their lives. Willy has denial against himself and what he is because he wants to be big and known which he isn't but he thinks he is and so he denies the fact that he is just an ordinary human being. Also, throughout the play the characters keep contradicting themselves and it is seen a number of times especially with Willy. For example, in the first scene he states that Biff is lazy but then he goes on a line or two later to state that he is a hard working lad and that he is not lazy. This behavior is why he can not accept reality in order to ignore the present and re live the past.