Kite Runner Questions 1) On page 316, Rahim Khan sends a letter to Amir that says the following: “that, I believe is what true redemption is, Amir jan, when guilt leads to good”. This is very true for both Amir and Baba. They both committed very selfish acts and needed to redeem themselves. Baba was always trying to redeem himself by always giving money to people on the streets, treating Hassan as his son and not a “Hazara” and building the orphanage. Baba stated, “I wish Hassan had been with us today” showing how he really cared about both Hassan and Amir.
The symbols that help out the better understanding of the characters are the kite, a soccer ball and brass knuckles. In the novel the kite symbolizes the deception of Amir and Hassan’s friendship and the redemption for Amir. The kite is the bond between Amir and Hassan; it brings them together like brothers. For instance, when Assef and the two boys had Hassan trapped in the corner of an ally and demanded him to hand over the kite but Hassan responded with, “Amir Agha won the tournament and I ran this kite for him. I ran it fairly” (P.77) and later got raped.
If not, he will fight against you, kidnap the young, and kill the elder. Muhammad is making you switch by force and then after he will reward you, and he does this to keep them with him (doc 1). Muhammad, he founder of Islam, uses conversion by force to make his religion big and powerful. Document 2 states that if you obey God he will bring you to the Gardens of Paradise, and who doesn’t obey him, will be punished. He used this to convince other people to switch for a good after life, which is an important thing to them (doc 2).
On the other hand, Sohrab gets attached to Amir as his own father. Friendship is not just a usual bond. A true friend is not just someone you know his or her name; a true friend is someone you put your trust on and you will protect him or her from any obstacles. During Amir and Hassan’s childhood, Hassan is very loyal to Amir and is a true friend for Amir. On the other hand, Amir is jealous to Hassan and is not willing to protect him when Hassan gets into trouble.
Although Baba is very judgmental and strict towards Amir, he loves seeing him succeed. Baba is proud of Amir for his victory, for it means a lot to him for his son to win the
Maybe Hassan was the price I had to pay, the lamb I had to slay to win Baba. Was it a fair price? The answer floated to my conscious mind before I could thwart it: He was just a Hazara, wasn’t he?”(77) One could quite easily argue that Baba’s love is a sort of power, and Amir is willing to lose his best friend, whether he admits it or not, to
If you will let everybody like me, why, ill give you anything in the world, and if I haven’t got it, why, ill go for to get it. I don’t want to be mean. I don’t want to be lonely.” (379) He wants to be more like his sweet, innocent brother but Cal get these ‘bad’ thoughts in his head. He wants to push people to their edge and make others feel inferior. But Cal comes upon the meaning of ‘Timshel,’ which is the idea that every individual has the power to choose between, good or
He recalls that “we don’t have to say anything, that’s how it is between people who are each others’ first memories.” He has not been willing to give Hassan the loyalty he deserves and is involuntarily using this memory to fill the void that his lack of allegiance has left. This idea generates a level of equality between Hassan and himself that is not there in actuality. Consequently, Amir becomes conscious that Hassan truly is his best memory, romanticized or not. The Hazara boy, though still a paradox, is now understood as a defining person in his life. Whether Amir is reminiscing about a missed childhood or lamenting the awful treatment of his brother, he will be constantly affected by him throughout the novel.
In East of Eden by John Steinbeck, Lee tells Cal that he has a choice to either remain a good-hearted boy or he can act maliciously like his mother, Cathy. Cal doesn’t need to grow up and be like Cathy just because her blood runs through his veins, but he can if he wanted to. Good and evil surround us no matter where we go. We meet people that are good for us and people that are bad for us, meaning that there are those that help us prosper and those that
Of course at first we can think that this text will be about love and passion with happy end, without any interesting facts, but in reality it isn’t so. The theme of this story is an eternal opposition between money and love. The round characters of this story are Old Anthony and his son Richard, the static characters are Aunt Ellen, Miss Lantry and Kelly. The main idea of this story is wealth (money – old Athony) and love (young Richard). As we know everything in our life depends on freak of chance, but old Anthony thinks that money can decide all problems of his life.