Baba betrayed his friend in the worst way an Afghan man could be disgraced: “How had Ali lived in that house day in and day out, knowing he had been dishonored by his master in the single worst way an Afghan man can be dishonored?” (225) Baba stole Ali’s honor. He had slept with Ali’s wife and bore a son, Hassan. This is the source of Baba’s guilt. A guilt that stays with Baba for the rest of his life. It causes him to do different things, such as feeding the poor on the streets, building an orphanage, giving money to friends in need.
Not only is he unfaithful to his wife Rose, but he also appears to have no conscious for his infidelity and his lack of nurturing towards his family. Throughout the play, Wilson illustrates the theme of responsibility by displaying Troy’s recognition of responsibility, his lack of responsibility, and how Troy’s lack of responsibility affects his family and friends. While Troy’s upbringing did not provide a lot of stability or guidance he undergoes many hardships in order to recognize the meaning of responsibility. Growing up without a mother, Troy is raised by his father who mistreated and abused him. When Troy is fourteen he has a brutal encounter with his father, leaving him no choice but to become a man and learn to be responsible and survive on his own; “…When I see what the matter of it was, I lost all fear of my daddy.
He had his servants Ali & Hassan, both Hazaras, wait on the guests. After the party, Ali & Hassan clean the home and cook for Baba and Amir. Another instance where ethnic discrimination is at its worst is when the young Hassan is cornered in an alley, beaten and then raped by a Pushtun boy his own age, named Assef. Hassan is beaten and raped due to the fact that he is just “a Hazara” (Hosseini, The Kite Runner, p74). Further in the novel, Amir, after moving to America, travels back to Afghanistan to save Hassan’s son, Sohrab, from the eccentric Assef, who is a higher member of the Taliban.
The chapter ends by a group of soldiers harassing Hassan about his mother and calling him a Hazara. Chapter 3 The chapter begins with stories of Baba and how he has overcame other people doubts. He once built an orphanage with no prior architectural experience, married Sofia Akrami from a royal bloodline, became a successful businessman, and even fought a bear. The chapter ends by Amir telling us about how he tried to please his father by playing on the soccer team and watching buzkashi which ended up by him crying all the way home. This truly shows how different Baba and Amir are.
This huge amount of responsibility slowly eats away at Gilbert. This movie is about the trials and tribulations of this broken family. It is clear to see that Gilbert strives for a normal life, to be able to live his life without having to take care of his own mother and brother. Gilbert is Arnie’s protection, every time Arnie gets into trouble Gilbert is always there to save him. At one point in the movie Gilbert has enough, he snaps and hits his brother and leaves.
Dick Army 9/26/11 Text work #2 Questions 1-3, and 7 page 129 1) The protagonist in this story is Trevor, or “T.” His father lost his job as an architect in the high class society where his family used to live. Obviously, the family was forced to move into a smaller house and Trevor had trouble adapting to this change. Trevor soon became friends with kids around his neighborhood and later joined the Wormsley Common Gang. It was Trevor’s ideas and influence that led the gang to destroy Mr. Thomas’s house; it was Trevor who had the most impact on the story. This concludes that he is the central character; the protagonist.
His father is an alcoholic and his older brother does not care for him. Eyeball, his brother is a friend of the gang leader Ace and when Ace threatens to burn Chris with a cigarette and even stab Chris, his brother does not stick up for him. He also bears a bad reputation in Castle Rock as a low- life because of his family: “He came from a bad family, and everyone just knew he’d turn out bad,” He also is a boy that is not easily intimidated because he has no problem hitching rides from strangers which was common practice during this time period: “Chris has hitched a ride to meet with the others.” This toughness makes him become a leader within his group of friends. When he is with his friends, his friends look up to him. Chris often demonstrates his leadership by taking charge and making decisions on behalf of the group: “Let’s look for some long branches.
Hassan’s loyalty is really brought out in the alley before Assef assaults him. By refusing to give the kite to Assef just to keep his promise to Amir, he really shows that he values their friendship more than himself. Despite the cowardice and disloyalty that Amir is about to show, Hassan never stops regarding Amir as a friend which is shown by the letter he writes to Amir later on. Guilt: Amir is constantly plagued by guilt and he can’t stop thinking about and being bothered by everything he does. Neither does he know how to get rid of the guilt, until Rahim Khan gives him a way.
Father-Son Relationships in Night The relationship between fathers and sons is a powerful theme in the novel Night written by Eliezer “Elie” Wiesel. The connections that fathers and son’s share are exposed first hand to Elie while other experiences are visualized. Though partial encounters are horrid and dreadful, Elie and his father do their absolute best to persevere the harsh times. Elie and his father remain extremely close in their long journey for survival. During the long run to Gleiwitz, he says, “My father’s presence was the only thing that stopped me from allowing myself to die .
That is why he still cringes every time Hassan's name is mentioned. When Amir finds out about Baba's betrayal of Ali (and subsequent betrayal of Hassan), he realizes that everything he thought he knew and understood about his father was false. For example, “He knew I’d seen everything in the alley… for the last time.”(216). And Amir himself feels betrayed. But Baba has been dead for fifteen years, and there is nothing he can do about the situation.