Amir felt the reason Baba was always distant and seemed cut off, was because he was torn inside after the death of his beloved wife, which Amir had killed at delivery. “It may be unfair, but what happens in a few days, sometimes even a single day, can change the course of a whole lifetime...” This evidence shows how the one event at twelve years old has molded his entire life. “I became what I am today at the age of twelve.” At twelve years old Amir witnessed the rape of his childhood friend and brother Hassan. This example shows that Amir felt his entire life was shaped by the memory of the rape that happened at twelve years old. Amir lived the rest of his life trying to deal with the guilt and hide from the memory of that horrific
Like the rapes of Hassan and Sohrab, the event symbolizes the devastation of Afghanistan as a whole, as Afghans once knew it. Anothr very violent event is Amir's fight with Assef. At the time, Amir's pain makes him feel happy and "healed"; it is as though by suffering, he is repaying Hassan for all the violence he suffered on Amir's behalf. Amir's split lip, though minor compared to his other injuries, is most significant because it represents this feeling of closeness to Hassan. Yet we learn that violence is not the answer to Amir's
This implies that Rahim knows of Amir’s shameful past, and that he wants Amir to redeem himself. Since this quote comes from the beginning of the book, we do not know what Amir did that is worthy of redemption, or even why Rahim Khan is calling Amir. But, later in that chapter, it is revealed that something very dark and life-changing is lurking in Amir’s past. Something that he will never forget. “I thought about Hassan.
This is one of the many influences that Alois had had on Adolf as becoming a Nazi dictator and killing an entire race. Alois had grown up without a dad and knew what it felt like, so he wanted to make sure he pushed Adolf. Alois loved his children dearly, but he didn’t want them to turn out like him, making sure of this, he beat them and pushed them, whether it was to exhaustion or to extinction. Adolf then took his anger of this out on the whole Jewish race, as the Fuehrer during the years of the holocaust. In the twelve years he took out a whole race, ninety percent of the Jewish religion in Poland, Germany, Austria, Bohemia, and Moravia.
In Mr. Dimmesdale’s secret closet, under lock and key, there was a bloody scourge” (Hawthorne 133). Dimmesdale is feeling so guilty about his sin, he is hoping he can relieve some of his shame though physical pain along with starving himself. However the ultimate cause to the confession of his sin is his love for Hester. Throughout the novel Author is continually at an internal
His scarring is at first completely emotional, but then things take a turn for the worse. After his attempted suicide, he is left with scars on his wrists, so large and uneven they go almost never ignored. Even someone as sweet as Soraya couldn't ignore them. While showing Sohrab his room, Amir noticed "she was trying to avoid looking at his wrists and her eyes kept swaying back to those jagged pink lines" (358). Sohrab's scars (both mental and physical) are a representation of the country of Afghanistan.
I ran it fairly” (P.77) and later got raped. Despite the consequences that Hassan was going to go through he believed that risking his life to satisfy Amir was worth giving up for than disappointing him. Near the ending of the book, Amir tries to redeem the broken bond between him and Sohrab. Amir used the kite in order to gain redemption, he flew the kite and used it in a battle against a local kid and won with the help of Sohrab. Right after Amir offered to run catch the kite for Sohrab and repeated the same quote that Hassan had said once, “For you, a thousand times over” (P.391).
CONFLICTS * Najaf, the protagonist of the story is in conflict throughout the novel. He faces conflict in the war torn setting of Afghanistan, where violence is seemingly a way of life. He also faces conflict in the detention centre in Woomera amongst all refugees, partly in his fear of being sent home, and also in the trauma of being incarcerated. There is also personal conflict observed as he is separated from his family. Najaf’s personal journey also highlights a conflict between a nations global and humanitarian obligations against the need for border security and protection, and the need to preserve that countries own interests.
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When Amir initially received this call by Rahim Khan, he is initially hesitant as this would mean he would be forced to revisit his memories from the pasts. However, he decides it is time to atone for his sins. He agrees to rescuing Hassan's son as a way to repair him, although this puts him in the centre of the Taliban, one of the most violent armies in the world. Furthermore, during his confrontation with Assef, when they fight Amir gets a feeling of freedom when he is repeatedly beaten as after all this time, he finally feels "punished" for his sins against Hassan. This is a pivotal moment in Amir's life as Assef has done Hassan would have never done to him.