FAYE Run. The only thing running through my mind was that one word. I just had to keep going I was finally free and I wasn't going to let them get me again. It had been 13 years of torture I never thought I would get away, but today there was a new guy and he made a mistake just one mistake that would change my life. He forgot to lock my chains. I sat in the dark musty basement just listening for any sounds any chance to escape. I heard footsteps upstairs the floor boards creaking under the weight of them. I could hear them speaking the leader told the men to get ready as they were going to go out to hunt. I sat and waited until I heard their footsteps exiting and the slamming of the door, I immediately bolted up and counted to a hundred. I knew they were fast and they were probably far …show more content…
I haven't been upstairs since they first brought me here always locked in the basement by my chains. Upstairs looked a lot like downstairs but a lot nicer. There was a kitchen a bathroom and a bedroom, not that any of the men actually slept here this is just where they came to torture me, I carefully walked to the door it was unlocked. I ran out the door and I've been running ever since. I don't know how long it's been it feels like it's been days but it's probably only been hours but I'm not far enough away. I keep running my feet pounding since I'm not wearing any shoes. I wasn't allowed to wear clothing it just got in the way when they wanted to torture me. My eyes are getting heavy I know I can't run much longer that one word just running through my mind. Run. Run. My eyes started getting heavy the world went black. I awoke to a low growl there in front of me was a pitch black wolf too big to be a regular wolf I knew that he had to be like the men who captured me. I pushed myself backwards all the way up against a tree I was terrified I knew how werewolves were, they were monsters all of
Page 2 - “I sat on a park bench near a willow tree. I thought about something Rahim Khan said just before he hung up, almost as an afterthought. I looked up at those twin kites.”
Betrayal, redemption, and forgiveness are all major themes in The Kite Runner written by Khaled Hosseini. The novel also focuses around the theme of a broken relationship between father and son as well as facing difficult situations from ones past. Amir and Hassan are best friends with two completely different personalities. Each character in the novel faces their own hardships and eventually learns to overcome those difficulties. Beginning with betrayal then the characters have to make their way to gaining redemption and forgiveness from others, as well as their self, is carried on throughout the novel. It is a continuous story of the relationships between Amir and his father Baba and facing their challenges from the past every day of their present.
Actions made in a moment of pain, anger or simple immaturity can take anyone to make mistakes that can change their lives completely. Everyone has something in the past that is shameful, embarrassing and regrettable that is kept present daily. Whether this event happened during childhood, adolescence or early adulthood, this event could haunt and have shaped that person’s life into what he or she is today. In a similar way, in the book The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini is shaped by a tragic and eventful past that has shaped Amir’s, Baba’s, and Hassan’s life. The four literary elements that will be used in this essay that Hosseini strategically uses in this book are: irony, simile, Metaphor, and personification.
Khaled Hosseini’s The Kite Runner tells the haunting story of a young boy named Amir who grows up in Afghanistan in the late 1970s and early 1980s. The books later advances into the early 2000s and was published in 2003. The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde tells the story of troubled young man, Dorian Gray, who is far too caught up in his own beauty and the damage his troubling behavior does too his appearance. The book takes place in London during the 1890s. Although the books take place almost one hundred years apart, they have striking similarities in how they were written and the stories that take place within the books. Both authors use similar literary devices to create their books. Khaled Hosseini and Oscar Wilde use a combination
“The Kite Runner,” written by Khaled Hosseini contains many passages that describe the class differences in Afghanistan and the discrimination encountered. The beginning of chapter four does this especially well, by talking about the relationship between Amir and Hassan which portrays the theme of social class discrimination. Amir’s father was extremely close to a man who was a servant boy but never called him his friend because of the social class differentiation. The effects from his father's relationship with the servant man radiates onto Amir and his relationship with Hassan. The theme of social class discrimination also has to do with the historical context of where the passage took place and irony of the friendships in the entire book as a whole. In a Passage from “The Kite Runner,” Khaled Hosseini captivates the audience with a real life struggle of social class discrimination in Afghanistan by using a major theme encountered through the entire book along with historical context and irony.
In the novel “The Kite Runner,” by Khaled Hosseini, Hassan is a loyal, selfless and compassionate young boy. Hassan is a small, dark haired, green eyed Hazara who has a cleft lip. Hassan and his father are servants to Amir and his father, Baba. Hassan’s mother abandoned him when he was newborn and since he has lived in a mud shack at the back of Amir and Baba’s mansion with his father, Ali. Hassan is illiterate, but smart and is also the best kite runner in Kabul. Hassan’s world is Amir! He loves and worships him; his first word was Amir. Although Hassan has many notable qualities, he lives a hard and sad life.
The hardships that life reveals can either affect a person in a negative or positive way. They can strengthen or weaken the development of one’s character. Khaled Hosseni’s The Kite Runner is a novel that tells the story of two boys – Amir and Hassan, his childhood friend and servant– who spend their lives attempting to overcome their obstacles. These obstacles create experiences that will shape them for the rest of their lives. Firstly, Hassan and Amir share similar hardships, however Hassan learns and grows from them, and Amir lingers over the negativity, allowing it to destroy his life instead of moving forward. Secondly, Amir is always rescued, which allows him to feel a sense of entitlement, while Hassan fights his own battles, resulting in a greater amount of inner strength. Lastly, as Amir and Hassan become adults in opposite ends of the world, they battle hardships that are very different. The differences within their adulthood continue to show who is the more honourable character. Ultimately, in Khaled Hosseni's The Kite Runner, Hassan is a stronger character than Amir, despite the fact that they both battle similar hardships.
* * * * * * * * I woke up after a particularly bad session with the torturers. If I was lucky, I’d fall asleep from the pain. I vaguely remembered something to do with hot irons, scalpels, electric shocks, blades, pliers, and lots of blood. At that point, I was literally scared everywhere. Big, red, infected scars.
It felt good just to relax in the tub after I just graduated from high school yesterday. Today after my bath I came out of my bedroom to see my mom and dad on my bed. That right there isn't a good sign. My dad told me that Katherine called and she was worried about me. Next thing I knew I was throwing up and telling my parents to leave. I loved Katherine so much and she loved me. It was yesterday evening when it all went down. Anyway my parents finally left my room when I decided just to lay on the floor. In all honesty I was depressed. Later that day my friend Hassan stopped by that evening to try to cheer me up. He listened to my problems and then told me to quit whining. Then he tells me that he has a solution. Him telling
Personal liberation and redemption occurs when a person encounters difficulties at some point in their life and redeems themselves later on, thus discovering their purpose in life. In Khaled Hosseini’s novel, “The Kite Runner”, the protagonist, Amir, knows a few things about mistakes. All through the novel he struggles to atone for those mistakes and throughout all stages of Amir’s life he strives for redemption and liberation. Comparing a young boy’s struggle to Walt Kowalski, a displeased man in the film “Gran Torino”, seems implausible but their stories correlate due to their journey towards liberation and redemption.
For the first hour I had caught a few fish peacefully, then about two or so hours I felt as if I was being watched. I immediately had an uneasy feeling, but couldn’t explain why; sometime later that same hour I began to smell smoke or what I thought was smoke and heard what sounded like the cries of wolves or coyotes. Terrified I fled back to the Fort and didn’t stop, by the time I reached the fort I had driven my horse into his grave. Once inside that uneasy feeling didn’t go away; it was apparent that I was spooked and was questioned by the trackers what was wrong. I explained to them that I had gone fishing and up the Hudson by myself and that I had become paranoid thinking I was being watched.
The Kite Runner is a mix of an epic and a tragedy. I will argue how the text highlights a Hero’s Journey with characteristics of a tragedy.
The movie The Kite Runner is based on the book and it contains both subtle and explicit differences as all books and movies do. Both the book and the movie have very compelling and moralistic themes though at times the movie’s themes seem limited. The themes presented throughout the movie and the book are penance, loyalty, prejudice, religion and growing up. The characterization, overall plot of the movie and the setting of the book seem to be consistent with each other though at times they both may vary both slightly and drastically.
Literary Essay To quote Khaled Hosseini’s The Kite Runner, “There is a way to be good again” (Hosseini 2).In the Kite Runner, there is a very clear message of redemption, as the main character, Amir, tries to redeem himself from the mistake he made many years ago. The author uses literary tools in his story to support this. Irony, foreshadowing, and symbolism were used by Hosseini, to convey a tragic yet beautiful story of redemption in The Kite Runner.
I awoke on a summer day, birds singing, children playing, but all the joy and the innocence of this was behind me. I couldn't just get up and play, or sing, because I was chained to a wall. In this country, that's what happens when you're a prisoner of war. My friends and I were caught fighting for our country, to stop the war, but to no avail. The war still went on, and we were still tied.