Kite Runner is the story of a boy named Amir who must flee his native country of Afghanistan after the Russians invade. The movie starts with grown Amir, who has just received his first shipment of his novel, “Falling Ashes.” It pans back to Amir’s childhood, showing him playing with his best friend Hassan. Hassan is the son of the servant of Amir’s family, and he is very loyal. Amir sometimes feels depressed because his mother died giving birth to him, so he writes stories and shares them with Hassan, who is illiterate. Another activity they do together is kite flying. The boys practice together until they are ready to enter a competition. Amir is declared the winner after cutting the last kite, and Hassan runs to find the fallen kite so …show more content…
Amir finds Hassan and watches while it happens, but doesn’t do anything. Later Amir tries to get Hassan to stand up for himself, but Hassan remains loyal. Their friendship withers, and soon Hassan and the servant will leave. Shortly afterward, the Russians invade Syria so Amir and his father must leave. They head to Pakistan, where they are able to find transport to the United States. Amir’s father, once wealthy in Afghanistan, is forced to work full time at a gas station in the Afghan community of Fremont. There Amir graduates from community college and meets a girl he likes. Things take a darker turn when Amir’s father is diagnosed with lung cancer, presumably caused by smoking. Before he dies, Amir asks his father to arrange his marriage with Soraya, the daughter of an important Afghan military man. Soraya confesses to Amir that she had a relationship with another man, but Amir loves her the same. The pair is married, but are unable to bear children. One day Amir gets a phone call from his father’s friend in Pakistan saying he needs to come to see him. The friend tells Amir that Hassan was actually Amir’s half brother, because his father had an affair with the servant’s
Amir’s redemption is a large part of the novel and is carried out almost entirely until the end of the story. He travels to rescue Hassan’s son, Sohrab, from the orphanage he was placed in after the death of his parents. He promises to find him a safe home with someone but after time passes he feels like this is not enough. He then speaks to his wife and decides to take Sohrab back to the United States with him and take care of his as if he was one of his own. Earlier in the novel when Baba is speaking Amir over hears his conversation as he is referring to him stating, “A boy who won 't stand up for himself becomes a man who can 't stand up to anything” (Hosseini, 22). Thus meaning that if he is able to stand up for himself as a young boy, when he is grown he will not be able to stand up for anything that is in his future. This is true throughout the story until he stands up for himself and Sorhab when he is arguing with his life long bully, Assef. Amir lacked the courage to defend himself in the novel until he finally took charge and went against
The Kite Runner focuses on the relationship between two Afghan boys Amir and Hassan. Amir is a Pashtun and Sunni Muslim, while Hassan is a Hazara and a Shi’a. Despite their ethnic and religious differences, Amir and Hassan grow to be friends, although Amir is troubled by Hassan, and his relationship with his companion, one year his junior, is complex. Amir and Hassan seem to have a "best friend" type relationship. The two boys, Hassan and Amir, are main characters in the book titled, The Kite Runner. The two boys have a relationship that is significantly different compared to most. There are many different facets that distinguish the relationship the boys possess. The boys do write their names in a pomegranate tree as the "sultans of Kabul" (Kite Runner 27) but, their friendship is not strong and it is one sided. Hassan has love for Amir. He loves him like a brother. Hassan is exceedingly loyal to Amir. The relationship between the two boys is emotionally wearing and rather gloomy for the most part. The main reason for their complicated relationship is the fact that Amir is Pashtun, and Hassan is Hazara. The Afghan society places Hassan lower than Amir. Hassan is Amir's servant. The placement of Hassan in the Afghan society disenables Amir from becoming Hassan's true friend. Amir sees Hassan as lower than human. Amir ruins the chance for friendship between himself and Hassan because he is jealous of Hassan, he thinks of Hassan as a lower human, and because Amir possesses such extreme guilt for what he has done to Hassan. Amir is an unforgivable person overall.
When Sohrab is hesitant to go with Amir to America, he is fearful that his new family will not accept him. Amir reassures Sohrab that he “‘won’t ever get tired of [him]”’ (324). Amir is devoted to Sohrab unlike how he shunned Hassan in his past. Furthermore, Amir brings Sohrab into his life and introduces him to a new world, opposed how he pushed away and avoided Hassan. Once Amir and Sohrab return to America, Amir’s step-father is concerned and confronts Amir about adopting a ‘Hazara boy’. Amir defends his new son and establishes that his step-father “‘will never refer to [Sohrab] as ‘Hazara boy’ in [his] presence’” (361). Amir is loyal to Sohrab and makes sure he is treated with respect even by his own in-laws. Amir stays by Sohrab’s side, that revises all the times he was not there for Hassan. Amir loves and cherishes Sohrab for all the times he left Hassan companionless and
Amir is mostly disappointed in betraying Hassan. Amir betrays him when he see’s Assef raping Hassan in the alley. At the end of the book, Amir has resolved issues, and has accepted his feelings towards Hassan. Amir has proved himself by rescuing Hassan’s son and making sure he returns with him to America. Amir has finally become the man his father has wanted him to be.
Not only did Amir ran away, but he never told anyone what he saw, this including Hassan. However, this is not his last sin, for in a few months later Amir frames Hassan for thief. Hassan, when faced with Baba, say that he stole the items in question to protect Amir. And shorty leaves Baba’s service with his father against Baba insistent to stay with them and solve the issue in a differ manner… In the end, Amir got the bonding time he what with his father, however, at a cost of not helping Hassan in his greatest time of
When Amir finds out about Sohrab. He tries to redeem his own self-worth by rescuing Hassan's son; from Assef and the taliban by going all the way to Afghanistan. He risked his own life because he thought it was a second chance to bury the 'Long open wound' between him and Hassan. The relationship after the lie, they both became more close. (Hassan was killed by the taliban before Amir was told the truth.)
Amir chooses to risk his life in the hope that he can get him back and discovers that Assef is the one who is holding Sohrab captive and is abusing him in the same way he abused his father. This is yet again another example of how the past, if not dealt with, can be repeated. Amir did not stand up to him in the past and now his feud against Amir and Hassan was directed at Sohrab, an innocent child. Amir has the opportunity to do what he did not in the past and stand up to Assef. In the past Assef had said, “this isn’t the end for you either Amir.
His father starts to accept him more and becomes a more likable character in the story and creates a resolution atmosphere, but then is called to Pakistan to meet with an old friend. Amir learns that Hassan is dead but had a son and is living in Kabul, Afghanistan, his home country that he wanted to forget and now is returning to. Sohrab, Hassan’s son, is kept in an orphanage, but is taken before Amir can make it to him. Amir traces him down inside of a house where is long-awaited rival, Assef, is waiting. After a final
Throughout his life Amir questions whether standing up for something is truly worth the effort, and backs down whenever confronted, however using the lessons he learns throughout his eventful life, like standing up for someone, he faces his fears by confronting his past, Assef, and persists in giving Sohrab a better life in America against all odds. Amir chooses not to save Hassan, his only true friend, from Assef in the alleyway. This one mistake governs his life. In every
the Kite Runner is a phenomenal work of literary genius authored by Khaled Hosseini. The award-winning novel depicts the life of Amir, an Afghani man living in America. The novel reflects on the trauma Amir’s witnessed throughout his childhood in Afghanistan. Amir, is a Sunni Muslim who lived in Kabul throughout his childhood growing up with his single father known to the reader as Baba. Amir, grew up with Hassan his childhood companion and servant.
The Kite Runner is written by Khaled Hosseini, which was published in 2003. This novel goes from the feeling from wanting to impress, to guilt and relief. The main character, Amir, goes through various obstacles in life to get where he wants to be, but it won’t be easy. In the beginning of the story it explains the relationship between everyone in the household and how Amir and Hassan are best friends.
In secret, he watches Hassan getting raped by Assef but instead of helping him, he runs away. Experiencing the shame of his own cowardice as well as of Hassan’s knowledge of it, Amir starts resenting Hassan for his endless devotion for him. Henceforth, Amir and Hassan start drifting apart. He betrays Hassan yet again when he stuffs some money and a watch under Hassan’s pillow and tells Baba that Hassan stole it. When Baba confronts them, Hassan admits to it, though he didn’t do it.
The boys are torn apart when Amir becomes a witness to Hassans rape no he does nothing to help. Then to get rid of his guilt for not helping his friend in his time of need Amir frames his friend Hassan for stealing a watch to get rid of him. As Hassan leaves Amirs house with his father luck would have it that Amir and his father must also leave their home because of the war approaching their home. The two boys grow up separate from each other Hasssan stays in his country while Amir moves to
While Amir watches to scared to even try to help and runs away in fear. Though he does get praised by his father he can no longer be friends with Hassan and tries to frame him but they end up leaving on their own. The russian come and chaos is happening only for the taliban to come and push then it and it becomes worse. Amir leaves with his father
Amir is the main character and narrator that tells the events when they were boys in Kabul, Pakistan, and what happens. Then Amir and Baba go to America, and start the next part of the story when Amir is an adult, and tells about other events, like Amir meeting his wife and getting married. One day, Amir gets a call from Rahim Khan, his father’s old friend from Pakistan who was always there for Amir and like an uncle to him. Rahim Khan wants Amir to come to Pakistan to see him before he dies, and tells Amir “there is a way to be good again” signaling to Amir that he knows about what happened between Hassan and he, and that he has to tell Amir something. Amir then goes to Pakistan to see Rahim Khan, which leads him on a journey throughout the rest of the