Kite Runner Knowledge Quotes

Although many people consider knowledge as an equivalent to power, sometimes it is what a person knows that can be their main source of guilt or is the reason to their downfall. Knowledge about certain situations can also generate reactions from people who want to ensure their survival, which in turn leads them to react solely on instinct and intuition. For example, in the novel ‘1984’, a person who knows too much about what is truly going on behind the scenes is a threat to society as whole, no matter what the intentions that person may have after acquiring that knowledge. In the novel ‘The Kite Runner’, it is what the main character failed to realize at first after letting his servant (who was also his best friend and brother) suffer on multiple

But, Amir disappointed Hassan on multiple occasions. Amir was very hesitant when it came to protecting or standing up for his servant and best friend, often trying to make excuses and justify why did not stand up for his friend. This is seen when Hassan is confronted in the alley way and is raped by Assef after running the last kite for Amir. While Amir was peeking into the alley instead of helping his dear friend from being raped, he heard Assef say things like – “And there’s nothing sinful about teaching a lesson to a disrespectful donkey” and “It’s just a Hazara”. After running away in fear, Amir tried to convince himself that Assef was right, but he could not shake the overwhelming feeling of guilt that would continue to haunt him. Assef even questions Amir’s loyalty to Hassan by saying, “But before you sacrifice yourself for [Amir], think about this: Would he do the same for you? Have you ever wondered why he never includes you in games when he has guests? Why he only plays with you when no one else is around? I’ll tell you why, Hazara. Because to him, you’re nothing but an ugly pet. Don’t ever fool yourself and think you’re something more” (Hosseini, Page 77). In a way Assef was right, they were only friends when it was them two, Amir was too much of a coward to do the things Hassan did for him. But the guilt of betraying Hassan became something much different when

Once they accepted reality, they could truly move forward – “I stood looking over my damaged home and tried to forget the sweetness of life on Earth” (Mandel, Chapter 39). Now, although many people were searching for remnants of the old world throughout this novel, does not contradict these claims. The reason these characters were searching for proof of the old world was simply out of curiosity and educational purposes, the characters have already given up the ways of the old world and only referred to the old world as legend. “Because we are always looking for the former world, before all the traces of the former world are gone” (Mandel, Chapter 20), the characters accepted their past, but realized there was no turning back and continued to look to the