Kaitlin Premer 1. Contains a clear and strong thesis Mrs. Mills 2. Clearly implements three quotes April 18, 2016 3. Correct punctuation and grammar Senior English A child who grows up in poverty will only want to change their life as they begin to grow up for all they know is suffering through the first few years of their life. In Khaled Hosseini’s, The Kite Runner, Sohrab, the son of Hassan and the nephew of Amir was left alone at a young age after watching his father die in the streets of Afghanistan, scaring him for the time being. He was left to fend for himself, being taken to a horrible place. He had to face the world alone and with no knowledge of any other family. He thought he was the only one left of his family and …show more content…
thought the world he was left to was the only world he knew. When living in a small world with nothing left but the clothes on your back, the world seems much darker than it really. He was hurt and broken. A child needs a warm and loving home, and a person to take care of them. The world isn’t always so cruel and that he needs to know. He needed the world to be brighter. In Khaled Hosseini’s The Kite Runner, Sohrab experiences the greatest tragedy of his life because of his lack of belief in himself. For Sohrab, he believes in nothing but what he truly sees or what he has been told.
He speaks about his parents, talking about how he doesn’t really remember their faces, that he wasn’t sad that they were gone. He claims he would rather them not see them with his quote “Because.. I don’t want them to see me.. I am so dirty, dirty and full of sin”. He feel that he is so full of sin after what the men had done, he would rather be alone than have his family come back to him. Amir does what he can to tell him that he is not full of sin, he wants to teach him that he is worth the world, but Sohrab thinks nothing of it. It is just words that are to good to even be true. He shows some serious emotions when Sohrab flinches when Amir reaches for him and try and comfort him. He is so horrified that he doesn’t wish to even be touched by another person. This could mean two different things in my mind. Either he is so scared that he flinches or even believes that he is so dirty no one should touch him. He needs to be loved more than any other person and this is Amir takes the chance to make things …show more content…
right. Many people don’t truly see how different Sohrab is from the other characters. He is weak and has gone through more than the other characters. Hassan and Amir grew up in a rich environment even though Hassan had been a servant for Amir and Baba, he was treated well. Baba was a rich man who lost his best friend and his son at the end, suffering and dying of cancer. Amir lost his best friend. He worked hard to redeem himself, but it would take a lot of work to get there completely. When Sohrab claims he is tired of being there, he is showing the emotion none of the other characters were able to show. He had gone through more pain, suffering and strengthening moments in the book in less chapters than some had done in throughout the whole book. He was sick of trying, he said he had. He wanted it to end, he was scared since the beginning and just wanted to be happy like everyone else. Shows that he is in pain, he never talks about his emotions, but they give him the character trait of expressing his emotion through his body language and we are all aware “actions speak louder than words”. He has a bright future, he just doesn’t know it. Sohrab tries to end his life.
He is so afraid of the world around him that he would rather die than go into an orphanage, after what they had done to him. He has so much more emotion due to the background they gave him. He was raped, mistreated and used. He had suffered for years on end, probably hoping the end was near. He would never see an orphanage as a home, the memories flood every time the word is most likely brought up. It is the most depressing scene a reader will have to look at, and have to read multiple times to make sure that it isn’t some sick misread. Amir says “It’s just like sour apples” most likely meaning, only so many people are evil in a group of kind ones. Though I would see why he would see that so scary, because you never know who the “sour apples” are. He is so afraid to leave his safety zone, he would rather end his own life. To him the orphanage is prison. It is a hell on earth and is a horror story to him. The memories of those people that hurt his spirit, broke who he was. He needed a good home and he needed
love. In the end Amir tells Sohrab “for you.. A thousand times over” It is the happiest and most heartbreaking scene. It shows us that Amir would do anything to make Sohrab happy, out of love and kindness. Just as Hassan had done for him. Sohrab is a strong child, who was able to make it even with the things he had been through. He has a bright future and that I am sure of. It goes hope to the reader, that maybe sohrab will be happy and will live a good life. He may not have belief in himself now but it shows that maybe one day he will.
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.”
Hosseini writes, “ ‘How many orphans live here?’ Farid asked. ‘More than we have room for. About two hundred and fifty, ‘Zaman said over his shoulder. ‘But they’re not all yateem. Many of them have lost their fathers in the war and their mothers can’t feed them because the Taliban don’t allow them to work. So they bring their children here’ ”(253). An orphanage owner, Zaman, describes the current problems for the children of Pakistan. This scene shows the high verisimilitude of The Kite Runner. Conflicts with food and housing for orphans is a real problem; as well as, parents giving up their children so they can eat. This is all caused by the Taliban and the previous war raging in Afghanistan. The Taliban do not give opportunities for work or food to the parents who are still left to fend for their children. Fear is felt by all Afghans who even come in close contact with a Taliban member because the treatment Afghans have been given. Hosseini writes about the orphans to show that these problems can and will keep happening. Hosseini wants to prove how real his book can
Shortly after Amir and Sohrab meet, they arrive at the airport with no troubles. In doing so; the film fails to portray Amir’s character development. At one point in the novel, it seems almost impossible for Amir to take Sohrab to America when the worker at the embassy tells them to “give it up” after hearing their story. Amir’s determination to help Sohrab is a key point in the story as Amir’s character development is shown during this time. Amir’s selfless and strong-willed characteristics aren’t shown in the film which takes away from the true essence of the overall story.
Throughout Amir’s journey to absolve himself from the internal and distressing pain he has felt ever since witnessing the devastating altercation in the alley, trying to reach a standard his father, Baba, would approve of also took a toll on his childhood. Baba often speaks of how he cannot fathom the fact that Amir is a part of his bloodline. (quotes quotes quotes) Trying to achieve the perfect son status that Baba wanted Amir to be clouded his mind so greatly that, during the moment, Amir did not show compassion towards Hassan’s troubling moment of need. What matter most was retrieving the last fallen kite to his father to prove he was not a mistake that Baba made Amir believe he was. Even after Baba’s death, his actions brought more despair and uncertainty to Amir’s complicated life. The secrets and lies that were kept from Amir and even Hassan could have altered the fate of both men. (quote quote quote) Throughout the novel, Amir could arguably be considered as selfish, rude and mean toward his half-brother Hassan. However, since Baba never told the two about their true relationship Amir grew up disliking Hassan because he did not know that they shared blood. Knowing their true identities possibly could
...the future to see that his life is not ruined by acts of immaturity. And, in “Araby”, we encounter another young man facing a crisis of the spirit who attempts to find a very limiting connection between his religious and his physical and emotional passions. In all of these stories, we encounter boys in the cusp of burgeoning manhood. What we are left with, in each, is the understanding that even if they can’t see the light at the end of the tunnel, we can. These stories bind all of us together in their universal messages…youth is something we get over, eventually, and in our own ways, but we cannot help get over it.
Redemption is defined as the action of saving or being saved from sin, error, or evil. Throughout life, individuals are faced with numerous incidences of redemption that can be taken up or ignored. Those who choose to take the opportunity are often able to grow mentally and accelerate much further than those who do not. However, what must be taken into account is that true redemption is for oneself rather than for others. For example, redemption by finally getting a well-deserved promotion which impresses others is not truly beneficial redemption. What must occur is happiness for the promotion within. In The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini, the employment of redemption as a central idea prevails throughout the novel, specifically in the life
During this scene which takes place in The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini in a side Alley of Kabul Afghanistan the main plot of this scene is that Hassan a Hazara and servant of Amir a Pashtun is getting bullied by a Pashtun named Assef who is a Big tall Villain like German boy who idolizes horrible people like Adolf Hitler.
Amir watches Hassan get raped which leads him trying to find some sort of way to get rid of his guilt. All of this is caused by him knowing what he did was wrong. It shows Amir admits his guilt after it happens and he tries to relieve himself of it: “In his arm I forgot what I'd done. And that was good.” It shows him trying to get relief through hassan hurting him with a pomegranate. It shows Hassan knows this when he says “Are you satisfied? Do you feel better?” Amir keeps looking for ways throughout the entire book to relieve his guilt.
Amir gets more upset after this, thinking he can’t possibly fix this anymore. But he realizes he has one final chance at redemption, saving Hassan’s son, Sohrab. He needs to save Sohrab. Once he gets to where he is being held, he realizes Sohrab has been made into a sex slave for the Taliban.
In Kite Runner there are many lesson that could be learned and many things are shown to the reader that the author is trying to point out. “It may be unfair, but what happens in a few days, sometimes even a single day, can change the course of a whole lifetime, Amir” he said” (Hosseini 142). One thing you do can change your whole life and make things either more difficult or easier. The scene in which Baba tells Amir about Soraya past in Khaled Hosseini’s novel, The Kite Runner, is important because Hosseini uses it to establish one thing you do can change your whole life and make things either more difficult or easier through Soraya running off with a guy, Amir watching Hassan get raped, and Baba lies.
Amir spends most of his adult life trying to forget about his cowardice during Hassan’s rape, yet he is awarded with a physical reminder of Hassan. After recuperating from Assef’s attack he endures to rescue Sohrab, Amir has a scar that resembles the one Hassan had during childhood. This is both ironic and symbolic. His new scar makes him like Hassan, similar to how his rescue of Sohrab (bravery) made him like Hassan. Amir rescued Sohrab from the same perpetrator, Assef, that Hassan did for him. The event is further ironic because both Sohrab and Hassan use a slingshot to save Amir. The slingshot represents two generations and symbolizes standing up for what is morally right. Amir’s scar can be viewed as a --- of courage and dignity. He is
*Hassan was crying because of the shame he felt after the encounter with the soldier who said he had slep with his mother at some point.
The redeemed must realize their imperfections,” synonymously conveying the purpose of both The Kite Runner and “The Things They Carried.” Redemption is defined as the act of being saved from sin, error or evil, which serves as the goal of each main character. “There is a way to be good again” serves as the focal sentiment in the life of Amir, connoting hope and aspiration. These emotions arise in order to exhibit that Amir only allows himself to experience emotion when the prospect of redemption is present. The protagonist is tormented by his actions to the point where he simply desires to “end the cycle,” which can be interpreted as a restless abandonment concerning his own wellbeing in order to obtain restoration (Hosseini 227). The torture inflicted upon Amir is eventually assuaged as he embarks upon his journey to save Sohrab, which correspondingly initiates his transformation of mentality. Situational irony is utilized by Hosseini in order to convey this alteration of outlook as Amir places “a fistful of crumpled money under a mattress,” replicating the fateful depart of Hassan and Ali. The strand of irony is intensified in this moment due to the contrast of benevolent and malicious notions. Short after, the appearance of Amir’s mother serves to reflect the good inside the protagonist. Her description strips away the guilt produced from her death during childbirth, allowing Amir to finally
The imagery of the migrants in ‘shackles, sunken eyes, secrets and exiles’ represents them as if they are trying to escape their homeland. Their sunken eyes also conveys their displacement due to the war’s adversity and the shackles further emphasises their oppression and loss of innocence caused by the war. The sea being personified with the words ‘kindness’ and ‘calmness’ indicate its healing effect and tranquillity in the migrants ‘walled-up griefs’. However, their loss of loved ones is conveyed through the implication of the healing and soothing of their family. Amir experiences the same healing towards the end of the events in the text when he adopts Hassan’s son and is given the chance to, as his father figure says, ‘be good again’. The likeness of loss of innocence in both The Kite Runner and Crossing the Red Sea suggests it is a part of a journey and contributes to its purpose of changing perspectives. The symbolism in a ‘field of red poppies’ is juxtaposed to blood, providing yet another indication that the past is inescapable. Amir’s past is also inescapable since he struggles to accept his past and can only find comfort if he returns to his home country. The journey Skrzynecki writes about is a source of easing from emotional seclusion, shown metaphorically in ’Voices left their caves/Silence fell from its shackles,’ creating an uncertain mood of