The Kite Runner- Creative Assignment: Part B The character I choice from The Kite Runner is Amir. Amir is the main character throughout the book. As a child Amir was very cowardice and jealous of his servant’s son Hassan, because of the attention his father gave towards him. The symbols I choose were the pomegranate tree and the Sahnamah. The pomegranate tree represents the happy times in Amir and Hassan life when they bonded together, and read books. Amir would read to Hassan since Hassan was illiterate. Also they carved their names in the tree trunk. The pomegranates on the tree represent Hassan’s loyalty and Amir’s guilt after Hassan’s rape. Amir throws a pomegranate at Hassan, wanting Hassan to throw one back so he can get the punishment he deserves for the guilt of Hassan’s rape. Hassan, …show more content…
The blood on Hassan represents the blood in the snow after the rape and foreshadows Hassan’s death. The Shahnamah symbolizes Amir and Hassan’s friendship. The book also symbolizes Amir’s guilt, because for Amir’s thirteen birthday Ali and Hassan get him a hand-illustrated copy of the Shahnamah. Amir feels guilty because Ali and Hassan don’t have much money and they put a lot of money into his present and Amir, is disloyal to Hassan. The kite is dedicated to Baba, Amir’s father. Amir craves Baba’s attention and always wants Baba too tell him stories and facts. Amir knows that if he wins the kite competition Baba would be proud of him and they would get closer. The kite symbolizes Amir’s deep desire for his father’s approval, Amir thinks if he wins Baba would love him more and pay more attention towards him. Amir as an adult changes as he becomes more courageous, honourable and achieves redemption. A symbol for Amir’s redemption was the kite he flies at the end to novel for Sohrab. Sohrab also smiles when Amir flies the kite for him, this shows that Sohrab is slowly healing from the trauma he experienced, with the guidance of Amir.
Amir’s development through the novel comes with the symbols of the scar from a cleft lip and the kites. The scar on Hassan’s face serves as a point of jealousy for Amir when it came to his relationship with his father. Amir’s father had tried to care for Hassan without alerting people to Hassan’s illegitimacy and Ali’s infertility, but in doing so had alienated Amir, Baba’s known son. Hassan’s scar serves as symbol of redemption, as Amir receives his own scar from defending Sohrab and finally standing up for himself. Amir’s scar represents the end of the climax because Amir was finally able to atone for his sin. Another major symbol in the book are the kites. The kite fighting, running, and kites in general are symbols for Hassan and
Flying kites was a source of Amir 's happiness as a child as well as a way to attain his father’s approval. In Kabul, Afghanistan, a kite flying tournament was held annually. Young boys laced their string with glass and attempted to cut the strings of other kite flyers. That last on standing was deemed the champion and the idol of all the younger children. Before Amir competed in his kite tournament, Baba said, “I think maybe you 'll win the tournament this year. What do you think?” (Hosseini, 50) Amir took this opportunity and told himself that, “I was going to win, and I was going to run that last kite. Then I’d bring it home and show it to Baba. Show him once and for all his son was worthy. Then maybe my life as a ghost in this house would finally be over.” (Hosseini, 50) Amir wanted the approval and affection of his father badly enough that he was willing to allow Hassan to get raped in order to attain it. After this kits became the symbol of Amir 's betrayal to Hassan. The kite ultimately becomes the way that Amir connects with Sohrab, mirroring how Amir connected with Baba when he was a
Going through all these different motifs, it taught Amir many different lessons, good and bad. But in the end, Amir finally is able to let go of his guilt and make his awful choice to not help Hassan in his time of need, have somewhat of a better outcome. In the novel The Kite Runner, Khaled Hosseini’s repeated the use of rape, sickness, and sacrifice to represent many different things throughout the novel.
As a foreword, the story of The Kite Runner focuses on a man named Amir. In his childhood, he enjoyed a high-class life in Kabul, Afghanistan, living with his father Baba. They have two servants, Ali and his son Hassan. They are Hazaras, a lower class ethnic minority in Afghanistan. In one Winter of their childhood, Amir and Hassan participate in a kite-fighting tournament; the goal is to be the last kite flying. When a kite is cut, boys chase after it as a trophy. Amir wins the tournament, and Hassan flies to catch the losing kite. Later, following Hassan's path, Amir comes upon a neighbourhood bully named Assef about to rape Hassan who has the trophy, the blue kite. Amir does not interject, believing this will secure him the kite. Thus, Amir sets forth a chain of events he must redeem in his adulthood.
In The Kite Runner, Amir and Hassan have a unique friendship. To the outside perspective Hassan and Amir appear as best friends, possibly even brothers. But, the only thing that separates them concerns the fact that Hassan is Hazara. Regardless of this, Hassan and Amir put their differences aside and still have an inseparable bond. An important aspect of Amir and Hassan’s friendship involves the pomegranate tree which grows near Baba and Amir’s house. The pomegranate tree symbolizes Amir and Hassan’s connection due to the multiple plot changing events that occur here
... Kites are symbolic in the novel as it helps to support the themes of guilt, redemption and freedom in the novel. In the beginning of the story, Amir overhears Baba telling Rahim Khan that if Amir could not stand up for himself, he would never be able to stand up to anything when he becomes a man. It takes Amir over twenty years to finally muster up enough courage to stand up for himself in front of Assef. Amir takes the beatings from Assef as his punishment for what happened to Hassan. He rescues Sohrab and bonds with him through kite fighting, similar to when he flew kites with Hassan. Kites represent the freedom from the worries and burdens that Amir, Hassan and Sohrab has. It brings together the two participants in kite fighting. It gets rid of the discrimination of the ethnic caste system, any cultural differences, and also emphasizes unity amongst difference.
The other source of tension in Amir’s life is his relationship with Baba, his hard-driving and demanding father. Desperate to win his father’s affection and respect, Amir turns to the sport of kite flying, and at the age of 12, with the assistance of Hassan, he wins the annual tournament in Kabul. Amir’s victory soon is tarnished when he witnesses a vicious assault against his friend, who raced through the streets of Kabul to retrieve the last kite, Amir had sliced from the sky, and fails to come to his aid. Amir’s cowardness is compounded by a later act of betrayal that causes Ali and Hassan to leave their home, and he now faces the nightmare, bearing the burden of his poor choices for the rest of his life.
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.
To conclude, Khaled Hosseini uses the theme of the loss of innocence and redemption in The Kite Runner to make the point that one can never really redeem oneself. Amir attempted to do so throughout the entire novel but failed although partial redemption may have been achieved. The pomegranate tree, the kites, and even Assef are all symbols of innocence that has been lost. Later on in The Kite Runner they also represent the pursuit of redemption. Also the historical aspect of education and children support that innocence is lost daily and can never really be restored.
Pomegranates may simply appear as a type of fruit to any ordinary person, but in The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini, a significant meaning is concealed behind these crimson seeds. Amir, the narrator of the novel, grew up with the pomegranate tree that had ever so existed as a friendship memory for him and Hassan, his loyal, best friend. It was a special place where they created both lively and dreary moments together. As the relationship between Hassan and Amir degraded due to bitter events occurring, the pomegranate tree deteriorated, as well. Hosseini utilizes the pomegranate tree to symbolize the status of Hassan and Amir's friendship throughout the book.
A pomegranate tree is like friendship. When cared for, both a pomegranate tree and a friendship can flourish. If a pomegranate tree or a friendship isn’t cared for anymore, it will slowly die out. Pomegranates symbolizes abundance and generosity (Panek). The pomegranate tree in The Kite Runner symbolizes Hassan and Amir’s relationship. The pomegranate tree is significant because Amir and Hassan’s good times and bad times take place by the tree. As Amir and Hassan’s relationship changes through the novel, so does the pomegranate tree.
...r image had occurred from the past with the reversal it entails. The kite is important in this situation because the reversal could not have taken place in any other scenario. Sohrab would not interact with the world nearly at all at this point, and the only way it could have paralleled would be with a kite battle. Amir had traded places with Hassan through Sohrab with the use of the kite.
Resilience of a human's spirit is what shapes people's character. Amir's development as a character is hugely shaped by the toughness of his spirit. In the novel The Kite Runner, Khaled Hosseini demonstrates the idea of the resilience of the human spirit from the symbols of the pomegranate tree, the kite and literacy.
In Khalid Hosseini's The Kite Runner, the pomegranate tree symbolizes the cordial yet toxic friendship Hassan and Amir share, as the tree's condition throughout the course of the novel serves as a demonstration of the current state of their unsteady relationship. Ironically, in the culture of Muslims, pomegranates are symbolized as a cure for aversion and jealousy, the feelings Amir holds toward Hassan and himself.
The tree that may be known only for its looks and great taste is a tree that consist of many long lasting memories that molded the relationship between Hassan and Amir. In author Khaled Hosseini’s The Kite Runner, the pomegranate tree symbolizes the strong and nurturing friendship Amir and Hassan have, at the time. The novel begins in the peaceful times of Kabul, Afghanistan with the young Amir and his playmate and servant Hassan. It is clear from the beginning that Hassan’s loyalty to Amir is powerful and honorable. Amir, despite of his privileges struggles to stand up for himself and relies on Hassan for help and protection in the tough streets of Kabul. And Amir’s father Baba, who shoves down Amir’s throat the importance of being a man