Analysis Of The Poem ' Winter Of 1975 '

Baba says these words to Rahim Khan while he is talking about Amir at the end of Chapter 3, and the quotation reveals important traits in both Amir and Baba. With these words, Baba sums up one of Amir’s major character flaws—his cowardice—and Baba shows how much value he places in standing up for what is right. Baba is reluctant to praise Amir, largely because he feels Amir lacks the courage to even stand up for himself, leaving Amir constantly craving Baba’s approval. Amir’s desire for this approval as well as his cowardice later cause him to let Assef rape Hassan. The quotation also foreshadows the major test of Amir’s character that occurs when he

-Amir enters the annual kite fighting contest in order to earn his father 's love, and wins.

Over the course of the novel, Amir’s Character matures greatly because of the subsequent effects of witnessing Hassan’s rape.

Baba, Amir’s father, is in search of retrieving his ethical values, for both himself and in the eyes of the servant Ali, Hassan’s father. Hassan was born as a result of Baba sleeping with his servant’s wife, Sanauber. When Amir finds out about his father’s unfaithfulness, he begins to question his father’s past saying, “How had Baba brought himself to look Ali in the eye? How had Ali lived in that house, day in and day out, knowing that he had been dishonored by his master in the single worst way an Afghan man can be dishonored?” (Hosseini 257). He even doubts his own past claiming if Ali can be lied to, his life has the same potential of being bluffed. Babas adulterine can be seen as being very disgusting and vulgar, as expressed by the second half of the quotation; “dishonored by his master in the single worst way an Afghan man can be dishonored?” Amir also questions how Baba had the courage to even “look at Ali in the eye.” Despite Baba’s crude and disloyal deed, he progressed with life, treating Hassan and Ali with honor and respect.

Although the guilt Amir feels about Hassan will never fully dissipate, he was given a chance of redemption. The war in Kabul and Amir relate in the fact that things were not like how they used to be, a lingering somber and void sensation. Being beaten by Assef gave Amir honorable relief, as he finally stood up with what was right. Amir

It is because of the assumption of the father-son relationship of Amir and Baba, as well as their clashing traits, that they cannot have the relationship Amir wants. Their contrasting ideas of what their relationship should be is shown by Amir’s wanting to have Baba all to himself, Amir’s weakness and

Along, with regret, Amir’s justification for his actions seems immature as he was unable to help his loyal friend and remained selfish for the love and approval that he yearned from his father. This powerful memory that continuously holds Amir back motivates him to redeem himself as well, and, establishes a motif of regret throughout the

Later, after going to America, baba seemed more and more human as living in America broken him and showed the true him and the bond between him and Amir grew. Baba, in Amir's eyes, is no longer a hard and unsympathetic man, but a man who has sinned and who warns others not to make the same mistake. In another way, Amir sees that Baba is just like him. Likewise, there's a softening to Baba emotionally. In Fremont, he finally offers Amir more than cold shoulders and distant looks. As Baba is broken by America and work, his relationship with Amir seems to blossom. Maybe the two see each other more as equals instead of as barely related. Baba warmly says to Amir, after Amir has just graduated from high school, "I am moftakhir (Proud)." Such openness and warmth is a far cry from the Baba of Kabul. This shows even with the occurrence of violence and war, Amir and Baba, Father and Son, bond more because of the situation they go through, through tough times Baba's true colors showed and Amir and Baba relied on each other. Without the bad there wouldn’t be any good in life, there is no perfect world, everything cannot be a

This is quote is amir debating with himself if he should help haasan since hassan always helped him when he was in need. After this event happened, it changed amir and hassan whole life. Amir was a boy and didn't know how to deal with it.

Topics of blame and reclamation are highlighted in the novel, with the fundamental scene delineating a demonstration of savagery against Hassan that Amir fails to counteract. The later 50% of the book fixates on Amir's attempts to make ammends for this transgression by ensuring Hassan's child more than two decades later. Amir's dad neglects to fathom his child and his feelings at various focuses in the story. He neglects to understand the obligation of the two youngsters and their honest to goodness obligation of companionship.

Amir’s actions impacted the novel the most because the reader can truly see how much his character develops throughout the novel. Amir starts off very jealous and innocent, however he shows the reader his true colors when he sets Hassan up as the scapegoat. The reader can only imagine how the story would have ended up if Amir did not do this. It showed the reader a glimpse into Amir’s values, however he did it for the love of his father, therefore it can be a little confusing to see him clearly.

Baba is so upset with the way Amir is growing up that he makes the remark “He’s always buried in those books or shuffling around the house like he’s lost in some dream… I wasn’t like that.” Baba does not realize that Amir is great in his own way and that when he grows up will be a great father even if he does not do everything that Baba does. He should have the wish that Amir would be better than him. Instead Baba makes the statement that “If I hadn’t seen the

The first connection I have to the story is the section in the book where Amir starts to fly his kite in the competition. This section made me remember the time I flew my kite in my neighborhood park with my dad, and later in life with my cousins. I flew the kite for a different reason but it connected me to my past and made me remember the enjoyment that I once had. Also the kite line cutting Amir’s hand made me remember the multiple times the kite cut my hand and how I would continue to fly the kite because the enjoyment was above the pain.

The author presents us a matured Amir which enlarges the theme of coming of age when Amir decides to save and adopt Sohrab, it also evolves the theme of redemption. Finally, after a big headache and

One’s actions can shape the fate of others and change their futures. In Khaled Hosseini’s historical fiction novel The Kite Runner, the charmed life of a young boy named Amir is depicted in which the decisions he makes during his adolescence in Afghanistan affect him as an adult in America. At the beginning of the novel, Amir lives an opulent yet simplistic lifestyle with his father, Baba, and his servants, Ali and Hassan. This quickly changes when an eventful confrontation during the annual kite-fighting tournament causes Amir to betray Hassan’s loyalty and to forsake their relationship permanently. Soon after, Baba and Amir emigrate to America as a result of being forced out by the Soviets, leaving Ali and Hassan behind in Afghanistan. Amir eventually conforms to the United States and pursues a writing career, marrying General Taheri’s (an old friend of Baba’s) daughter Soraya, and forgets about his past life and adolescence in Afghanistan until he is contacted by Rahim Khan, Baba’s best friend, who urges Amir to return to Afghanistan. There, Amir is informed of the true nature of his relationship to Hassan, being his half-brother, as well as of Hassan’s untimely death at the hands of the Taliban, the political faction that overthrew the Soviets. Consequently, Rahim Khan urges Amir to make amends and confront his past by saving Sohrab, Hassan’s son. Amir’s journey of atonement as he walks a path towards redemption is one of many examples in the novel that demonstrates how