How Is Amir Presented In The Kite Runner

Analysis: Amir starts to realize how much he misses hanging out with Hassan. He understands his thoughts about all the times he had spent with Hassan that he starts to feel alone without him by Amir's side. Amir wants Hassan to come back and live their lives exactly how they used to when both of them were children. Amir comprehends that Hassan was always a loyal and true friend to him and he feels guilty about not acting the same way towards him.

Once back in Kabul, Amir takes steps he would never have imagined, which truly define his character. On his venture back to Afghanistan he learns the truth about Hassan’s connection with Baba. After hearing this Amir feels robbed of the truth and is angry at how his own father could hold this back from him. Despite his feelings, Amir realizes he must not only pay for his betrayal of Hassan but for Baba’s betrayal of Ali too. Amir knows he must face his fears and he understands this when he reveals, “I remembered Baba saying that my problem was that someone had always done my fighting for me" (Hosseini 239). Following this he undertakes a personal mission to find Sohrab and finds the courage to stand up to the Taliban, nearly dying in the process. During his quest Amir comes face to face with the disturbing Assef and fights him for Sorab, the ultimate sacrifice for his dead half-brother. While he is beaten he begins to laugh, which angers Assef even more. Amir explains that, “What was so funny was that, for the first time since the winter of 1975, I felt at peace" (Hosseini 303). After successfully bringing Sohrab back to California, Amir defends his Hazara nephew when General Taheri insults him. Over the dinner

ENG4U Ms. Davidson Sharon Shi May 20th, 2015 Sacrifice in The Kite Runner In the novel “The Kite Runner” by Khalad Hosseini, sacrifice is a major theme demonstrated through the various relationships existing between Amir and his family, also shaped by using the Islamic symbol. Thus, others’ sacrifices make Amir realize his selfness and carry a lifelong guilt towards whom have made sacrifices for him. The sacrifice of Hassan is demonstrated through the acceptance of being raped, undertake, and protect Amir’s family’s house after they leaves.

Hassan’s death is instrumental in shaping the narrative of the novel and is arguably the turning point as it forces Amir to seek his redemption and debt to Hassan to Sohrab. The reason Amir came to visit Pakistan in the first place was to apologise to Hassan and being the only person alive and able, ‘Now everyone in that photo was either dead or dying. Except for me’, Amir was the only one left to save Sohrab from the Taliban and Assef.

In the beginning he is a scared boy torturing himself with memories of his cowardness and unloyalty. Amir doesn't rescue Hassan when he is being bullied and traumatized. Instead of him owning up to his actions he decides to hide his cowardice and get rid of Hassan. He tries to make Hassan look like a thief, which cause the discharge of the family servant. Amir states, “he was just a hazara, wasn't he?” Amir tries to explain his actions. Amir never learned defend himself or anybody else in any way because Hassan always took up for him and took blame. Throughout this tragic part, Amir’s character can most likely be described as cowardly and selfish. He feels as though he shouldn't be suffering, so he thinks if he if he doesn't see Hassan he wouldn't be reminded of the incident. In this part Amir is also young minded because he should be worrying about how help Hassan deal with what happened.

Hassan is just as important to the novel as Amir is due to how great of an affect he had on Amir. Hassan was always loyal to Amir, and even when Amir asks if him would eat dirt, Hassan replies with “If you asked, I would,” (54). Later in the novel, Rahim Khan explains that Hassan was still loyal to Amir in his adult life, writing letters to him and telling stories of Amir to Sohrab. Other than Hassan being excessively loyal, he is also an extremely forgiving person. When his mother, who abandoned Hassan as a child, unexpectedly showed up to Hassan’s house, he said she is “home with her family,” and even let his mother deliver Sohrab

Assef plays a major role. He is Amirs bully in the book. For Example, when Hassan gets raped by Assef and his friends Amir watches. This scene shows how weak and selfish Amir is. Amir has a choice of either stepping in and helping, or by showing his weakness. Amir ends up showing his weakness which is being selfish and not being a true friend. This shows how Amir starts as a person. Throughout the story, Assef toughens up Amir by making him strong in a sense. A example pertaining, would be at the climax of the book when he fights to save Sorhab. At

While Amir is seeking for redemption, he has been gradually becoming a hero. Initially, during the first half of the novel, there are countless displays of Hassan’s loyalty toward Amir. Standing up for him with their encounter with Assef, not wanting to hurt him, and taking the blame for actions Amir had committed. “‘Did you steal that money? Did you steal Amir’s watch, Hassan?’ Hassan’s reply was a single word, delivered in a thin, raspy voice: ‘Yes.’” (105) Hassan had captured my liking through these selfless acts toward Amir.

As a child, Amir struggled with jealousy and ultimately that ruined his friendship with Hassan. He had always assumed that Baba had loved Hassan more than him because of his brave personality. In the time period of this novel, Amir was more favoured societally because he was Pashtun and not Hazara like Hassan. This added to the reason why he was jealous that Baba had favoured Hassan more than him. He felt Baba should love him more because he was Pashtun and his son. This racial tension in the country led to Hassan getting beaten and raped by a group of boys. Amir watched his supposed friend get harassed and he did nothing about it because in the moment he was only thinking of himself. Though Hassan had always stood up for him, the one time

”(302) This is what pushes Amir to risk his life and go back to Afghanistan. He wants to be like his father, so he sets out to help Hassan's son. This is like today's world, people make mistakes they go and try redeeming themselves. Anyone in the world can be placed in Amir's

Since childhood, both children were together. Amir's father Baba displays signs of affection towards Hassan despite Hassan being Amir's servant. Amir gets quite envious because of these acts and developes hatred towards Hassan. One day, there was a kite fighting tournament to which Amir won. Hassan offered to run and get the kite for him and that was when he was ambushed by Assef, a sociopath who hails Hitler. Assef commits an extremely abhorrent and disturbing act towards Hassan and Amir sees this. Amir takes no action into saving Hassan. The guilt that came with not telling anyone about the disgusting things that he saw obstructed his mind and caused him to be scarred with these memories for

There Amir’s life is nothing but exciting. He got married to a girl named Soraya, Baba died of lung cancer,and him and Soraya found out that they can’t have children. To make matters even worse Amir found out that his father's old friend, Rahim Khan is very ill so he goes to Pakistan to be with him. While he’s there they talk about Hassan and how him and his wife were both killed by the Taliban and they had a son named Sohrab. Rahim Khan wanted Amir to go find him and take him to a family that would care for him. He then also learns that Hassan is his half brother and things from the past were making sense. He now understood why Baba had cared about Hassan so much and why he didn’t treat them like servants or want them to leave. So out of guilt and love Amir agreed to fo find

2. Who is Hassan? Describe him physically. What is a cleft lip? Describe him by his relationships. What was his first word? Why is that important? How did he come into Amir's life? What contrast is made between Amir and Hassan? Hassan is Amir’s servant who is also like a little brother to

He has traveled to Afghanistan to save his nephew he never knew. At this point Amir knows the dangers he faces in the war riddled country, but he must seek a way to forgive himself for what he did to Hassan. In his quest to make things right again, Amir confronts Assef, “’WHAT’S SO FUNNY?’ Assef bellowed. Another rib snapped, this time left lower. What was so funny was that, for the first time since the winter of 1975, I felt at peace. I laughed because I saw that, in some hidden nook in a corner of my mind, I’d even been looking forward to this.” (Pg. 289) This is a large turning point in the novel. Amir can finally feel like he is doing right by everyone and gaining redemption for his

Secondly, Hassan will be discussed. Hassan is a young Hazara boy that also lives in Kabul Afghanistan. Since Hassan is a Hazara, he is disrespected and also illiterate. As stated before, Amir reads to Hassan a lot in the story because Hassan can’t read by himself. Hassan is much