How To Read Literature Like A Professor Analysis

After losing his wife while she was in labor, he was burdened until the end of his life. Even his own son could not bring him joy due to the fact that he was not athletic nor could he stick up for himself. He as well as society looked down upon Amir for his lack of manliness. Baba was constantly dealing with his own self conscience yet did good deeds to cover them up and hide them from society so they also would not see how broken he was. He later on died with cancer but was happy for his son. He did not feel dishonored, he was proud of Amir. Like Rahim Khan said “ Children are not coloring books. You can’t fill them with your favorite colors.” This really spoke to Baba before his passing and made him realize that Amir was doing what he wanted to do, taking his own path. Baba found peace in himself with his son and therefore died with no regrets. Some parents passed with grief for their

In “How to read literature like a professor” by Thomas Foster he explains different literary techniques that writers use when writing a story. Some of these techniques were symbolism, tone, major conflicts, foreshadowing and using certain settings. Even though all of these techniques are important to the story, symbolism is more important because it is used the most throughout the book. Symbolism is the use of people or objects to portray a certain idea or quality of something.

Amir's entire life had been haunted by what he saw happen to Hassan. Although he was a child at the time, he couldn't accept his shortcoming during a time of need. He was jealous of his father for being able to stand up for himself and others and Hassan's undying loyalty to him. He developed a pattern of behavior - of covering up his mistakes and hiding his past – that he could not rid himself of until he suffered like Hassan did. He made it up to Hassan by saving his son, and he made it up to himself by suffering the way he

Baba plays a very large role in The Kite Runner, and is portrayed as heroic on many instances. Everyone in the town looks up to baba and wanted to try and be like him. He would risk his life for people that probably shouldn't have gotten that chance. One thing in the town that stuck out the most that Baba did was he built a orphanage. Amir explains, “Baba decided to build an orphanage” (Hosseini 13). Baba spent his own time and

The moment Amir heard Baba explaining to Rahim Khan that Hassan stands up for himself and Amir, which leads him to conclude, “…there is something missing in that boy.” , Amir instantly behaves aggressively towards Hassan. This subconscious jealously causes Amir to betray Hassan in a variety of circumstances: the right of correct education, the act of allowing Hassan suffer, and the act of keeping quiet when Amir innated Hassan being a ‘thief’. Inevitably, Amir felt always challenged with his lack of confidence caused by Hassan being admired by Baba and being adroit, which lead to terrible decisions to a loop of

The first reason why Baba is a good man is because he puts family and others he loves first. In chapter three, Amir asked if they could get new servants because their was something going on between him and Hassan. This quote will show what happened: “‘Baba have you ever thought about getting new servants?’ Amir said . . . ‘I grew up with Ali, My father took him in, he loved him like his own son. Forty years Ali’s with my family. Forty goddamn years. And you think I'm just going to throw him out?’”(Hosseini 89) Baba would not just throw out the people he calls family like that. The fact that Baba got so upset when Amir asked that shows that he doesn't care what happens, He will always

Instead, Hassan smashes one on top of his head. Both characters struggle with breaking out of the cages their society has placed around them. Amir lashes out after witnessing Hassan’s rape because he is upset with himself. He did not try to help Hassan because of the divide between their social classes and the confusion and inner turmoil their relationship caused him. He tries to frame Hassan by placing money under his mattress, seeking a reaction from him.

Baba punishes himself for the fact that Amir is more of a story teller than a jock. Essentially, Baba causes himself to suffer because of his two sons, one of whom he cannot claim as his own, and the other who is nothing like

Man’s cruelty to man can change the course of the receiving person’s life. While both characters in the novel caused pain, Baba caused emotional pain to Amir resulting in Amir growing up to be unstable in the fact he could not figure out how to deal with overwhelming events. Instead of being a consoling father figure, Baba had gone with the stringent approach, leaving Amir to deal with his emotions on his own. Baba had wished for Amir to be a great man, much like himself.

By being Hassan’s father as well as Amir’s, Baba is reminded of what he had done every time he saw one of his sons. When Baba saw Amir he saw “the socially legitimate half, the half that represented the riches he had inherited and the sin-with-impunity privileges that came with them” (301). Bab was aware of what he had done, and the impact it left on him and the people in his life including Amir, Hassan, and Ali. He could not run from it like Amir did, and everyday he had to face the fact that he was not able to be a father to both boys and that he betrayed Ali. However, Baba did do his best to make the situation the best it could possibly be, unlike what Amir did. But Baba continued to teach his morals that he had broken to Amir. Once Amir finds out about what Baba did he describes him as “a thief of the worst kind, because the things he’d stolen had been sacred: from me the right to know I had a brother, from Hassan his identity, and from Ali his honor” (225). Baba was always going to be followed by his past, and he did try to learn from it and heal himself, but he did not think about everyone else. He was not able to completely become good again, and therefore led to his self-loathing. Baba’s past could never escape him and he did what he could to better it, but the impact of his past only became greater as time went

The death of his father gave Amir a heavy wake-up call, to do something about his past of atoned sins. Amir had already felt guilty about being the reason his mother died during Amir’s childhood, Baba dying when Amir is grown up would prompt him to

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

It is reasonably hard to watch this struggle as Amir’s desire to feel appreciated and loved becomes the most projecting thing to his attention, and as a consequence, he neglects other dealings. This is seen when Amir discovers Hassan being struck in an alley. Hassan was always admired by Baba. Hassan has a substantial role in the novel, he generates childlike behavior from Amir causing in emotions of distrust and weakness. Additionally Amir’s wariness is revealed in the phrase “even put his arm around his shoulder” highlighting

Baba seemed to fully accept his son after Amir married and Baba began to get sick. Though he was in pain near the end of his life, Amir can remember Baba “between [Amir’s wife and him] on the sofa, smiling.” Through many hard times and rough patches, Amir and Baba had successfully found love and a connection in each other, resolving their relationship, right before Baba’s

Throughout the book, Amir mentions how he mistreated Hassan despite Hassan’s loyalty towards him. Firstly, his guilty conscience can be traced back to