Trigger warnings are defined in the dictionary as, “A stated warning that the content of a text, video, etc., may upset or offend some people, especially those who have previously experienced a related trauma.”. There are many triggers in the book Kite Runner, written by Khaled Hosseini, but the biggest them in my eyes is the theme of rape. Throughout the pages there is rape among children, almost rape of a women, and the guilt of witnessing rape. In this paper, I am going to show the example the themes of rape in the book, real examples of rape in Afghanistan, and my opinion of how it was used within the book. The theme of rape in Kite Runner began on chapter seven, when Hassan was raped by Assef. Assef believed the rape of Hassan was a way to teach him a lesson, because earlier in the book, Hassan stood up to Assef. Raping Hassan was his way of showing Hassan he had no voice, and he would pay for talking back to Assef. Assef asked his friends to join him …show more content…
When I began reading Kite Runner, I assumed the book would be about two friends journey within a war stricken country. I quickly realized that there was war in the book, but a large theme of rape. It made me mad to see someone not stand up for their friend as they were getting raped. It made me sick to my stomach that someone as young as Assef would rape a boy for being different. It made me sad Hassan kept it all a secret and had to live in shame. As we move forward in the book, Amir and his Baba are escaping Afghanistan. There is a moment when they are running when a Russian soldier stops their truck. He tells one of the men in Russian, “It’s is price for letting us pass.” He was about to take her from them, but Baba stopped him from taking her, asking him were his honor is. (Hosseini 2003, pg. 115-117). Later in the same chapter, one of the fathers they were traveling with a disclosed that is son was raped earlier that year and now doesn’t talk anymore. (pg.
In every great piece on literature there always ends up being a scene with some sort of violence. In the book The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini there are a couple of points that include violence that help carry the plot and contribute to the overall meaning of t there are a couple of points that include violence that help carry the plot and contribute to the overall meaning of the work. There are two scenes in particular that really show this concept such as Hassan’s rape and the fight between Armir, Assef and Sohrab. Both scenes are not just there for show, they carry the story along and show what the characters personalities and how they contribute to the plot.
In the novel, The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini, the author takes the reader into the fictional world of Amir and Hassan, two best friends who face the untold realities of their childhood as they struggle to cope with guilt and heartbreaking losses. The story is told from the perspective of Amir, a Pashtun who grows up in a privileged society and lives with his father, Baba and his best friend and Hazara servant, Hassan. One of the major turning points in the story occurs when Amir leaves Hassan to be raped by a bully, ruining their relationship for the rest of his life. While dealing with the guilt of betraying Hassan, who he later learns is his half-brother, Amir learns shocking truths about his father that alter his perspective of Baba
Blaise Velinor Ms. Dunlop ENG4U1f Monday, April 8, 2024 The Kite Runner Collage: Betrayal Throughout The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini, betrayal is a recurring theme that changes the characters’ relationships and actions. The images of Amir peaking around the corner, Hassan smearing pomegranates on his forehead, and the money under the mattress displayed in my collage, all connect to a major instance of betrayal that is significant throughout the novel. As Amir peaks around the corner, he witnesses the sexual assault of his most loyal friend Hassan. Instead of supporting Hassan, Amir throws pomegranates at him, to see if he would defend himself, or retaliate.
Throughout the novel, “The Kite Runner,” by Khaled Hosseini, Amir is haunted by memories of his past. The theme has been, betrayal, loyalty, guilt and honor. The tone throughout is confessional. Amir the main character, is constantly troubled by his memory of Hassan’s rape and believes “he became what [he] is today at the age of 12,” because of his own cowardice at not stopping Hassan from being raped. After Hassan’s rape, Amir spends the rest of his life trying to redeem himself for his betrayal of his loyal friend. The rape leads Amir to his final quest for redemption when he is told “there is a way to be good again.” The climax of “The Kite Runner” is when Amir seeks to rectify the wrong he did to Hassan and finally finds Hassan’s son, Sohrab.
In the book ‘the kite runner’ there are many scenes of violence. Scenes of violence show an important part in most books. In this book, Hosseini, shows us how violence can change a person and can drag on for many years. Most violence can stay in many peoples’ thoughts. Stay in the back of peoples minds every day. The kite runner will show you how violence effects more then just the one whose being hurt.
While Amir defeats his final obstacle to win Baba’s approval, he reciprocally falls down and fails to show courage in Hassan’s rape. Amir assumes that Hassan “was the price I had to pay, the lamb I had to slay, to win Baba” as he watches Assef sodomize Hassan, and he “actually aspired to cowardice” (77). The atonement of Amir’s sins to Baba sparks the commencement of Amir’s betrayal to Hassan. Furthermore, Amir runs away and hides from his sins in Amerca knowing that he cannot gain the courage to redeem himself and completely fulfill his quest to adulthood. Nonetheless, Rahim Khan provides Amir an opportunity to accomplish his redemption. After decades of hiding, Rahim Khan calls Amir to tell him to “come” back to Kabul since “there is a way to be good again” (192). Amir must successfully accomplish his final obligation to complete his quest to maturity. In addition, Amir must stop hiding like a boy and begin to stand up like a man. As Amir returns to Kabul to save Sohrab, and ultimately redeem himself, he must fight Assef one last time, which results in Amir’s “body being broken – just how badly I wouldn’t find out until later – but I felt healed. Healed at last” (289). Amir now receives his deserved punishment and, most importantly, he learns to stand up and finally matures into a man. Although Amir completes his quest to adulthood, readers must realize that Amir must ultimately grant Sohrab a
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The Kite Runner is a film based on the first novel of Khaled Hosseini, which was published in 2003 and became a bestseller, thus was translated to many different languages and spread around the world, becoming a discussion topic for quite a while. One of the reasons why this book is so rich and attractive is the variety of characters, which are all born in Afghanistan and spent at least most of their childhood there, but at the same time have different views, virtues and experience. And those characters, depending on the generation they belong to, are shaped by particular circumstances, political and historical events.
In the book The Kite Runner, by Khaled Hosseini, innocence can be found in several of the main characters. One such character is the servant Hassan, childhood friend of the main character, Amir. Hassan undergoes several tragedies throughout his lifetime. One such example is when he is raped. Years later, Amir receives a letter from Hassan and acknowledges that “It was written in Farsi.
Amir is part of the historically superior and affluent race known as the Pashtun, who constitute the majority and often condescend the minority race, known as the Hazara, which his accomplice, Hassan, identifies as. Although Amir often equates himself to him, both Hassan and his father, are established as servants to Amir and his father. For instance, when describing a memory he had of reading to Hassan, Amir eventually recounts “Hassan absently plucked blades of grass from the ground as I read him stories he couldn’t read for himself. That Hassan would grow up illiterate like Ali” (Hosseini 28). Hassan is characterized as illiterate, to emphasize how underprivileged he remains at Amir’s beck and call. Due to his low status, he lacks many of the opportunities that Amir possesses. Unlike his affluent owner, he is not the recipient of luxuries, conversely tending to the luxurious lifestyle of his owner, seeing as it is also stated that he “prepared him breakfast” (21). The relationship between Amir and Hassan is indicative of a divide in superiority. Seeing as the author uses the premise of the Afghan war, a parallel can be drawn between Amir and Hassan’s relationship and that of the United States and Afghanistan. As Amir approaches his destination in Afghanistan, he realizes how derelict
Rape is a problem all over the globe. In the real world, and in the fictional world too. In The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini. The most iconic example is when Hassan gets raped by Assef in Chapter 7.Amir, Hassan’s best and only friend, is responsible for the rape of Hassan and what happens after, because that he had the opportunities to prevent the rape but instead decided not to intervene and help his friend .In chapter 7, when Amir first comes across the scenario, he almost intervened. Amir says “I opened my mouth, almost said something.
“[…] because the past claws its way out. Looking back now, I realized I have been peeking into the deserted alley […]” (Hosseini 1). On the very first page Khaled Hosseini introduces the book directly referring to the rape of the innocent Hassan and Hosseini shows this event is still fresh in Amir’s mind. In the novel The Kite Runner, Khaled Hosseini strategically uses repeated images of the lamb in The Kite Runner to make connections between the culturally symbolic meanings alongside the loss of innocence that many of the characters face in this novel.
This one decision left a stain on Amir for the next thirty years. A quote on pg. 88 states “I wish someone would wake me up, so I wouldn’t have to live with this lie anymore” This quote explains how guilty Amir felt after seeing Hassan get raped as he desperately sought for anyone to find out but didn’t chose to tell anyone the actual truth. Another example from the text is when Amir tries throwing pomegranates at Hassan, as an attempt to get Hassan to fight back and punish Amir for choosing to leave Hassan. However, Hassan refused to throw any pomegranates at Amir, but instead smashed one into his face. A quote on pg.94 states “I wanted Hassan to fight me back for the way I failed him” This quote indicates that Amir wanted Hassan to fight him back, so he could have the “punishment [he] craved” (93) This demonstrates that Amir wanted to feel the act of being punished for his wrongdoing, similar to how Hassan was brutally raped due to Amir’s apparent mistake. Amir’s guilt forces him to travel across two countries to seek redemption for the mistake he made. 15 years later, Amir’s guilt led him to make the hefty decision of returning to Afghanistan “to be good again” (189) by rescuing Hassan’s orphaned son, Sohrab, from the terrible conditions he was left to face in Kabul. Amir sees this as an opportunity to redeem and free himself from
Violence is seen absolutely everywhere in the world, and the causes of it can range from pure rage and hatred, to being a necessity to live through a difficult situation. The Kite Runner utilizes violence to set the tone and setting towards a darker, more depressing atmosphere. The character Hosseini is the producer of the majority of violence in the novel and he definitely has an impact on the mood, but for good reason. Many events occur including the rapes of Hassan and Sohrab, the Hassan and Farzana murders, stonings at Ghazi stadium, and the actual activity of kite fighting. The darkness of these events may seem irrelevant and gory, yet they are entirely important to the mood and tone of the story.
Hassan’s rape scene for “The Kite Runner” was a scene that was described with great detail in the novel. “put his hands on Hassan’s hips and lifted his bare buttocks. He kept one hand on Hassan’s back and undid his own belt buckle with his free hand. He unzipped his jeans. Dropped his underwear. He positioned himself behind Hassan” (64). However, although heavily implied, the film did not show the scene as described in the book as it only showed Assef unzip his pants and Hassan crying before the camera shifted to Amir. Production issues result in many alterations of scenes in movies causing a variation between their novels and