Realm of Wonders Union Essay

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

of dizziness and fear rising in her so that for a moment he wasn't even in focus but was just a

Amir later visits his childhood home and finds Hassan’s blood on the floor thinking, “How dark, almost black, Hassan's blood had looked on the snow, dropping from the sweat of his pants. Blood is a powerful thing, bachem. Khala Jamila patting Soraya’s knee saying. God knows best, maybe it wasn’t meant to be.” (Hosseini 310). This shows that Hassan had been there for a very long time for the blood to still be there and for it to become the color black also shows that he still remembered what had happened to him in that alley. The second tragedy for Amir was when his father(Baba) passed away. “I turned around and found Baba on the ground.”(Hosseini 158). In this moment Amir had realized he had lost his Baba to a killer known as lung cancer, in addition, he now has no one left from his family. These tragedies helped shape Amir to save Sohrab(Hassan’s son) from

Her mother painfully leaned forward as the carriage rolled to a stop again, and pressed her lips to Abigail's forehead, and pulled her into a brief hug that was stronger than her mother's arms had been for a month or more. Abigail clutched her, refusing to cry, refusing to make her mother''s last memory of her one of weakness. "I will. I love you ... Mother." Then she was drawn away by Brigs'

She had already lost her father and brother, and she nearly had lost her life when a bomb exploded near her and tore her leg off. However, when they reached the gate to Pakistan, they found that the border guards had closed the gate and was not letting anyone through. The only people getting through were bribing the guards, but they had no extra money to do this. "I felt desperate to get through, because the sun was setting, and if we got stuck here, what were we going to do? Where would we stay? There was nothing here, no town, no hotel, no buildings, just the desert." "Night was falling, and we were stranded out there in the open." At the end of the second day, Ahmedi and her mother were camped near a friendly family. After striking up a conversation with them, the woman told Ahmedi that her husband, Ghulam Ali, had gone to look for another way across the border. "He was checking out a goat path that supposedly went over the mountains several miles northeast of the border station." "You can go with us," the woman said. The woman's husband agreed to take them, but wanted them to rest one more day and build up their strength since it was going to be quite a climb. "Long after dark---or early the next morning, to be exact, before the sun came up---that man shook us awake." "It's time," he said. The climb was not long, but it was steep. It should have taken us little more than an hour except

As she hastily made her way through the long-winded hallway, the realisation of her husband being away at war suddenly hit her. The delight evident on her face swiftly turned into an expression of extreme woe. Heartbroken by the fact that he was missing this major milestone, her eyes were a waterfall, dripped with salty tears down her

Amir feels if he gets rid of Hassan he does not have to be reminded of what happened each and everyday. In the book Amir says, “ I lifted Hassan's mattress and planted my new watch and a handful of afghani bills under it” (Hosseini 104). Amir done this so it would look like Hassan had took Amir's stuff & stole it , which wasn't the case. Amir is truly trying to find away to hide his guilt deep deep down , or get rid of it.

From that point on, he started to believe that god was on his side, as what was supposed to be a punishment, intended to bring pain, instead brought relief from the pain. On the other hand, when Amir was on the receiving end of the punishment and Assef was delivering the pain, Amir also started to laugh, as once again, the beating led to relief, instead of pain, because Amir finally felt that he got what he deserved. This proliferation of guilt started to build up when he witnessed Hassan get raped and the needing to be punished started when he brought Hassan to the pomegranate tree and tried to make Hassan punish him by smashing a pomegranate on him. However, Hassan refused, and he let it build up for decades. Because of this, when he was finally beat by Assef, it was a great moment of catharsis for Amir, as it relieved him of over two decades of pent up

The day had been perfect, Zai was perfect, and the five-start hotel, with it's luxurious king-sized bed, privacy, and the memories of their vengeful quest, if not forgotten, at least put aside momentarily, the words and actions had escaped impulsively, although he realised the concept had been lingering in the recesses of his mind for the entire day. Each touch, word, laugh, smile and giggle, and the normalcy shared between them; like the other couples on vacation; had increased his desire for her, his need for her, his wish to kiss and touch every scar on her body, and have her fullly revealed to him, as he would reveal himself to

Amir is blaming himself for the death of his mother because she died giving birth to him, and he thinks that it was his fault. He thinks that Baba has also blamed him for her death. Amir thinks that he needs to

While living in Afghanistan, Amir witnesses the raping of his loyal friend and servant, Hassan. Instead of stepping up and stopping the horrific event from happening, "[Amir] bit on [his] fist. Shut [his] eyes" (73). Amir harbored the pain of witnessing his best friend suffering and believed that if he told anyone what had happened that he would be a disgrace to his father. Throughout the rest of his life, Amir believed that every bad situation was God punishing him for not standing up for Hassan. Because Amir was not able to forgive himself, he was unable to move on with his life and be at peace. He believed he was not good enough for anyone's forgiveness. After about twenty-five years, Amir saw his chance at redemption--his chance for forgiveness. He learned of Hassan's death, and that his only son, Sohrab was in an orphanage. Knowing the conditions of Afghanistan, Amir went to save Sonrab and bring him back to America for a better life. Upon returning to America, Amir had admitted his horrific event to Soraya and gained her

Loyalty is a significant theme that is portrayed amongst many characters. Throughout, The Kite Runner”, Hassan shows loyalty to Amir, without expecting anything in return. “Assef raised his fist and came for me. There was a flurry of rapid movement behind me… I turned and came face to face with Hassan’s slingshot… Hassan held the slingshot pointed directly at Assef’s face” (36). Assef begins of stating how the world would be great without Hassan, or Hazaras, and people who treat them equally, like Amir and Baba.

He could have stepped in and help Hassan but his cowardness took over when he walked around the corner of the alley and saw what was happening. Amir’s mind froze and he thought he could help him or he could betray him by running away from harm's way. He chose the coward's way out by running away “In the end, I ran’” (77). Whether he should have stepped in to help Hassan or not is really the question. Amir should have intervened no matter the consequences; The worst beating or name calling he would have received doing so could not be as bad as they guilt of betrayal he had to live with for the rest of his life. Being the bystander he was while Hassan was being raped was what Amir had been doing his whole life whenever an altercation that required guts or any sort of bravery occurred. Amir never had to endure anything close to what Hassan did and at first he was not even thankful for it. He just accepted it and Hassan accepted his “role” as being the guy that stands up for and protects

“In the end, I ran” Amir said as he just witnessed the most horrifying incident of his life,

"Unless you will love me, sweetheart, I will die." And he held her tight around