Relationship Between Mustafa And The Narrator In Season Of Migration To The North

Amir’s mother, Sofia, dies in childbirth; Amir inherits her love of literature and probably her looks to some extent, but, her being dead, never receives any motherly love or guidance, which could have helped him out of the cowardly hole he later digs himself into. Amir’s father’s best friend and business partner, Rahim Khan, tries to give Amir the motherly love he clearly needs, fostering Amir’s love of writing and steadfastly standing up for him when Amir’s father, Baba, criticizes him, but Rahim Khan does not do enough to instill honesty, courage, and strength of conviction in young Amir. Amir’s best friend, Hassan, a servant a year younger than Amir, is everything Amir is not: athletic, brave, loyal, honest, and kind, inciting jealousy in Amir. Assef, a local bully, poses a real threat to Amir, hating Amir for the crime of befriending a Hazara (oppressed ethnic minority), but Amir is protected by Hassan, allowing young Amir to freeze and not stand up for himself in Assef’s presence. Last, but most importantly, is Amir’s father, Baba, and his views on Amir: he blames Amir for Sofia’s death,

He finds a lifelong friend at school, Harun, and together they roam the streets of the city, looking for adventure. Hasan accompanies his uncle on his first tactful mission, and as their caravan roam the huge Sahara, his uncle fills in the historic gaps for young Hasan, teaching him the art of storytelling.

In the story of, "Araby" James Joyce concentrated on three main themes that will explain the purpose of the narrative. The story unfolded on North Richmond Street, which is a street composed of two rows of houses, in a desolated neighborhood. Despite the dreary surroundings of "dark muddy lanes" and "ash pits" the boy tried to find evidence of love and beauty in his surroundings. Throughout the story, the boy went through a variety of changes that will pose as different themes of the story including alienation, transformation, and the meaning of religion (Borey).

My topic for this ISP will be the comparison of journey motif in the movie Kite Runner and the novel A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini. While analyzing the two, I will observe how journey motif takes place and is a shared theme in the narratives. In both the movie and the book, I will highlight how the different adventures, the two different characters face, guide them to their freedom. Weather it be, Amir, who travels to the United States after the war, or Mariam’s journey of being a women in the war. Both characters embark in a journey, in which the future is unknown , yet they both find freedom and personal liberation in the end.

Completely by different circumstances are the members of the middle generation shaped – Amir, Hassan and Assef. Their childhood covers the transitional part of Afghanistan’s 20-th century history. Of course, the boys are really different in nature, but Soviet occupation is what caused such different roads to be chosen by the three characters. And that huge change in their lives determined who they are going to grow into as adults.

Joyce’s “Araby” and Bambara’s “Lesson” pose surprising similarities to each other. Despite the narrators’ strikingly clear differences, such as time period, ethnicity, social class, and gender the characters have important similarities. Both narrators are at crucial developmental stages in their lives, are faced with severe adversities, and have a point of clarity that affects their future.

11. Discuss how the ever-changing politics of Afghanistan affect each of the characters in the novel.

In the novel “The Moor’s Account” by Laila Lalami, the author stresses how the main character Mustafa is effected by his family and how that relates to the future he has in the New World. This is most identified by how he feels about his father, the giving up of his name, and his struggle to fight for a new life. Unlike other slaves in the New World, Mustafa ibn Muhammad ibn Abdussalam al-Zamori chose his fate for the possibility of a better life. He had the opportunity to try to work for himself and his family while still in Morocco. In fact, his father had even wanted him to do that. But Mustafa knew that he was confident in his decision to sell himself into slavery so that his family can be better off from there. In the story, the reader sees how Mustafa struggles as he journeys from Morocco and across the New World in search of the possibility for a new life. Overall, the reader sees how Mustafa struggles with not following his father’s guidance, his loss of humanity from his name being taken away, the quest to avoid changing his entire humanity in his new life, and how everything changing has affected him and changed him as a person.

First, Amir’s relationship with his father, Baba, helped create Amir’s identity. Their intricate relationship often left Amir feeling worthless as if he could not live up to the standards of a Pashtun. This negatively impacted Amir growing up; his values constantly changed as he tried to form a close bond with his father. Baba raised Amir to believe that everyone in Afghanistan had a certain role to play in life, but they should all be treated with respect. Baba’s values made Amir think he had disappointed his father. The high expectations that Baba had for Amir showed that he cared about their reputation. Being the child Amir was, he translated Baba’s hardness as though his father were unhappy to have a child such as Amir. Amir recounts the emotion displayed on his father’s face after an afternoon together; he laments, “Mostly I will never forget Baba’s valiant efforts to conceal the disgusted

Final Project: Kite Runner (Story Cube) In The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini I identified two major themes. One of which being power. Whether it be Amir’s power over Hassan, or the Taliban’s power over Afghanistan the balance of power continues to show up. The other theme I found in this book was friendship / family.

The story “Araby” as told by James Joyce is about a young boy that is fascinated with the girl across the street. But deeper down the story is about a very lonely boy lusting for her love and affection. Throughout the story, we see how the frustration of first love, isolation and high expectations breaks the main character emotionally and physically. James Joyce uses the first-person viewpoint to tell this story which helps influence the plot, characterization, themes, and understanding of the main character.

Although "Araby" is a fairly short story, author James Joyce does a remarkable job of discussing some very deep issues within it. On the surface it appears to be a story of a boy's trip to the market to get a gift for the girl he has a crush on. Yet deeper down it is about a lonely boy who makes a pilgrimage to an eastern-styled bazaar in hopes that it will somehow alleviate his miserable life. James Joyce's uses the boy in "Araby" to expose a story of isolation and lack of control. These themes of alienation and control are ultimately linked because it will be seen that the source of the boy's emotional distance is his lack of control over his life.

Here in this essay I will discuss the complex relationship between father and son to demonstrate the need for a father figure in the novel "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini. The relationship between a parent and a child is a precious and haunted bond, but is not always a love relationship, but a relationship is full of pain and longing. The relationships clearly demonstrate this need for a father figure are those between Baba and Amir, and Amir and Sohrab.

Amir is an intelligent boy and gifted storyteller. His desire is to please his father and make him proud. Amir is also a coward because he let his best friend be raped by Assef. Hassan is Amir’s best friend and servant of his father. He is loyal, always defends Amir, and listens to his stories. Hassan is a poor and uneducated boy. Baba is the father of Amir, a wealthy businessman, and biological father of Hassan. Assef is the character that makes Amir feels guilty and lack courage. After Amir wins the kiting completion, Hassan runs to bring the kite back. However, he is raped by Assef in an alleyway and the only witness is Amir Whese cowardice does not let him help his loyal friend. Amir and Baba escape to Pakistan after the Russian invade Afghanistan, and then to California when Amir graduates and meets his wife Soraya. Baba passes away and Hassan is murdered by the Taliban leaving his orphaned son waiting for Amir to get back to Afghanistan. In this novel, the author discusses how characters are products of their environment, and how this affects their lives, regardless at what their backgrounds are. Influences of environment emanate from

She also tells us about the Arab society. After that, she tells us about the effects among the viewers and how the show is the main cause of the 'Muhannad effect'. The author's facts are accurate as she mentioned the history of the Syrian drama and then she compares Noor with it. She also clearly defined the important terms like the story of Arabized the show and the differences between it and the Arabic ones, and what it has been critiqued for. The author also supports her arguments with sufficient evidence like giving us some examples of the Syrian drama and compares it with Noor, or as she gives us professional's opinions like the opinion of the screenwriter Najib Nusair in their discussion of transformations in the drama industry (Salamandra, 2012, p64). So, the arguments support the main idea of the text which is the story behind the story or the story behind the