Fight or Flight: How to Prevail in the Face of Adversity When faced with a troubling choice there are two instincts every person and animal has. This set of responses are either fight or flight, coming face to face with adversity will cause someone to pick one of the two instincts. Depending on which one you choose determines wether you fail or prevail when put up against a challenge. In Animal Farm and The Kite Runner the main characters show their tough times and how they did or did not over come them. “These are times that try men's souls.” ~Thomas Paine. Firstly, in order to be able to fight and come out on top, there needs to be a plan of action and a leader who is ready to defend its followers. In Animal Farm, the animals want to break away from their owner and run the farm themselves. The only way they could over throw Mr. Jones (who owned the farm) was to band all the animals on the farm together and against Mr. Jones. To be able to succeed on their own they needed to choose some sort of leader. “The …show more content…
In The Kite Runner, when Hassan went to run down the last kite that Amir had cut down he got into trouble with some neighborhood boys. Not giving up the kite Hassan was then sodomized by the boys while Amir watched on. Amir not being sure of himself caused Hassan his fate. Amir goes on to say, “I had one last chance to make a decision. One final opportunity to decide who I was going to be. I could step into that alley, stand up for Hassan-the way he'd stood up for me all those times in the past-and except whatever would happen to me. Or I could run. In the end, I ran.” (The Kite Runner, 77). He later goes on to say, “I ran because I was a coward.” (The Kite Runner, 77). This explains that if one is not comfortable with oneself then you should not rely on them to save you. Amir failed Hassan because he couldn't come to terms with
“Before the war, they’d driven around the lake as friends, but now Max was just an idea and most of Norman Bowker’s other friends were living in Des Moines or Sioux City, or going to school somewhere, or holding down their jobs.” (Pg 3) Author Tim O’Brien shares the captivating experience of a man named Norm Bowker; an American soldier and his (Norm) life after returning from a harsh and traumatic war in the story Speaking of Courage. As Norm struggles to regulate himself into the real world, he recognizes everyone around him (his past high school classmates) has already accomplished key moments of life, while he has just begun. O’Brien uses literary devices: symbol, metaphor, and imagery to communicate the loneliness, fall back, and regret
Amir decided to study English and major in it. Baba considers it petty and not an actual job.
The Kite Runner accurately conveys the aforementioned psychological ideas regarding one’s reactions to incidents. The protagonist,
In the novel The Kite Runner, it focuses on a young boy named Amir, and his servent Hassan who live in Afghanistan. Amir and Hassan grew up together and everything was fine until one day when the kite running tournament was taking place. When Hassan ran to get a kite that was cut off its string, Hassan was cornered in an alley and the town's bully, Asssef, raped him. Amir watched as Asef raped Hassan and yet he did nothing. Because of this, Assef could deal with what he did, or what he did not do, and wanted Hassan to punish him, but Hassan refused to hurt Amir. Amir and Hassan become distant from everyone and Hassan tells his dad about what happened. Hassan eventually moves away from the town where he was born and raised. Years later, Amir
Throughout life, everyone experiences some sort of regret from past encounters and usually feel guilty and bitter about the situation. The Kite Runner, by Khaled Hosseini, revolves around the theme of redemption. Redemption can be used as a cure for guilt. Throughout the novel, the author shows that redemption requires some sort of sacrifice and the only way that is possible is if you can forgive yourself from the mistakes you have made in the past. Khaled Hosseini effectively portrays redemption through motifs such as rape, irony and flashbacks, symbolism, and the development of Amir throughout the story.
In The Kite Runner, the bond between the stories’ two central characters is almost identical to the history of the two key groups within Islam, the Sunni and the Shi’a. While, Amir is Sunni and Hassan is Shi’a, one’s heirloom of power over the other shows the historical difference among the religious groups. What comes next is a look at how this religious separation shakes up Afghanistan, and then how it has impacted the whole Muslim community. Either way you look at it, one can see how this division is a major part in The Kite Runner.
Afghanistan was once a place of beauty and enjoyment however since the Taliban new laws have been enforced, the country is slowly degrading. Using the codes and convention for non-print, print, non-fiction and fiction; to analysis how different texts manipulate similar issues to produce a similar message. All three of these texts, The Kite Runner by khaled Hosseini, Beneath the Veil by Saira Shah and “Execution of a teenage girl” from 4 Corners, all explore the main ideas of an Afghanistan life from different perspectives. Undoubtedly, these texts manipulate the specific aspects of their own genres in order to influence the audience response.
The moving and inspirational book, The Kite Runner, written by Khaled Hosseini, depicts the interesting and emotional journey of Amir and his father as they escape the volatile geopolitical state in Afghanistan during the 1980s and move to the United States to remove any entanglement with the indecency of the people in Afghanistan, who were willing to give up lives in exchange for money. To complete this transition in their lives, they move to Fremont, California. This experience was truly eye-opening to not only Amir but also Baba, as he now has to adjust to the American culture that in some cases is the polar opposite of the Afghani culture that he is accustomed to. One of the overarching moral conflicts was the role of women in society in
Khaled Hosseini once said: “there are a lot of children in Afghanistan, but little childhood.” Rape in Afghanistan is said to be an “epidemic,” but according to the Oxford Dictionary, the definition of the term is “a widespread occurrence of an infectious disease in a community at a particular time.” Rape in this country is viewed as something that is inevitable and cannot be stopped. Usually, rape also involves domestic violence, hence the reason they’re paired together. Contrary to common misconception, men are raped as well as women, especially children of both genders. In the Kite Runner, rape is a topic that is prevalent in and throughout the book. Bacha Bazi is even a part of the Kite Runner.
A story of friendship, rape, betrayal and redemption, but there is one question that persists… is it true? The book, The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini, is about an Afghan boy named Amir and his servant Hassan. Hassan comes from an ethnic group known as the Hazara that is, according to the book, generally mistreated and at a disadvantage from birth. Hassan is always a loyal friend to Amir, while Amir only hangs out with Hassan when nobody else is around. Amir realizes this when Assef, a bully that hates the Hazara, threatens to beat Amir up for being friends with a Hazara and Amir’s response is almost to reject him to save himself. Amir later allows Assef to rape Hassan so he could impress his father with a prize kite that Hassan had caught
The Kite runner I have read the first three chapters of the Kite Runner, and so far the story takes place in Afghanistan and the main characters are two boys that are good friends that have grown up with one another, but have totally different lives. Amir is the son of a wealthy business owner, and lives in a very nice house and goes to school. On the other hand, Hassan lives in a small mud shack on Amir’s father's property; Amir's father and Hassan's father grew up together; After an accident leaving Hassan an orphan, Amir's father who is a respectable judge, takes in Hassan after his parents died. Amir’s father is upset with him because he doesn’t protect himself when he is picked on.
Throughout the novel, The Kite Runner, courage plays a large role in determining the fate of each character. All of the characters show courage in different ways. For example, when Baba lost his wife and the mother of his children, he chose to raise his two sons on his own. Baba’s son, who is also the main character, Amir, is seen as the opposite of his father. Baba is a courageous, smart and very public man. Amir, on the other hand, struggles to stand up for himself and never feels the need to be courageous during his youth. He feels inferior to his best friend, Brother and loyal servant, Hassan. Hassan is constantly being praised by Baba for being brave, loyal and Baba views Hassan as his proudest achievement. Amir has a strong craving for respect from his father which influences the choices Amir makes throughout his life. He is constantly battling between choosing his morals or his father’s approval. However, during a conflict that happens later in the novel, Amir finally shows his courage and
Americans often think of the middle as a wild and almost barbaric place. Since the 2001, 9/11 attacks, stereotypes and racism has arose towards the arab world and the arab people. I myself am no exception. In an airport I do sometimes look at a man in a turban or woman in a hijab with concern. However we understand very little of the culture of the middle east. We usually think of how we have been wronged and hardly ever consider the awful treatment that is often shown to arabs.reading “The Kite Runner” Changed a lot of my stereotypical beliefs about the arab world. Watching the progression of the relationship between Hassan and Amir, the awful treatment of minorities in afghanistan. The book is very hard to read at
Prior to a reading The Kite Runner by Khalid Hosseini, I watched the movie in fourth grade. The movie provided very vivid graphics especially of the rape scene which still does freak me out. This book has recalled this horrid memory and weakened my liken to the book. The book seemed to be a build up of pain which was only partly relieved at the end. Personally I would have enjoyed a happier ending to the book because I felt like Amir, Baba, and everyone else need to end on a good note. However, there is no such thing as happy endings, it simply depends on where you stop the story. Also the author had no choice in the story plot because it was biography. Although this ending wasn’t perfect, I liked the fact that it allowed the reader to imagine where and how Amir and Sohrab were. This book was by no means perfect but it allowed the reader to see a different point of view.
In the kite runner family is a big part of the book. Amir and baba where father and son, and they grew a bond over the book. The book really stuck to me because i always wanted the relationship that they had with my father. Throughout the whole book they went through so much, and they stuck together as a family. The kite runner changed my views on how i want to raise my future children, i want to have the same bond they had in the book. The kite runner is a great book to read if you love family, because you will grow a bond with them. I actually became jealous because of baba's and amir's relationship… than i remembered this was a fiction book.. Speaking about fiction books, to kill a mockingbird was a great book. I learned a life lesson from