The Kite Runner Chapter 19 Summary

“I thought about Hassan’s dream, the one about us swimming in the lake. There is no monster, he’s said, just water. Expect he’d been wrong about that. There was a monster in the lake… I was that monster.” When looking at this quote some may wonder who would be considered the monster; and in this case Amir would be. The idea of him redeeming himself from being a monster is a recurring theme in the story and the movie.

The first section mentions the Winter and why “winter is every kids favourite season in Kabul” (pg 42). The reason is “they shut down schools for the icy season” and “kites, of course. Flying Kites. And running them” , and according to Amir, kites were the “one paper-thin slice of intersection”

    Amir had always regretted his actions that day in the alley and wanted to repay Hassan by taking his son Sohrab to America with him. As soon as Amir saw Sohrab, he saw Hassan in him and wanted to do anything he could to help and resolve his guilt. He wanted to take Sohrab back to America with him so he could have a bed, food, shelter, and a good life. Amir knew “there are a lot of children in Afghanistan, but little childhood”

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Beneath the Kite “Stab the body, and it heals, but injure the heart and the wound lasts a lifetime. ”- Mineko Iwasaki. The Award winning novel “The Kite Runner” by Khaled Hosseini, touched many hearts. Its about love, trust, and unfortunately betrayal.

He sees the disconnection as an opportunity for a new beginning. Situational irony further enhances that Amir would like to move toward the future and never toward the past, and to urgently wash away his offense. He wants a new birth, free of sins he committed by letting Hassan be raped and lying to force Hassan out of his house to avoid guilt, but soon realises he has to face his conscience. After the death of Baba, Amir lives in his home with his wife, Soraya, when he receives a phone call from Rahim Khan in Pakistan. He had knew what Amir had kept all these years as he says “Come. There is a way to be good again” (193), and so came to a shock to Amir. All of Amir’s past that he tried to conceal in the river has resurfaced. There was a silhouette of shame over Amir. He had shamed himself by not helping Hassan when he was attacked, lying to Baba about Hassan stealing his money, and consequently creating a situation where Hassan and Ali had to leave their home. Rahim Khan speech suggests that Amir needed to right his wrongs that had been done, indicating to Amir that there is a chance to redeem himself for the sins he had committed in his

Hassan finally gets to meet his mother that abandoned him when he was younger. His mother apologizes for what she has done and wishes to make it up to him by living with him and taking care of his son. She wants to be able to reconnect with her son, even though it has been so long.

When Amir is confronted by Assef, who has possession of Hassan’s son, he challenges him to a fight. When Assef brutally abuses him, “[Amir] for the first time since the winter of 1975 felt at peace” (Hosseini 303). This portrays a pivotal moment in Amir’s life as it proves that Amir is willing to sacrifice his life for Sohrab just as Hassan sacrificed his life for him. Also, the guilt that has haunted him since his childhood is finally lifted, and his mind is at peace. On top of that, Amir has redeemed himself as he has compensated for the pain he caused Hassan. On his arrival back to America, General Sahib asks Amir, why he has brought this Hazara boy back with him. Amir responds by telling him “that he should never again refer to him as a Hazara in [his] presence” (Hosseini 380). This displays that Amir is once again redeeming himself to Hassan by finally standing up for Sohrab. For Amir, he believes that he is proving his loyalty and faithfulness to Hassan. Furthermore, this displays that Amir is once again redeeming himself to Hassan by finally standing up for

Hassan’s ran away after she had him. Amir in this chapter, explained a story. While the two boys were walking to the cinema, they had ran into these soldiers. One of the soldiers had stopped Amir and Hassan because the soldier had recognized Hassan. The soldier went on to tell Hassan about what he did to his mother. The soldier described it, “ I knew your mother, did you know that? I knew her real good. I took her from behind by that creek over there.” Hassan was devastated to hear about his mother in that kind of way. The next chapter takes place during the 1960’s. Amir was five or six around this time when his father Baba decided he wanted to build an Orphanage. This took

In Rahim Khan’s letter to Amir, he reveals, “But your father was a man torn between two halves, Amir jan: you and Hassan. He loved you both, but he could not love Hassan the way he longed to, openly as a father” (Hosseini 301). As a result of Baba’s secret, he is forced to love Amir more openly than Hassan. Through the course of his life, Baba is never given the opportunity to show Hassan how much he truly loves him. His inability to express his genuine feelings for Hassan largely affects their father-son relationship.

Amir finds out that he is ill, and he begins to truly hear about the war-zone atmosphere in Kabul and all of the destruction there. Hassan’s name is brought up when they meet up about a week later, and Amir finds out that the Taliban killed him and his wife. However, before the conversation is over Amir finds out that they had a son named Sohrab. The reader can see that this is now Amir’s’ opportunity to fix his past decisions.

Here we see that Hassan has left home and created his own which is composed of his family, his wife and himself. In attempts to get Hassan to move back, Rahim Khan searches for him as well. In their conversation Rahim Khan breaks the news of Baba to Hassan, we can see how it has a devastating effect on Hassan when Rahim describes him as having “... buried his face in his hands and broke into tears. He wept like a child for the rest of the night” (Page 178).

Social conditions are what shape a country. Over the years, people, not only in Afghanistan, but around the world create norms that define people’s roles in life, their future, and how they should be treated based on their gender and beliefs. Khaled Hosseini’s first novel, The Kite Runner, comments on the social conditions of Afghanistan through telling a story about the lives of two Muslim boys; a privileged Sunni Pashtun, Amir, and his long-time friend and servant, Hassan, a loyal but disadvantaged Shia Hazara. Hosseini expresses Amir’s uncertain feelings toward Hassan which form the decisions he makes throughout the book. These choices result in Amir destroying his relationship with Hassan. The Kite Runner, by Khaled Hosseini is a commentary on the social conditions in Afghanistan as shown through the roles of women and men in society and the ideals of Afghan culture. Unfortunately, these problems are still active in most of Afghanistan.

Amir, representing the Pashtuns and high-society Afghanis, allows himself to degrade Hassan, the face of the mere Hazaras of the lowest class rank. Through the eyes of Amir, it seems as though Baba preoccupies himself passing time with his comrade Rahim Khan; when he sporadically attempts to involve Amir in his life, Baba always suggests that Hassan accompany them in their daily adventures leaving Amir questioning why his father tries desperately to avoid alone time and bonding moments with his son. The initial occurrences in which Amir witnesses Baba's immediate affection for Hassan drive Amir's negative mental attitude and envy towards his only companion Hassan.

Earlier Kabul was a peaceful and clean place to live in, however on his return it did not look the same at all. His house was in a very bad shape. While the Taliban was ruling no one could look into their eyes. It showed everyone was supposed to respect Taliban. If they didn’t they were punished badly. Farid and Amir had gone to Ghazi stadium where they saw a man and a woman getting badly hurt because a Taliban person was pelting stones on them. No one could stand up against them. Taliban had created so much fear into their