kite runner

kite runner

  • Submitted By: adaliz
  • Date Submitted: 09/07/2014 6:19 PM
  • Category: English
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“Forever Forgiving ”
“A boy who won’t stand up for himself becomes a man who can’t stand up to anything.”(24) Amir’s father, Baba, says about his son, in the book “The Kite Runner”. “The kite runner” is a bestselling book written by Khaled Hosseini, born in Kabul, Afghanistan. This book concentrates on a relationship between two afghan boys Amir and Hassan. Amir is a Pashtun and Sunni Muslim but on the other hand Hassan is more of Hazara and Shi’a. They have their religious and ethnical differences but that doesn’t stop them from being the closest friends. In this book one will see how a Amir, a boy grows up with a powerful dad who has high standards and he has a lot of trouble living up to those standards. Mostly towards the end, the book has a reoccurring theme the is redemption. I agree, Amir does redeem himself by the end of the book by showing courage.
Amir has a special bond with is dads servants son. They are almost like brothers. Amir likes Hassan but is very indecisive about the love for him since he is always jealous of the love that his father, Baba, gives Hassan and not to his own blood son. “Then I'd bring it home and show it to Baba. Show him once and for all that his son was worthy.”(59 ) Amir had thought about participating in the winters kite runner tournament. He felt he needed to win it to redeem himself for his dad and make him proud since the last record was his dad and was not yet beaten. He craves his dads a attention and forgiveness so much after taking his mother’s life while giving birth to him. He wants to be love by his dad like any other boy would. At one point in the story it seems like he wants to be worthy in his father’s eyes. Amir knows that in order to redeem himself to anything it would take courage. And he felt that he needed to win the tournament so he can get the love he deserved from his dad. Amir saw the kite and thought of salvation and victory and redemption… especially redemption in the eyes of his dad at...

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