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The Kite Runner

Submitted by micweaver on March 12, 2008

Category: English
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“It may be unfair… In a single day can change the coarse of a whole life time.” That one-day in 1975 made Amir who he was to become in 2001. Discuss.

In the novel The Kite Runner written by Khaled Hosseini, we find a grown man name Amir, still struggling to over come his past sins of betrayal and sacrifice. For the many years he had tried to bury his shameful memories of his cowardice of the abuse of his loyal fiend Hassan. Amir as a child had a confusing childhood, where he cried for the acceptance of his father, challenged his servant’s loyalty and cried for his mother. Because Amir was unable to stand up for himself he was always relying on others to do it for him. But in 1975, in the alley no one was going standing up for him; it was his turn to stand up for some one he loved most. “Accept whatever would happen to me… or I could run… In the end I ran” This quotes summaries Amir’s life.
Hassan is Amir’s loyal servant, friend and companion. He can also be called Amir’s protector, guardian and teacher because Amir learnt many things from Hassan. From a readers point of view we could never question Hassan’s loyalty towards. We see many examples of Hassan’s loyalty for example daily routine of serving, sticking up for him against Assef and of most loyal act sacrifice himself for Amir and be raped by Assef. Hassan’s action or qualities can never be questioned as wrongdoing or selfish. “For you a thousand times over” Amir on the other hand, we can see many actions of self-centerness, betrayal and jealousy. Through out his childhood he always tested Hassan’s loyalty but never tested his own loyalty. Amir while yes being a friend with a Hazara is loyal thing, Hassan was only the backup. “…Wondered why he never includes you in games when he has guests? ...something he can play with when he’s bored, something he can kick when he’s angry.” In reference to Baba and Amir, they were not very alike because they shared no interests. Even though...

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