Amir, when he was a child, was jealous of Hassan because of the amount of attention Hassan received from Baba. He wanted Baba to love him more than Hassan, but he never realized that Hassan was his brother as well. After he finally got to spend some alone time with Baba, he felt like he was missing something, or perhaps someone. Amir felt guilty about being horrible to Hassan and feels ashamed of his jealousy. Character Trait Note #5: Amir can also be seen as caring.
Though Baba’s actions are morally questioned, he was not right to never acknowledge Hassan. Baba’s ongoing decision was a combination of saving his relationship with Amir, guilt from betraying Ali, and preserving his reputation, his choice ultimately leads to offending everyone involved. Baba is always criticizing Amir for not being a man, preferring reading over sports, getting
If Amir had known that Hassan was his brother, he could have understood why Baba treated Hassan as an equal to his himself. He may have stepped in and saved Hassan from Assef. This shows that secrets and lies, another reoccurring theme in the book, can significantly change the outcome of ones
For years, Amir has been trying really hard to live up to Baba’s expectations. Toward the end of the story, he finds out that they are actually alike and both hold regrets because of betrayal. Since Baba has passed away, it is now Amir’s duty to get the redemption. Baba plays a huge role in shaping Amir’s identity, but rather than pointing him toward the right direction, he causes confusions and affects Amir’s search for
Throughout the book, the struggles of Amir trying to redeem himself to Baba for murdering Amir’s mother, and the struggle to accept the guilt that came along with him witnessing Hassan’s rape and departure from his family were unbearable to Amir for a great length of his lifetime. In the book, Amir had always felt guilty for being the son that murdered his mother and always felt like he had to do something better to earn Baba’s attention. On page 19 he expresses his guilt by saying “because the truth of it was, I always felt like Baba hated me a little. And why not? After all, I had killed his beloved wife, his beautiful princess hadn’t I?
In the novel, Amir was shaped and influenced by the other characters. Amir was influence by Sohrab because he helped him redeem himself. Hassan helped him realize that forgiving is a big part in life. Baba made him into the man he is in ways he thought were the best. The author, Khaled Hosseini, is showing us that everyone in our lives have shaped us into who we are today or who were gonna be in the
Both Amir and Baba proved similar in their acts of courage, their pursuit for passion and their decisions to betray a loved one. Amir and Baba proved to be similar not only in their good choices but also in the bad choices of betraying someone. The comparison should not be made between Amir as a child and Baba as a man. It is only right to compare Amir after he has progressed further into life and truly defined himself. “A boy who won’t stand up for himself becomes a man who can’t stand up to anything.
Baba holds the secret that Hassan is his son to protect his social status in society, Amir hides Hassans rape and keeps it to himself and pretends it did not happen. Moreover, their best friends are their servants. In addition, both Amir and Baba show an act of kindness and generosity in the novel. Baba builds an orphanage, while Amir
Lastly, Amir sacrifices his life to accommodate for Sohrab, Hassan’s son, after being taken by the Taliban. Amir resembles Baba because he too takes up redemption for the awful things he did. He understands the great danger Sohrab is in. He risks his life to help Sohrab; this shows loyalty to Hassan. Even though Sohrab is not Hassan saving his son shows that Amir is loyal to him.
Baba and Amir ultimately grew a stronger bond but at the expense of permanent guilt for Amir. The father-son relationship that occurs throughout this story enables the reader to personally connect with Amir, which explains the novel’s universal
Henry VIII is one of the most well known monarchs of all time. He is infamous for his looks, tyrannical behavior, and religious reformation. However, Henry did not just reform the Church, but the entirety of the medical field as well. Medicine directly impacted Henry’s life, and he had a genuine personal interest in it. He was what modern historians would call a “germaphobe” and even came up with his own remedies for his many ailments.
(Hosseini, page no.18) .Amir takes his Baba’s affection toward Hassan-Baba’s servants’ son-in the wrong way for Hassan always showed a lot more similar qualities to Baba than Amir ever did. In an attempt to win his Baba’s
In his mind, he believes that Baba will send Ali and Hassan away, and, as a result, he will finally gain some peace. To Amir’s surprise, Hassan confesses to stealing his gifts without hesitation symbolizing “Hassan’s final sacrifice for [him]” (105). At that moment, Amir realizes that Hassan knew of his betrayal, which added to his already guilty conscience. Hassan could have easily told Baba the truth and he would have believed him because”[everyone] knew that Hassan never lied”, which, in turn, would ruin Amir’s relationship with his father (105). He probably knew that Amir was unworthy of his sacrifice, that he was the “snake in the grass, the monster in the lake”, but he lied for Amir’s own benefit
Amir thought, showcasing the opinion he created about Hassan. Working for Baba and Amir as servants, Hassan and his father are put below their bosses on the social hierarchy. These societal labels cloud Amir’s mind. He uses Hassan’s social class to classify him, using
Baba neglected Amir, which caused him to make poor decisions, while vying for his father’s love. Amir finds his true self and in the end his relationship with Baba helped to form him into the man he was at the end of the novel, one Baba is proud of. A loving and empathetic fatherly figure is necessary in a son’s
