My artwork connects to the themes of betrayal and sacrifice in the novel Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini. The wolf and his hunger represents Amir and his betrayal to Hassan. In Chapter 3, Amir’s father asked Amir to fetch Hassan so they could all go the the lake together. Amir said he “lied and told him Hassan had the runs. [he] wanted Baba all to [himself]” (Hosseini, 2003, p. 13). This demonstrates that Amir was always ready to toss Hassan under the bus if it meant he would win his father’s affections. That is similar to a starving wolf, who is ready to turn on his companions for his own benefit. When Amir witnessed Hassan being raped, he fled because he thought that Hassan was the price he had to pay to win Baba’s affections. He ran away because he thought that he would win his father over if he let what was happening to Hassan happen. …show more content…
He was so desperate and hungry for his father’s affection that he turned to betrayal of his closest friend and half-brother. Just like the wolf, he was blinded by his hunger and acted upon it without considering the possible betrayal that came with it. A wolf would steal from another if it meant sating his hunger for what he craved, and Amir did just that. Secondly, the lamb in the wolf’s arms represents Hassan and his sacrifice to Amir. In Chapter 7, Hassan told Assef and his companions “Amir agha won the tournament and I ran this kite for him. I ran it fairly. This is his kite” (Hosseini, 2003, p. 72). Hassan was cornered into an alley by Assef and his friends when he said that, still standing up for the kite he ran for Amir. He could have given up the kite and avoided what happened to him when he tried to fight back for it, but he didn’t. He had run the kite for Amir and he wasn’t going to give it up because he wanted to please him, even if he hadn’t done anything for him to deserve