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Kite Runner Jealousy Quotes

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Sumaiya Javed
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29th, October 2014
Jealousy Is a Disease
Sometimes people cannot control the way they feel about certain people. No matter how many times they try to suppress their inner feeling eventually their true feelings begin to show. In Khaled Hosseini’s "The Kite Runner” the metaphor jealousy is a disease with no cure can act as a representation for Amir's relationship with Hassan, because as time goes by the disease escalates and it becomes beyond one’s control to remedy it. This metaphor represents Amir's jealousy towards Hassan because Baba treats him the same as Amir, he receives sympathy from Baba, and he receives unconditional love from Ali.

First of all, the metaphor jealousy is a disease with no cure represents Amir’s jealousy towards Hassan because Amir dislikes the fact that Hassan is always seen as equal to him. For example, Amir recalls his trips to Saifo the kite maker and mentions "If I changed my mind and asked for a bigger and fancier kite, Baba would buy it for me-but then he'd buy it for Hassan too. …show more content…

For instance, on Hassan’s birthday Baba hires a plastic surgeon to fix Hassan's cleft lip to which Amir discloses "I wished I too had some kind of scar they would beget Baba's sympathy. It wasn't fair. Hassan hadn't done anything to earn Baba's affection; he'd just been born with that stupid harelip." (Hosseini 46) Amir wishes for a flaw on his face to receive the love he is craving for his entire life from Baba. He feels Hassan doesn’t deserve Baba’s sympathy and that he is facing injustice since he cannot compete with Hassan’s scar. Moreover, Amir does not sympathize with Hassan’s facial defect and sees it as a way of stealing the care he deserves from Baba. He blames Hassan for being born with a harelip and sees it as an advantage.

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