Pomegranate Trees In The Kite Runner

Throughout the novel, The Kite Runner, Hosseini was able to provide various ways in which cruelty had been exposed within each character. Most cruelty can form either satisfaction for some or guilt for others. Amir was exposed by being a cruel perpetrator and a guilty victim. Once he was told there is a way to be good again, he took advantage to complete his hope for redemption. The author portrays how cruelty can create guilt and redemption all in one by a pomegranate tree. As many trees were mentioned within almost every chapter, there was only one tree that symbolized the exact example of a relationship that was thrown away because of an act of cruelty. “There was a pomegranate tree near the entrance to the cemetery. One summer day, I used one of Ali's kitchen knives to carve our names on it.” The author's choice of using a pomegranate tree as the representation of a relationship was able to help us understand that when the Amir’s act of cruelty, not speaking up when he had to, led to a dying pomegranate tree, or well a dying relationship actually. Another very important symbol that recognizes a growing relationship but then is

The identity the protagonist wanted was an identity in which he didn’t have to be friends with a Hazara. From my understanding, in Afghanistan, the way a family works is that the parents always wanted their children to be as themselves. Not only that, but Afghanistan parents needed to be the ones to choose their children’s husbands and wives. It was so because this was their culture. The identity that was intended for Amir was to be as tough as a bear fighter, but he was a writer following his mother’s footsteps. Yet, he was cowardice rather than brave, this led him to his acts of cruelty. Then he became as brave as Baba when he knew needed to fight for