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The Kite Runner Excerpt Analysis

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It was the look of the lamb. The one that said everything about his resignation. Not even the will to fight back was in that body who had fell powerless in the hands of a monster shaped as a boy. I couldn't bring myself to look at the moment Assef unbuttoned his pants and forcefully took on Hassan's pureness in such cruel actions. Wali and Kamal just stared and listened to Assef commands like two submissive dogs. And I, just there, hiding behind the corner feeling unsettled and pressured to do something about the situation but yet no movements comes from my body. In my mind, I was scared of Assef. I couldn’t bring myself to be hurt by that beast who didn’t fear killing someone but rather enjoy it. If I’d interve, I knew that he wouldn’t hesitate doing me the same which he has done to Hassan. Yet, in my heart, Hassan was the person who had defended me from everyone, he was fed by the same breast which gave me ,and we have grown together. …show more content…

I couldn't bear to look any longer. I ran away towards the other side of the Alley and feel something warm running through my hand. It was blood. I didn’t even realize I was biting my knuckles so hard. I couldn’t handle it. No more. The sharp snow, those disgusting sounds, the pressure to either do something or run away as a coward. Just as I was about to run away from this lunatic situation, I had a flashback to that one warm day, when I had asked Hassan to throw himself down the small hill. Hassan at first didn't answer but he knew that once again, I was testing his loyalty. I still remember when he turned to me with a smile and said, “For you a thousand

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It raises the question of: Why is Hassan so Loyal and brave after all the pain Amir’s cowardliness has caused him? The author uses this scene to juxtapose Amir’s cowardliness with Hassan’s bravery. Hassan’s bravery could be unexpected due to the fact that he has been treated like less of a person because he was a Hazara. This mistreatment could cause people to feel insecure and insignificant, but Hassan overcame the mistreatment and became a loyal and brave person, son and friend.

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Unfortunately, Amir, one of the victims, had not been young enough to not understand. As a child, he made the mistake of not helping out his half-brother, Hassan. Even if he could have done something, he didn’t because of his cowardice, which was followed by selfishness. Betrayal made Amir the perpetrator. Due to his act of cruelty, he carried stones of guilt over his shoulder which were never shared with anyone but his own mind.

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In Khaled Hosseini’s novel, The Kite Runner, Amir struggles to cope with his inaction during Hassan’s rape. Overwhelmed with guilt, Amir devises a plan to get Hassan and Ali dismissed so they would no longer be a constant reminder of all the times Hassan had protected him and his failure to do the same. The guilt of betraying Hassan burdens him for years, and even after he and Baba move to America, he carries the weight of his actions with him. However, after he accepts Rahim Khan’s request to rescue Sohrab and bring him to safety, Amir strives to leave behind the selfishness and cowardice he had previously succumbed to. Amir progressively begins to forgive himself for his injustices towards Hassan as he recognizes his evolution from a coward

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Amir’s young-childish self could not admit and face the consequences, which led to Hassan and Ali’s departure. “My heart sank and I almost blurted out the truth. Then I understood: This was Hassan’s final sacrifice for me” (Hosseini 105). Hassan confessed to stealing Amir’s gift from Baba, as his last act of loyalty. He knew that Amir was trying to get rid of him, so he made it easier.

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“I had one last chance to make a decision. One final opportunity to decide who I was going to be. I could step into that alley, stand up for Hassan – the way he'd stood up for me all those times in the past – and accept whatever would happen to me. Or I could run. In the end, I ran.”

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However, Amir’s selfish ambition of proving his worth to this dad resisted his urge to try to help Hassan as he wants to able to take the kite home safely. Moreover, Amir presumes that his betrayal towards Hassan is like a curse in his life since he will not be able to forgive himself for this deception or free himself from the guilt that has taken over his

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Later, the character Assef is constructed to depict the epitome of pure evilness since, as teenager and adult, he harasses and torments innocent people for no significant gain other than personal satisfaction and amusement, without ever feeling the slightest bit of guilt or regret. Hosseini demonstrates the distinct disparities between being truly evil compared to merely doing evil actions through Amir’s own actions and subsequent feelings of guilt and regret, and his attempts to redeem himself compared to Assef’s lack of any emotions resembling remorse. Amir is someone who has done evil actions in his life, but should in no regard be considered to be evil himself. Amir’s first act of evil is when he witnesses his friend, Hassan, being raped, thus resulting in him having to choose between two alternative courses of action - to “stand up for Hassan - the way he’d stood up for [him] in the past - and accept

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My brother’s face. Hassan had loved me once, loved me in a way that no one ever had or ever would again. He was gone now, but a little part of him lived on. It was in Kabul. Waiting”

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Maybe Hassan was the price I had to pay, the lamb I had to slay, to win Baba” (68). In Afghani culture, many sacrifice things in their life as a payment to god, Amir’s thought here was that Hassan was just a sacrifice. However, this is incorrect because even though Amir thinks this for a short period, he later feels the guilt and it has never left him since. Lastly, some may say that after Amir gets the child that he is “good again” even Amir says “My body was broken—just how badly I wouldn’t find out until later—but I felt healed. Healed at last.

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In William Shakespeare’s play Hamlet, Claudius is portrayed as a ruthless king, hiding himself behind a charming façade in order to conceal his driven passion. Therefore, within his soliloquy, the ambiguity surrounding his character disappears as he reveals his true nature. While the other characters within the play remain oblivious to Claudius’ committed crime, it is emphasized to the reader, through Shakespeare’s use of allusions, imagery and the universal theme of internal conflict. As a pivotal point within the play, Claudius finally confesses the depth and severity of his crime.

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On the other hand, his Hazara servant and childhood friend, Hassan, has always remained loyal to Amir even with his atrocious betrayal. His knowledge of Amir’s deceitful actions never impeded him from ultimately sacrificing himself for Amir’s benefit. Hassan’s compassionate and forgiving attitude added to Amir’s guilt, making it nearly impossible for him to forgive himself. Hassan’s tremendous sacrifice highlights his kind hearted nature, which eventually positively impacts Amir’s life turning him into a more appreciative person. Growing up together led Amir and Hassan to

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He also told him that Hassan and his wife were brutally murdered by the Taliban. He told him, "There is a way to be good again.". Amir subsequently decided to risk his life to rescue Hassan 's orphan son, Sohrab, and maybe then he can have an ease from the longtime guilt. Hassan in the novel is presented as a Christ figure.

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He’s my servant!”(Hosseini 41). AlthoughDespite there is a lot ofthe internal conflict between the two boys, Amir and Hassan continue to play with each other often. The last time they flew kites together Hassan turns to Amir and says “for you a thousand times over” (67), as seen throughout the novel Amir is haunted from

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Hassan, on one hand, was brave and did not fear defending people he cared about, like when he, “held the slingshot pointed directly at Assef’s face,” (42) when the bully confronted Amir in an aggressive fashion. When the tables turned and Assef proceeded to rape Hassan, Amir proved to be cowardice by running away because, “[he] was afraid of Assef and what he would do to [him],” (77). Loyalty was also one of Hassan’s prominent qualities as shown when although, “[h]e knew [Amir had] seen everything in that alley,” he was willing to rescue Amir, “once again, maybe for the last time,” (105). Contrastingly, Amir not only betrayed Hassan but attempted to have him and his father dismissed from service by lifting, “Hassan’s mattress and [planting his] new watch and a handful of Afghani bills under it,” (104). Yet despite all this, the two boys still had a sincere love for one another, although it may have been temporarily painful.

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The Kite Runner has three main parts to the story, it begins with Amir, a man who lives in California who refers back to his childhood memories in Kabul, Afghanistan. These memories affect him and mold him into the man he is. Amir as a child lived in Kabul with his father Baba, who Amir had a troubled relationship with. He had two servants Ali and his son Hassan. The relationship between them is more of a family rather that of servants.

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