Cyprian Toczek The Look of the Lamb Knowing your purpose in life is often a freeing feeling, however sometimes it comes with many heavy burdens. In Hassan's case he knew what his purpose in life was and he did everything he could to pursue it. The life of Hassan is one of servitude towards Amir and he knows it, complete devotion. When Hassan was being raped, Amir stated that he had the look of a lamb, this look was a look of sacrifice, showing his total commitment to Amir. Hassan never in these terrible moments ever made reference to make it seem as if he had accepted the events that happened rather he took it as acceptance. “The mullah finishes the prayer. Ameen. He picks up the kitchen knife with the long blade. The custom is to not let the sheep see the knife. Ali feeds the animal a cube of sugar--another custom, to make death sweeter. The sheep kicks, but not …show more content…
The mullah grabs it under its jaw and places the blade on its neck. Just a second before he slices the throat in one expert motion, I see the sheep's eyes. It is a look that will haunt my dreams for weeks…...Absurdly, I imagine the animal understands. I imagine the animal sees that its imminent demise is for a higher purpose. This is the look” During the sacrifice when the lamb was held down and it’s throat cut we saw how Amir reacted he realized that the Lamb did not want to do what it did but he knew that the Lamb knew that it had to be done it was not an act of acceptance because with acceptance there comes no sacrifice. The point of a sacrifice is that