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Film Analysis: The Kite Runner

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Amir is someone who has looked despair in it’s two dark, black eyes. While he has been in such revolting and mentally scarring situations, the boy has learned his fair share of life lessons that not only reflect on the power of emotion back in his hometown of Kabul, but also in the American cities of Boston, Fresno and beyond. Because of his striking efforts to come clean and truly redeem himself, Amir can be compared to many others who have saved themselves from terror; such as notorious NBA player Chris Herren. While Herren had many people who doubted him and his mental capacity to control addiction, he never failed to leave those who did not believe in him astounded with how his career could stand strong through his perils at the end of …show more content…

Whether these events are natural disasters, deaths, or even an extreme dip in the stock market, they could take heavy tolls on the people they happen to and in the environment surrounding them. In The Kite Runner, a young boy named Amir unfortunately sees his somewhat beloved servant turned friend go through a terrible experience right before his eyes. He is unable to do anything about the fact that this event happened, and he then realizes he must live the rest his life trying to avenge his wrongdoing. In alike senses, Chris Herren of the NBA has had an ongoing mental struggle. In his ESPN documentary, Unguarded, he faces his demons of addiction and despair daily, just as Amir does. Considering the fact that both gentlemen are from different regions, backgrounds, and life stories, it is difficult (yet not impossible) to relate and compare their strides of self righteousness as time plays by. While the world of tragedy is broad and sometimes unforgiving, Aristotle’s literary theory and its portrayal of tragedy help to connect paths that may not have intertwined …show more content…

Amir understands his accomplishments when he is happily and safely back at his home with his new ‘son’. He knows he has done what he feels is equal to redemption. Herren understands his redemption as his children become knowledgeable of their father’s habits. He makes them proud by continuing his catharsis over the span of his years dedicated to sobriety. Both men are wonderful examples of the challenging and hazardous journey of truly redeeming one’s self. Aristotle’s literary theory and its portrayal of strive towards holiness is a key factor in these two dissimilar (yet equally as delightful)

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The plot of novels is usually driven forward by one or more underlying themes that surround the majority of the actions that the main characters take. These themes range anywhere from seeking forgiveness to seeking revenge. In Khaled Hosseini’s award-winning novel, The Kite Runner, we follow the life of a young Afghani boy named Amir, who makes decision and acts in ways that not only impact his own life, but also drastically change the life of the one’s surrounding him. Many of Amir’s actions can be attributed to the main underlying theme in this novel, cruelty. We see Amir go from being the victim of perceived cruelty, to being the one causing the cruelty, to the one fighting the cruelty at the end of the novel.

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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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The Kite Runner describes the life of Amir. Before the war, he lived in Kabul with his father Baba, their servant Ali and Ali’s son Hassan. Hassan and Ali are from a lower class than Amir and Baba, but Amir and Hassan are best friends regardless. In this essay the assertion ‘Amir is selfish and

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Good deeds can redeem for an evil action that people have done in their past which is seen through Amir from the novel as he slowly gets rid of his guilt from the past, one at a time. Amir is a complex character who makes many mistakes throughout the novel and readers can sympathize with him as he struggles to reach redemption. He suffers from different shameful events and struggles to overcome the different emotional guilt that he has as a changing character. Through different events he is changed before his path to atonement and after he reaches redemption, which is evident through the change of Amir. There are several other good deeds or actions that Amir commits throughout the novel which also act as stepping stones to Amir’s path of redemption.

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It is delineated by natural inclination that people sympathize with others who undergo an unfortunate circumstance or event. However, this type of behavior is dependent on how one uses prior knowledge to judge whether someone is worthy of sympathy. The idea that people tend to draw conclusions based on other people’s decisions and character remains as one of the many underlying themes in literature. In Khaled Hosseini’s novel, The Kite Runner, Amir’s character is considered worthy of sympathy by his redeeming actions towards the end of the novel, his good intentions toward Baba, and his ability to empathize with others.

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While Amir had a hectic childhood laced with misfortune and trauma, his journey back to Afghanistan forces him to face exceedingly more traumatic situations. When unsure of what he can do, Amir turns to Islam, searching for hope in inevitability. Not being told what to believe, Amir finds hope to ease his pain and understands the true use of religion; not for blindly following a message of justice, but for self-betterment and comfort. While in the hospital, Amir realizes, "I see now that Baba was wrong, there is a God, there always had been. I see Him here, in the eyes of the people in this corridor of desperation.

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In the novel The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini, there are many different important conflicts throughout the story. These conflicts are brought upon by the recurring motifs, such as redemption and loyalty. The different dissensions support the ideas of characterization by how they react to the sudden adversity in their lives. Amir attempts to redeem himself through Hassan’s son, Sohrab, by saving him and giving him a better life. Further developing the meaning of the story, connoting the mental struggle and the way priorities change over time, keeping readers mindful of the motifs and how they impact each character.

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This quote also highlights the emotional turmoil that comes with confronting one's past mistakes. The use of metaphors in the quote creates a vivid image of Amir's sense of isolation and emptiness, underscoring the intense emotions that come with grappling with one's past. However, the quote also suggests that Amir has gained perspective over the years and is finally ready to confront his past and face the consequences of his actions. In conclusion, the character of Amir demonstrates that redemption requires a deep examination of one's identity and a willingness to confront the past in order to achieve personal growth and

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Kite Runner The author of the Kite Runner is Khaled Hoesseini. He was born in 1965 in Afghanistan and then moved to America. Whilst living in America, he published novels one of which is the Kite Runner. The Kite Runner novel is a novel which depicted the Afghanistan condition from fall of the monarchy in Afghanistan trough the Soviet invasion, the mass exodus of refugees to Pakistan and the United States, and the rise of the Taliban regime (Kurilah, 2009)

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In the novel, The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini, the plot is constructed in a circular structure. The structure of the novel emphasizes how big events can drastically change someone’s life; in addition Hosseini characterizes Amir in a morally ambiguous way, displaying how Amir matures as a person but fail to learn how to stand up for himself. allowing a person like Amir to redeem himself and in many ways fail to learn from his past mistakes. This circular structure of the story provides Amir an opportunity to redeem himself from the selfish and cruel ways he treats Hassan as a child.

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Amir’s Redemption in The Kite Runner In The Kite Runner, Khalid Hosseini writes that Amir makes mistakes, and because of that, it takes his entire life to redeem himself. Throughout The Kite Runner, Amir is looking for redemption. One of the reasons why Amir redeems himself was to fix the wrong he did to Hassan in his childhood. On the other hand, many may believe that Amir didn’t earn anything and rather wasted his time in Afghanistan.

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Furthermore, a greater portion of Amir’s search for redemption is derived from his guilt with Hassan. Amir lives with the guilt knowing that he betrayed Hassan and therefore his guilt is the underlying drive in the rest of his actions. For example, Amir’s journey back to Kabul, to rescue Sohrab, and his confrontation with Assef. The author expresses redemption in Amir’s actions when he reaches adult hood by proving he has the courage to stand up for what is right. Throughout the novel, Amir evolved as a character.

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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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Hosseini’s use of language, sin and redemption reveal to us the foundations of moral growth. As Amir ages, he experiences and grows to understands guilt and remorse. His actions and growth allow the reader to observe a journey of

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The Kite Runner is a book written as fiction yet possibly read as reality; some readers might even question the veracity of the events narrated throughout the story before realizing its categorization as a novel. This comes exclusively due to the story’s evident partial factual basis, even when said facts only reside in the Afghan and American history cited in the book. But how different can readers truly interpret the text? Knowledge of the novel’s internal and external context can help a reader understand more about the book, and hence possibly even find new hidden meaning in passages that were before just fiction; however, the writer’s understanding of his readers might also help him guide said audience towards a specific message. Is the

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