Monday, November 23, 2015
Kite runner
The story Kite runner starts off with the introduction of the narrator, Amir, and he begins to reminisce about his childhood friend who lived back in his old country in Afghanistan. Amir had received a phone call from someone in Afghanistan that told him that there was a way to right his wrongs with his old best friend, Hassan. Amir than thinks back to his old times in Afghanistan. He was born rich and his father was known as the most one of the most admirable men in the city. Hassan and his father lived on the land that I'm here Amir's father owned. Amir expressed how the sun would do whatever he had asked him to without hesitation. If what Amir asked him to do was something bad and Hassan got punished, he would never tell that it was Amir's idea. While reading the book I noticed several things about Amir that separates from his Hassan. On page 11 is says that Amir's first words was "Baba". Hassan's first words just so happened to be "Amir". Hassan's father Ali said that there's a special bond share between two boys that drank from the same breast. On page 13 Amir remembers that one time his father asked that him and Hassan joined him on the trip to the lake and he lied and told his father that his son had the runs so that he could have father all to himself. This showed selfishness because they both enjoyed his company but he was too selfish to share his father with his bestfriend. This book had me wondering what was it that Amir did wrong that hurt Hassan.
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So was Amir the stereotypical rich kid, who's selfish and stuck up, or is Amir actually kind of a nice guy? Because from your post it seemed like Amir used Hassan a lot to do things Amir himself didn't want to get in trouble for.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Ryan. Since Amir had no reason to be selfish of his best friend, he decided to find a reason not to like a person that had his best interest. Hassan was just being a good friend and Amir seemed like he was using him.
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