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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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