In the end, I ran” (Hosseini 77). Amir fails to protect Hassan. Amir put his needs before Hassan’s needs. As a consequence of Amir’s failure, Hassan is raped by Assef. Amir feels his betrayal as guilt for what he allows to happen.
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini shows the significant effect on relationships between sons and their father figures. The two main father-son relationships in the novel are between Amir, Hassan, and their fathers. Many of the significant events that shape the novel, such as the incident in the alley, as well as the personality and nature of Amir and Hassan, revolve around the influence of their father figures. Amir had been seeking for Baba’s affection from the moment he was born. In fact, his first word was Baba, which indicates how much Amir had longed for Baba’s love and attention.
For the reason that Hassan was raped, Amir felt guilty and began regretting his actions. Every time Amir would do something mean towards Hassan, he felt guilty after the action. “‘Let’s see. ‘Imbecile.’ It means smart, intelligent. I’ll use it in a sentence for you.
Hit me!” (92). Amir yells at Hassan to throw a pomegranate at him since he had hurt him before. Amir wants Hassan to “get even” with him because it will make him feel like being a witness to his assault was not as bad and relieve the guilt within him. After Amir shouts at Hassan, Hassan takes a piece of fruit and smashes it in his own face. He then replies, “There...Do you feel better?” (93).
So does Hassan. Hassan expresses his loyalty to Amir through many things, especially the kite. The first word Hassan uttered was “Amir”, which present that Hassan was destined to be loyal to Amir from birth. In the following days, Hassan constantly make contribution to and consider for Amir. When Amir cut off the last kite in the kite fighting competition, Hassan run to chase the kite and say to Amir, “For you, a thousand times ever.”, which moves a lot of people.
The kite fighters need to cut the others’ kite lines in the competition.When a kite is cut down and falls off the sky, a group of kids begin to chase the falling kite.They are called “kite runners”. Hassan is a successful “kite runner'’ for the main character Amir, knowing where the kite will land without even watching it. The excited kite competition starts on a sunny day.Amir cuts down the last blue kite and becomes the winner in the competition while Hassan is the person who will run to get the blue kite for Amir.When Hassan goes to run for the blue kite which is “the key to Baba’s heart” (76) for Amir, he says to Amir, “For you a thousand times over”, which reflects Hassan’s loyalty to Amir. Unfortunately, Hassan runs into Assef and two of his henchmen. who are the symbol of evil and cruel in the novel “The Kite Runner” :have once blamed Amir for socializing and communicating with Hassan. Wondering why Hassan is taking so long while Amir waited for a long time for Hassan to return from chasing the kite, he decides to go looking for him. On the way to find Hassan, Amir stops to ask an old man if he has seen him, when talking to the old man, Amir describes Hassan as “our servant’s son” (74).
Then Assef backed off and ran away. Also, Hassan showed how loyal he is to Amir when he ran the kite for Amir. Hassan was the confronted
In The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini, the main character Amir is faced with Conflict; a serious disagreement or argument, typically a protracted one. Conflict is something no one wants to experience, but yet everyone experiences it eventually. In The Kite Runner, conflict deeply affects the main character, Amir. The conflict begins when Amir and his best friend Hasaan are partaking in the Kite running festival; Hassan shows absolute devotion to Amir, even as Hassan in raped by a neighborhood bully. When Amir neglects to step in and help his friend, he is overcome with guilt; Amir was engulfed in his own emotional toxicity for years.
Khaled Hosseini was a marvellous writer. Hosseini is one of the most widely read and beloved novelists in the world, with more than ten million copies of The Kite Runner sold in the United States, and more than thirty-eight million copies sold worldwide in more than seventy countries. The kite runner tells a story of fierce cruelty and fierce yet redeeming love. Other than that, we can see that this book conveys different motifs in every detail of the plot. Motif is a dominant or recurring idea in an artistic work.
The endless and seemingly pointless violence in The Kite Runner is critical to the story. Each incident has its own unique purpose in the book whether it creates or resolves conflict, develops a character, or just shows the horrific place that Afghanistan can be. Violence is what makes the ending so satisfying. If Khaled Hosseini had left out all the violence, The Kite Runner wouldn’t be as riveting, genuine, and unforgettable as it is because the story wouldn’t have the same powerful