In the novel The Kite Runnner by Khaled Hosseini the character Amir has grown up in a different culture than people in his household. Amir’s culture effects his views when Hassan gets raped in alley.” I could step into that alley, stand up for Hassan the way he’d stood up for me all those times in the past and …show more content…
Amir’s cultural got the worst of him and let horrible things happen to a boy because he has a different background than Amir. Another quote to show how Amir’s culture affect him seeing the world is “I opened my mouth, almost said something. Almost. The rest of my life might have turned out differently if I had” (page73). Amir never thought of Hassan has his friend, you can really see that Amir sees no friendship between them when he says “I almost said something”. While reading it is proven that Amir will do anything to be look at by his dad in a good way no matter what he has to do to get seen and loved by him. Amir says” Maybe Hassan was the price I had to pay ….to wind Baba” (page 77”. As says this is goes back to the thesis I mad, actions or events that happened in their childhood could end up hurting them in the long fun of life. Amir is hurt that his dad and him are not close so he is willing to let others get hurt to get what he wants. So my thesis and this tie together because the event of his mom dying right after his birth hurts Amir’s and Hassan‘s friendship because he is willing to let bad things happen to him. Another way my thesis fits is …show more content…
When Dee says to her mom” No Dee, Wangero Leewanika Kemanjo!”(Page 61). Dee changing her name was because she hated being named after people who oppressed her, so because of events in her childhood she changed her name to something she wanted instead of what her mom wanted. In the story Alice gives on details about the scars on Maggie’s arms and legs,” She will stand hopelessly in corners, homely and ashamed of the burn scars down her arms and legs, eyeing her sister with a mixture of envy and awe.” (Page 58)Maggie shows how her burns from her childhood affect her in today’s life. Both quotes are proof that in a short story events they have events that happened in the early part of life that are still causing the pain. In my example they both mean different things. Dee changes her name because she does not like the reason behind her name and Maggie just a picture for life of the horrible event that changed not only her but her family as