The Kite Runner by Khalid Hosseini and William Shakespeare’s Hamlet have demonstrated how the protagonists’ action of concealing and revealing their true selves impacts themselves and the surrounding. First of all, Amir’s escaping from the alley in the year of 1975 and Hamlet’s supernatural conversation with the ghost respectively trigger the aggressive plot development in the stories. Secondly, Amir’s desperation for paternal love and Hamlet’s grief for the death of Old Hamlet cause them to act differently and lead to a life dilemma. Nevertheless, Amir’s redemption saves him from further concealing the sorrow of betraying Hassan, whereas Hamlet’s life, without forgiveness, forebodes a remarkable tragedy, death. Being evasive to best
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Amir is given the opportunity to redeem himself even though he initially refuses to mention the past guilt as a grown up. “'Rahim, a boy who won't stand up for himself becomes a man who can't stand up to anything.' I wonder, is that what you've become?" (Hosseini 211) This quote is said by Rahim to Amir when they meet up after years. As a close friend, Rahim knows everything happened to the relationship between Hassan and Amir. Amir is encouraged to prove that he can be good again by saving Hassan’s son, Sohrab. Amir rescues Sohrab from Assef, who physically harms Amir severely.
“I laughed because I saw that, in some hidden nook in a corner of my mind, I’d even been looking forward to this...my body was broken--just how badly I wouldn’t find out until later--but I felt healed. Healed at last. I laughed” (Hosseini 272).
Amir first time stands up and fights back Assef, releasing pains that he carries for the betrayal of a best friend. Amir does not bring Sohrab to any orphanage and adopts him to live together in America. Amir’s fault from the year of 1975 lets him suffer from concealing his true self even after his marriage. Consequently, Amir makes up his past guilt to Hassan, endeavoring to provide the best to Hassan’s son for the rest of his life. Amir reveals himself by redemption; conversely, Hamlet uses killing to solve the …show more content…
People more or less conceal their thinking to continue the life. Repairing by first forgiving himself for all the blunders made, Amir improves to get over the past. Revealing the sadness of death and then looking forward to a better tomorrow could have been Hamlet’s option. Humans are born to make decisions, and there is nothing innately wrong for making the incorrect one. Everyone is working on the best of themselves inside
Amir is given the opportunity to redeem himself even though he initially refuses to mention the past guilt as a grown up. “'Rahim, a boy who won't stand up for himself becomes a man who can't stand up to anything.' I wonder, is that what you've become?" (Hosseini 211) This quote is said by Rahim to Amir when they meet up after years. As a close friend, Rahim knows everything happened to the relationship between Hassan and Amir. Amir is encouraged to prove that he can be good again by saving Hassan’s son, Sohrab. Amir rescues Sohrab from Assef, who physically harms Amir severely.
“I laughed because I saw that, in some hidden nook in a corner of my mind, I’d even been looking forward to this...my body was broken--just how badly I wouldn’t find out until later--but I felt healed. Healed at last. I laughed” (Hosseini 272).
Amir first time stands up and fights back Assef, releasing pains that he carries for the betrayal of a best friend. Amir does not bring Sohrab to any orphanage and adopts him to live together in America. Amir’s fault from the year of 1975 lets him suffer from concealing his true self even after his marriage. Consequently, Amir makes up his past guilt to Hassan, endeavoring to provide the best to Hassan’s son for the rest of his life. Amir reveals himself by redemption; conversely, Hamlet uses killing to solve the …show more content…
People more or less conceal their thinking to continue the life. Repairing by first forgiving himself for all the blunders made, Amir improves to get over the past. Revealing the sadness of death and then looking forward to a better tomorrow could have been Hamlet’s option. Humans are born to make decisions, and there is nothing innately wrong for making the incorrect one. Everyone is working on the best of themselves inside