“The saddest thing about betrayal is that it never comes from your enemies, but
your friends and the loved ones.” The relevence of this quote is apt and embeded
in the character of Amir and Hassan. They grew together and their upbringing
was on equal footage. Hassan trusted Amir the most and Amir was greatly
dependent on the loyalty of Hassan. The tragedy of this friendship is that Amir
never considers Hassan as his friend and has condescending views about Hassan
and he never leaves an oppurtunity to humiliate him. Thus ,Hassan gets betrayed
by his most bosom and closest friend Amir. This paper intends to prove that
betrayal cannot be seen in isolation but, it germinates from the very seed of
jealousy in friendship.
Friendship is the …show more content…
Both
these cases portray the evidence of betrayal. Brutus, in Julius Caeser and Amir, in
the Kite Runner darken the very spirit of friendship with their acts of betrayal.
The impact of betrayal in the case of Julius Caesar is of unimaginable magnitude.
The betrayal’s immediate consequence is the assassination of Caesar and there
after massive chaos, instability and destruction become the cheif features of
Roman life. The dreams of Calpurnia come true and the city falls in flames.
In the case of the novel ‘The Kite Runner’ betrayal causes separation between
Amir and Hassan and unfortunately ,the separation was so destined that both of
them never meet again. Hassan of course, is the chief victim of betrayal but Amir
also can’t be said unaffected because somewhere the sense of guilt plants its seed
in his heart.
How one can realign and reconcile after the incident of betrayal, largely depends
upon time and situation. In the case of Julius Caesar, it appears that everything
gets destroyed and there is no chance of realignment or reconciliation but as
your friends and the loved ones.” The relevence of this quote is apt and embeded
in the character of Amir and Hassan. They grew together and their upbringing
was on equal footage. Hassan trusted Amir the most and Amir was greatly
dependent on the loyalty of Hassan. The tragedy of this friendship is that Amir
never considers Hassan as his friend and has condescending views about Hassan
and he never leaves an oppurtunity to humiliate him. Thus ,Hassan gets betrayed
by his most bosom and closest friend Amir. This paper intends to prove that
betrayal cannot be seen in isolation but, it germinates from the very seed of
jealousy in friendship.
Friendship is the …show more content…
Both
these cases portray the evidence of betrayal. Brutus, in Julius Caeser and Amir, in
the Kite Runner darken the very spirit of friendship with their acts of betrayal.
The impact of betrayal in the case of Julius Caesar is of unimaginable magnitude.
The betrayal’s immediate consequence is the assassination of Caesar and there
after massive chaos, instability and destruction become the cheif features of
Roman life. The dreams of Calpurnia come true and the city falls in flames.
In the case of the novel ‘The Kite Runner’ betrayal causes separation between
Amir and Hassan and unfortunately ,the separation was so destined that both of
them never meet again. Hassan of course, is the chief victim of betrayal but Amir
also can’t be said unaffected because somewhere the sense of guilt plants its seed
in his heart.
How one can realign and reconcile after the incident of betrayal, largely depends
upon time and situation. In the case of Julius Caesar, it appears that everything
gets destroyed and there is no chance of realignment or reconciliation but as