A Thousand Acres

Tony Kappen Ms.Cecchetto ENG 4U1 13 March 2015 The Product of Fear Individuals who act selfishly are slaves to their fears, not masters of good reason. Fear is the root of all selfishness, as it is what drives individuals to place their own irrational needs before the wellbeing of those around them. Amir, the protagonist of Khaled Hosseini’s novel the Kite Runner, his father Baba and General Taheri are all examples of such individuals. The fear these individuals possess, cause them to damage…

that no one was there to help him out. Guilt and regret are two dangerously serious traits to have, and it was unhealthy for Amir to be living with that pain all his life. When he finally did confess and accept what he had done, however, he felt a thousand times better. Another character who was affected by this betrayal was without a doubt Hassan. “I haven 't seen much of Hassan the last few days,” (82). This quote said by Baba is a good example of how the betrayal affected Hassan, because on…

QUESTION: Imagine that Baba keeps a journal in which he comments on important events. Write an entry for this journal just after the kite tournament. In this entry he reflects on the tournament and on his feelings about Amir's victory. You should give careful consideration to your language choices and style, which should achieve a sense of Baba's voice. Today was the day I have been waiting for. A day I can be a proud father. A day I can finally say, 'My son Amir, my son, is a winner.' A…

Within Hosseini’s ‘A Thousand Splendid Suns’ and Atwood’s ‘The Year of the Flood’, each modern novel’s societies present their central women characters as being enslaved. Arguably, this applies to both the central women characters Toby from ‘The Year of the Flood’ and Mariam from ‘A Thousand Splendid Suns’. The main focus of ‘A Thousand Splendid Suns’ is how the changing political situation across the twentieth and twenty first century affects women. On the other hand, ‘The Year of the Flood’…

Just to clear up where I am in the story, this is what has happened so far. At the beginning of the novel, The Kite Runner, by Khaled Hosseini, describes the main characters, Amir and Hassan. We learn things about Amir, like Amir’s mother died in labour with him, his dad makes good money, and he is a form of muslim known as Pashtun. In this time, late 1970’s, and place, Afghanistan, Amir is privileged. Hassan in the story is a polar opposite of Amir, Hassan’s mother also died in childbirth with…

Kite Runner In a novel, the use of symbols provide meaning to the text beyond what is actually said to enhance the story. The novel, “The Kite Runner,” by Khaled Hosseini, is an excellent example of implementing key symbols that explains the main points and themes the author is trying to get across. In “The Kite Runner”, the kite symbolizes the worthiness Amir desires from his dad, the guilt and self hate Amir has for the rest of his life due to the betrayal of his loyal friend, and the sense…

Amir is a character who goes through the circle of life in Khaled Hosseini 's novel The Kite Runner. Amir is an Afghani boy who lives with his father and has two Hazara servants Hassan and Ali. Ever since Hassan became one of Amir 's servants, Amir has experienced some difficulty with his relationship with Hassan. Amir was always told by his friend Kham Khan that he has the opportunity to be good again. Khaled Hosseini proves that Amir comes full circle when Amir as a kid, has guilt after living…

When a character is placed into a time of racism and hate he or she might become sullen and numb to feelings. For Amir in the novel The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini, this was exactly what happened. Amir is in Afghanistan, with his father, in the beginning of the novel. They then move to America later on, and during the ending of the book Amir spends most of his time back in Afghanistan. When surrounded by many geographical and cultural factors, Amir learns that running away from your…

As a young kid without a mother, your father means everything to you; but when your dad makes You feel like you have to fight for his affection, you will stop at nothing to achieve it. In the kite runner, Amir and Hassan have an eccentric relationship. Amir has mixed emotions, and wonders whether to call Hassan his best friend, brother, or servant. When baba (his father) treats Amir and the servant Hassan as equals, hatred swells within Amir. Hassan endures physical, mental, and sexual abuse in…

caused by the Taliban, and with the “insults” and “humiliation” (Khadra 98) that came with it. She was forced to kill Mohsen in the end due to her anger with the society. She wanted to escape her gender roles and be equal with the rest of them. In A Thousand Splendid Suns, Mariam was forced to kill Rasheed. She was forced to do it because he was killing Laila, but she also did it to escape his power. This only difference was that she didn’t love him at all. Zunaira and Mariam both killed their…