A Thousand Acres

Hassan was always the friend that never left Amir’s side or betrayed him in any way, because he adored Amir and respected him. The most famous words said by Hassan in this entire book are, “For you a thousand times over!” (67). These words make the reader understand just how much Hassan loved Amir and would do anything for him. One day Amir makes the decision to betray his friendship with Hassan, when Hassan is in a terrible situation. This mistake to…

I think the reoccurring theme throughout the book is the character’s relationship to the past and how it shaped them into the people they are. In chapter twenty-two, when Assef is beating up Amir, Amir begins to feel peace again with himself since 1975. This shows how much guilt Amir has felt since Hassan got raped and he did not speak up. The guilt Amir has had to live with his whole life has caused him to think he is responsible for catastrophes. I think Amir’s attempts, throughout the story,…

Rahim Khan may just seem like a fatherly figure of the main character, Amir, in the novel, The Kite Runner; however, Rahim’s characteristics change significantly as time passes in the book and can clearly be seen in the passage. Hosseini makes us perceive Rahim Khan as an old, dying man just trying to give Hassan’s son, Sohrab, a better life than the one he currently is living. However, we also see Rahim as this faithful father-like figure in Amir’s life which adds to his complexity. Rahim Khan…

There is an almost imperceptible line between friend and enemy. In the words of Henry David Thoreau, “[T]rue friendship is never serene" (Brainy Quote). In fact, the more entwined two individuals become, the greater the possibility that complications such as insecurity, jealousy and competition can arise. Friendship fulfills man’s basic need for love and security; however, it also can involve an unequal balance of needs and wants. In Khaled Hosseini’s seminal work The Kite Runner, Amir and…

Symbols are utilized by Khaled Hosseini throughout his novel The Kite Runner. Color, and various objects such as the kite are just a few examples of these symbols. However, the symbol of the lamb seems to be the most important one Hosseini uses. He compares it to the characters as well as show the importance of the lamb in the Afghan religion. To understand how Hosseini uses the symbol of the lamb as a sacrifice, one must first understand the significance of the lamb, then how it symbolizes…

The Kite Runner is a book about a boy who grows up in Afghanistan and deals with horrible guilt while growing up. It takes place during the war between Russia and Afghanistan and goes over various themes and ideas. One big idea that this novel covers is racism in Afghanistan towards the minority, Hazaras. The other theme is how important family is and how much it matters throughout life. Both ideas are displayed throughout the book help, Amir, the main character on his road to redemption.…

Have you even made a mistake when you were younger that you wish you wouldn't have made, and wanted to get redemption because of the mistake? In the Khaled Hosseini novel,The Kite Runner, amir made a very big mistake that he would regret for the rest of his life. He allowed his best friend Hassan and later Amir would find out that Hassan would be his brother aslo, be raped by another kid named assef. He watched it happen, then instead of stepping in to help or try to stop it he turned his…

Poetic Justice - the fact of experiencing a fitting or deserved retribution for one's actions. In Khaled Hosseini’s “A Thousand Splendid Suns,” a man named Jalil is ashamed of one of his daughters named Mariam. Also a man named Rasheed is a heavy fundamentalist of his religion and sometime takes it too far. Jalil is a victim of poetic justice by becoming ill and dying before not being able to make things right with his daughter after all the harm and wrong things he has done to her in her life.…

Because Amir feels guilty, he feels that it’s necessary to be relieved of his pain and have a strong desire to redeem himself. When Amir is in America, he gets a call from one of his close family friends named Rahim Khan. Rahim claims that he is dying soon, and wants to see Amir before he passes. When Amir visits Rahim; Rahim opens up about how he knew about Amir’s betrayal. He also talks about Baba’s past by claiming that Hassan is his half brother. Then Rahim continues and says that Hassan is…

A Scarlet Ibis is a bird that inhabits tropical South America and the islands of the Caribbean. The book “The Scarlet Ibis” is about a boy named Doodle who cannot run, jump, swim, walk, and a brother that does not accept him. The Golden Kite, and the Silver wind are about a Mandarin who does not accept that the neighboring city of his has a better wall than his own. The Mandarin then keeps changing the wall so that he is more preferable than the other town. “The Scarlet Ibis” by William Hurst…