A Thousand Acres

The concept of shelter throughout “A Thousand Splendid Suns” creates a prominent theme that can be visible throughout the novel. Shelter plays an influential role on the characters as well as on their actions. Hosseini diverges the notion of shelter into three subcategories, affecting individuals of the novel physically, mentally and emotionally. Moreover, the theme of shelter seems to provide the characters with a sense of protection from reality as well as from others around them. This…

Developing Through Friendship The Kite Runner is a novel written by Khaled Hosseini about the life of Amir, an Afghan child whose closest friend is Hassan, a Hazara child. The Hazara are usually looked down on as the lesser race, which is why Amir has to hide his friendship from other people. This causes many problems for Amir, such as a violent confrontation with Assef, a child obsessed with Hitler, which almost ends with a fight. Amir’s problems only worsen when he witnesses Hassan being…

Rising once Again The theme of redemption stands as the underlying storyline in both ESPN’s Unguarded and The Kite Runner written by Khaled Hosseini. Amir in The Kite Runner, and Chris Herren in Unguarded exemplify torrid stories in which they initially rise up, come crashing down, and in the end reestablish themselves as they rise again. Amir in The Kite Runner and Chris Herren in Unguarded exemplify torrid stories in which they initially rise up, come crashing down, and in the end…

Many people make sacrifices for love ones; Hassan and Amir are no exception to this. In the novel Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini, Hassan makes many sacrifices for Amir from standing up to bullies and lying for him. While it took Amir some time to start making sacrifices for Haasan he finally does from leaving his home in america, to rescue Sohrab (Hassan’s child). Hassan’s love for his friend, half-brother is above and beyond leaps in bonds especially after the way Amir treated him when they…

The Kite Runner, written by Khalid Hosseini, is a novel which takes place in Afghanistan. It revolves around a boy named Amir, who struggles to make the right decisions throughout his life and lives with a past full of shame. Throughout the story, shame is shown as a destructive force. Shame can negatively influence your thoughts and emotional state. In The Kite Runner, the author presents the idea that shame follows you throughout your life. Amir tried to cope with his shame by burying…

Amir and Hassan have a close-knit, but opaque, relationship in The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini. Within the first chapters of this novel, a reader can’t deny the presence of a special bond tying Amir and Hassan together. Although Amir portrays harsh feelings about Hassan, Hassan’s great significance in Amir’s childhood sometimes defies those feelings. In the beginning Amir behaved like a friend to Hassan, maybe even more, because they lived and grew up together since birth, establishing a…

Joseph Campbell, the author of the novel, A Hero with a Thousand Faces, is most famous for discovering the repetitive cycle heros undergo -- referred to as the hero’s journey. The hero’s journey is separated into three overall sections, Departure, Fulfillment, and Return. Suyuan Woo, one of the main characters in the Joy Luck Club, undergoes a series of life events that Campbell has defined as the aspects of the hero’s journey. The departure stage of Suyuan’s life closely resembles Campbell’s…

The Dangers of Loyalty Over time, loyalty has been one of the most influential qualities one can possess, contributing largely to the development of wars and the destruction of relationships. In the novel The Kite Runner, by Khaled Hosseini, one dependable boy sacrifices himself multiple times in order to protect and serve a close friend, proving himself to be a loyal companion. In being loyal to Amir, Hassan’s actions have harmful long-term effects on himself. While loyalty is an important…

“When a coward stops remembering who he is...God help us” (Hosseini 241). These words should resonate with any guilt-ridden person, as to be guilty is to recognize one’s own cowardice and mistakes. Amir, the protagonist of The Kite Runner, speaks these words to himself in a time of great internal turmoil. The author, Khaled Hosseini places an emphasis on guilt’s effect on the individual as a main theme, mostly made manifest through the character of Amir. In The Kite Runner, Khaled Hosseini…

After committing a wrong or failing in some way, there are many people that believe they need to be punished for their offenses, with the reason behind it varying and sometimes unclear to whomever is observing their situation. Amir, the main character and narrator from Khaled Hosseini’s The Kite Runner, betrays his brother, Hassan, by abandoning him in his greatest time of need: Hassan is raped and otherwise abused by a group of boys that are easily able to overpower him. Despite the fact that…