A Thousand Splendid Suns

When you are young, you learn many skills and acquire a variety traits. Of the many traits that you learn when you are young, decision making is among the most important. Every decision has an outcome, whether good or bad; in order to sacrifice, you must make a decision. Through acts of sacrifice, people gain selflessness. Sacrifice leads to the redemption of characters in the novel Kite Runner, it also brings the plot full circle. The root of redemption in the novel comes from betrayal, every…

The Kite Runner In the Khalid Hosseini novel, The Kite Runner, the loyalty Hassan, a youth who lives in poverty with his servant father, had towards Amir, a privileged boy that craves his father’s attention, led him to him to his ultimate demise, and resulted in affects negatively impacting his life. If Hassan had not protected Amir from Assef while Assef comforted them, he would not have been abused and felt isolated himself from Amir due to his self-shame. But he never stopped being loyal,…

Khaled Hosseini’s novel “The Kite Runner” tells the story of a man with a rough past and the events that occurred throughout his life that have made an impact on who he has become. The main character, Amir, reflects upon his past and the people he has been involved with and readers are given insight into his life. Amir grew up in a luxurious home with his well-respected father, Baba. In their yard live a father and son, Ali and Hassan, who work for Amir and Baba. Hassan, who was born with a…

Modern day Afghanistan is a difficult subject to discuss, and most people know very little about it. The once noble country has fallen into disarray after the infamous rise of the Taliban in the late 20th century. The extreme islamic fundamentalists have turned entire soccer stadiums into execution centers, and struck terror into the hearts of all Afghans. They also have forbidden women to work, and since most of their husbands were murdered by the Taliban the women and their children starve.The…

In this scene, Amir is in decies while walking the streets of Kabul. After giving the bagger a hundred thousand Afghanis, Amir learns he used to work at the university alongside his long deceased mother, Sofia. The ensuing conversation leads to Amir acquiring more information about his mother than he ever did before from his father, Baba. While giving birth…

For centuries, stories have been passed down from generation to generation to be shared around the world. The novel The Kite Runner shows a story of a character, Amir, that through his guilt decides to change his lifestyle so that he can compromise for his mistakes. Khaled Hosseini uses character analysis, symbolism, and theme to create a powerful novel with a strong message, The Kite Runner. In the novel, Hosseini’s main character, Amir, starts off with a distant relationship with his father,…

People face pressure in their lives every day, especially in college, because students are working hard to get a successful job. Why is the Massachusetts Institute of Technology the university with the highest suicide rate in America? Could it be because pressure, whether academic, social, peer, or environmental tend to affect young people in a negative way? By comparing and contrasting social pressure, peer pressure and environmental pressure in Lord of the Flies by William Golding and The Kite…

“Innocence, lack of guile or corruption; purity” (oxforddictionaries.com). Everyone loses their innocence; whether it is mentally or physically no one will stay innocent forever. Lord of the Flies by William Golding and The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini both deal with the loss of innocence which affected many people negatively, but how the innocence was lost, the symbols in the stories, and the negative effects from the loss makes the stories different. How innocence was lost is one of the…

“The most important Influence in my childhood was my father”- Deforest Kelly. This quote clearly illustrates parent-child relationships and the affects it can have on a person. In the novel The Kite Runner written by Khaled Hosseini, the theme of parent-child relationships are abundantly evident throughout the entire novel. The most evident parent-child relationship within this novel is undoubtedly, Amir and Baba’s. However, their relationship is very distant during many parts of the novel. The…

let the Russian soldier have his thirty minutes with the lady, but instead, he decided to stand up for what he thought was right even though he knew he killed have been sent away or killed. As the scene continues, Baba says: “‘Tell him I’ll take a thousand of his bullets before I let this indecency take place’, Baba said. (...) The Russian raised his gun. (...) He clicked the safety on the gun. Pointed the barrel to Baba’s chest. (...) The soldier who had meant to shoot Baba had already…