Hazara people

But, it was Hassan, he always forgives people, no matter who it was, he was just that type of person. We started to hang out again, which made me even feel worse about myself. I went to my bedroom, I could not stand to look at Hassan because I was the worst person in the world. I thought of all…

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…

Parent-child Relationships in Hosseini’s The Kite Runner and Shakespeare’s Hamlet In both texts, Hamlet and The Kite Runner, Hamlet and Amir, each have a relationship with their father, that plays a huge role in their lives. They idolize their fathers and strive to attain their approval; no matter the consequences. Furthermore, their fathers’ past actions and conflicts heavily influence their fates and their identities dramatically. In, The Kite Runner, Amir places his father on such a high…

Sometimes, a kite is much more than a simple toy. In Khaled Hosseini’s novel The Kite Runner, a young boy discovers that a kite can mean many things as your perspective changes. As time goes on and people change, a kite acts as a blank canvas, for which one can project their views and sentiments. Even at a young age, Amir, The Kite Runner’s protagonist, knows that kite is not just kite. To Amir, kites represent many different things as he is in different stages of his life. The story speaks to…

Khaled Hosseini’s “Kite Runner” brilliantly illustrates the story of a young boy named Amir going through his life and the troubles he carries. Redemption is a key theme throughout the book, of which Amir goes through the entire book trying to amend for the sins he committed as a child . This also brings out another theme that goes hand in hand with redemption which is forgiveness something that takes Amir a majority of the novel in order to fully understand. In order for Amir to come to terms…

reflects on his youth and attempts to change his life for the better. He becomes a person others can count on and he uses his familial connections to aid others in his community. Despite his best efforts, he is still unable to make amends entirely as people still associate him with his troubled youth. This leads him to consider how best to correct his mistakes as a samurai throughout his youth, and he shares this advice in the hopes that…

Many young children have best friends, or someone who they can rely on to keep their secrets and help them in times of need. As Mencius said, ¨Friends are the siblings God never gave us.¨ Mencius is said to be the greatest follower of Confucius, one of the most well known Chinese philosophers of all time. In his quote, we can see how it truly relates to Amir and Hassan 's friendship in The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini. In the book, Amir and Hassan are best friends, but Amir cares more for his…

After characters in “The Kite Runner” betray and hold secrets against each other, it can be hard for them to find forgiveness from the one they acted against. In several cases, it takes characters in the story many years and acts of repentance to redeem themselves. Amir stretches the lengths of forgiveness by trying to make his life right again after the person he betrayed, Hassan, has already died. Baba and Rahim Khan also look for and teach about forgiveness because of the secret they kept…

The book, ‘Crazy Times with Uncle Ken’ (2011) chronicles the deeds and misdeeds, adventures and misadventures of Uncle Ken, who helped to enliven Ruskin Bond’s boyhood days. Uncle Ken lived under the dominion of several strong-minded-women – his mother, four sisters, and several cousins and nieces. So, he needed an ally, and sometimes he found an ally in Ruskin. His jobs did not last very long, his grandiose schemes were unsuccessful, and he got both Ruskin and himself – into trouble every…

Bungee in Norway Peter was 21 years old and loved bungee jumping and parachute in Norway. But this year he were going to bungee jump in the Sognadal Mountains. He sat on the train on his way from Bergen to Sogndal. He had a little cabin in Sogndal. It was two bedrooms and one kitchen, and if they needed a toilet, they went out. He was with his two friends, Jonas and Frank, both was from Sogndal. When he arrived, Jonas and Frank were waiting in the cabin. It was two days until they were going to…