Hazara people

Regret is a basic part of everyone 's life; being too scared to take action or worrying too much about what others would think cause a lot of conflict and pain in people 's lives. The Kite Runner, by Khaled Hosseini, is no exception to this. Amir is a young boy living in the struggles of Afghanistan trying to find his way through life; with a dead mother and a distant father, he relies heavily on his friendship with his servant Hassan. But that friendship collapses when Amir is too cowardly to…

many other places in the world, specifically Afghanistan, we begin to see the true meaning of poverty, and the imbalance of power. In this book, The Kite Runner, a story unfolds, about of a very powerful and rich man, Baba, his son Amir, and their Hazara slave, Hassan. Throughout this story there’s a theme, one that shows a man’s need, and desire for redemption, and the damage that contained guilt inflicts over time. In The Kite Runner, our protagonist, Amir, goes through many emotional…

living in Afghanistan, Amir, who is struggling with the social hierarchy and being friends with a Hazara; a group looked down upon in their society as impure Muslims. Additionally, Amir is dealing with the lack of his father’s love. When Amir finally discovers a way to win his father’s affection, he is struck with a decision that he feels guilty for the rest of his life about. He abandons his Hazara servant, Hassan, while he is being raped. The guilt takes Amir over, leading to Hassan and…

grown up he goes back and Hassan's son who has lost his parents due to the Taliban shoots Assef in the eye when he was hurting Amir. The third moment of great courage in the book is when Amir stands up for Sohrab when General Taheri calls Sohrab a Hazara boy. When Hassan and Amir were friends they were close, Amir would read Hassan stories, and even though Hassan was Amir's servant they still hung out all of the time, they would fly kites together and go to movies. If there was ever any trouble…

receives a hope for bravery when faced with the world’s cruelest predicaments. As an emotionally confined young boy living in Afghanistan, Amir has the utmost difficult time with confronting his fear. Amir is blessed in living a rich life with the people that he loves deeply, but what is the price of leaving behind his fears? The worst outcome of Amir’s lack courage is watching his best friend being raped in an alley, but as the reader takes a closer look into the text, they find a further, in…

Redemption is the act of redeeming oneself through revenge or forgiveness. These moral actions are shown greatly through Amir, the main character of the novel. Amir was in no way a perfect little Pashtun boy; Amir lived his life around many sinful people people, the only difference being that Amir could redeem himself in the many times he had sinned. One great example of Amir’s sin and redemption would be after his birthday, where Amir is having difficulty coping with what he had seen the day of…

In life, people tend to make mistakes. Whether they are minor or major, mistakes shape the human life. Some may lead to guilt and some are forgotten in a span of a minute. Guilt that follows throughout adulthood may cause someone to have a difficult time opening up to their loved ones like Khaled Hosseini’s main character in The Kite Runner. In Khaled Hosseini’s novel, The Kite Runner, Hosseini is ultimately trying to reveal through Amir’s journey that at some point in life, a person’s past sins…

Generally, if he has lived long enough, he will automatically recall the fall of the twin towers on 9/11 and the many slurs used against people of Middle-Eastern decent. The words “terrorist”, “extremist”, and “heathen” were, and still are, often used by many Americans to describe these people. Despite all the attention that the country of Afghanistan has gained, not many people have stopped to think of the troubles that the Afghans themselves have faced. With his novel The Kite Runner, Khaled…

Sofia Ortiz Mr. Franklin AP Psychology March 26th, 2015 Psychological Analysis of The Kite Runner The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini is a remarkable story about a boy’s journey through life that is burdened with guilt. This guilt follows him even through adulthood until he gains a chance at redemption. Both the guilt and the chance for redemption shape the boy’s life giving him the motivation to fix his mistakes. The main character, Amir, is the narrator of the book. The entire story is seen…

Two young boy at the age of twelve, named Amir and Hassan were bestfriend, thought Hassan was Amir’s servant. Each relied on one another while growing up and having their childhood life. It came to some differences between them, Hassan who is an Hazara and Amir being a Pashtun. On a frigid overcast day in the Winter of 1975, had been their turning point of their failure relationship.…