Riverhead Books

was a kid weren’t right, and so he tries, in many ways, to right his wrong doings. In the beginning of the novel, Hosseini shows us how Baba, Amir’s father, doesn’t treat him like an equal, but instead he looks down on son. “Children aren’t coloring books. You don’t get to fill them with your…

There are some key major events that played a role into the life of Siddhartha. Siddhartha came into the world as a prince of a renowned tribe called Shakya (Molloy, 2010). Siddhartha mother birth him and died a week later, leaving his aunt to raise him. During a special ceremony Siddhartha was told that his path would lead down two directions of his choosing; both leading to a life of leadership. Siddhartha’s father wanted the best for him, as any parent would and did his best to protect him…

The father-son relationship between Amir and Baba was not always positive throughout The Kite Runner written by Khaled Hosseini. Amir feeling that “Baba hated me a little”[pg18] and Baba feeling as if Amis is someone “who won’t stand up for himself and becomes a man who can’t stand up to anything”[pg22], the reader is able to understand the sketchy relationship between Amir and Baba. Through the depiction of the characters and their interaction, the reader can see how Amir and Baba's…

Amir’s relationship with his only parental figure, Baba, is somewhat different from Gogol’s. While growing up in Afghanistan, Amir’s life was centered around trying to receive approval and praise from Baba. This was mainly due to the fact that Baba seemed to care more about his servant’s son Hassan than he did Amir. Hassan receiving Baba’s approval angered Amir and only pushed him harder to receive praise from his critical father. It was not until after his father died that Amir learned from a…

This novel follows the story of Amir as he reflects on his childhood in Afghanistan into present day in the United States. When Amir was growing up he lived with his father and their two servants Ali and his son Hassan. Amir is jealous of his father's relationship with Hassan, it is later revealed that Hassan is actually Baba’s son with Ali’s wife. One day Amir is in a kite fighting tournament, when Amir wins Hassan goes to retrieve the kite for Amir. Hassan takes to long and when Amir finds him…

Between rape, murder, the Taliban, and a strained father-son relationship, The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini is an emotional rollercoaster with many lessons to discover. The lessons I have gained from this novel is that politics and society should not affect our relationships, rape needs to be more of an open topic, and there is always redemption for those who search for it. Politics and society can affect how we interact with each other. In Afghanistan there are two major ethnic groups: the…

For this personal response I will be speaking about Amir from The Kite Runner. This character from the very begin is a complex charter, he has many endearing qualities such as caring for his friend, and excelling in school, but his draw backs show I side to him that is much different his jealousy of his friend Hassan and the attention he get from his father is overpowering and causes him to make many decisions that affect his friends happiness out of selfishness and jealousy for his own…

Jeff gets in contact in Joe only to find out that he doesn’t really keep up with his old football buddies anymore and this shocks him. Joe says it is because it’s a “pseudo-community” not a real community where friendships come out of it. It was a community because of the environment they were in they were forced to be together so from that these fake like friendships came out of it. Where they would party and hang out but it was not like a true friendship. Because of this Joe has not had any…

Our story starts in AD 26, with Judah Ben-Hur as our main character; he his a rich prince and salesmen in Jerusalem, that lives with his mother (Miriam), sister (Tirzah) his loyal slave, (Simonides), and the slave's daughter (esther). Esther loves Judah but is already going to be married to another person. Judah's friend from when he was a child, Messala, is now a tribune. And After several years of being away from Jerusalem, Messala returns as the commander of the Roman army. Messala wants to…

Once Amir gets the phone call from Rahim Khan, he decides to go to Afghanistan to try and right his wrongs. One day while Amir and Soraya are watching television, Amir gets a call from Rahim Khan. Rahim Khan tells Amir that he is very sick, and that he would like to see Amir, and also tell Amir about Hassan before he passes. During the phone call, Rahim Khan tells Amir that the trip to Afghanistan will provide “a way to be good again” (192). Amir realizes that Rahim Khan knows he betrayed Hassan…