What does this dream finally help Amir realize? Amir and Hassan have a favorite story. Does the story have the same meaning for both men? Why does Hassan name his son after one of the characters in the story? Baba and Amir know that they are very different people. Often it disappoints both of them that Amir is not the son that Baba has hoped for. When Amir finds out that Baba has lied to him about Hassan, he realizes that "as it turned out, Baba and I were more alike than I'd never known.
How is this both a negative and positive realization? When Amir and Baba move to the States their relationship changes, and Amir begins to view his father as a more complex man. Discuss the changes in their relationship. Do you see the changes in Baba as tragic or positive? Discuss the difference between Baba and Ali and between Amir and Hassan. Are Baba's and Amir's betrayals and similarities in their relationships of their servants if you consider Baba's act a betrayal similar or different?
Questions issued by publisher. Site by BOOM. Search Go. Author Bio. Book Reviews. Why does Hosseini set up this parallel? Because the fates of Zahir Shah and Baba—as well as the fates of those dependent on Baba like Amir, Hassan, and Ali—are all bound together in a sense. The rules that govern life in Kabul have been stirred up, and power balances have shifted.
Bloodshed and violence may be in store. We witness this from the perspective of Amir, a young boy who does not know what it means that Afghanistan has become a republic. What he does know is this bully, Assef, suddenly has more power because of who his father knows.
Amir feels uncertain and threatened, as many Afghans likely did. Amir also talks about how prevalent American culture was in the country during this time. It is not just ethnic purity that Assef and others like him are after, but also cultural purity. The aim is a pure Pashtun people and culture, and the prevalence of American culture in Afghanistan threatens this goal. As a result, the influence of American culture in Afghanistan will be wiped out almost entirely during the years that Amir calls the end of Afghanistan as they know it.
In fact, the overall theme of the section is change, in politics, in society, and in the personal lives of Amir and Hassan.
In Chapter 4, for instance, Amir recognizes his gift for storytelling, first when he strays from the text he is reading to Hassan and then when he writes his own short story. Hassan also undergoes a change: his cleft lip is repaired. The deformity is something Hassan has known all his life. It is, in a way, a marker of who he is: a poor servant boy. The surgery removes that marker, and again it is as if a balance is upset.
We can expect things to change between the boys, though it is unclear at this point how they will change. If Hassan is better at something than Amir, like solving riddles, Amir stops doing it. Responses by Hassan after the story show that he is introspective and manages to read between the lines. He makes well-thought-out observations, and Amir learns something from Hassan despite his low opinion of him.
Their personalities, faiths, social status, and even experiences are different. Amir is wealthy; Hassan is the son of Amir's father's servant. Hassan is a Shi'a Muslim and an ethnic Hazara. What is significant about Hosseini's description of Hassan? Category: family and relationships bereavement. Hosseini's description of Hassan is significant because it portrays him similarly to how he was described previously in the book in a physical sense, but more developed in the aspect of maturity and character, showing that what had happened to him did not impact the course of his life to the magnitude that it did Amir.
What does Hassan symbolize in The Kite Runner? What was Hassan's first word and why is that important? What does Hassan mean? Why can't Hassan read? What is the moral of The Kite Runner? Theme of The Kite Runner. Does Amir Love Hassan? Is Hassan Amir's brother? Why did Baba sleep with Sanaubar? What is the significance of Hassan's favorite book The Shahnameh?
Amir writes his first short story, attempts to share it with his father but instead receives encouragement from Rahim Khan. After receiving the note of encouragement, Amir wakes up Hassan and shares his story with him. Hassan loves the story but also points out "the Plot Hole" that Amir had missed. Just as Amir is attempting to answer, "Afghanistan changed forever. Ali and Baba were playmates, a situation that is repeated and paralleled by Hassan and Amir in the next generation.
Amir metaphorically follows his father's footsteps as he fails to call Hassan his friend. The Sunni and the Shi'a don't mix. The effect of religious and cultural differences is explored throughout The Kite Runner but is extremely apparent in these relationships.
Amir compares his first twelve years, growing up with Hassan, to a "long lazy summer day," which contrasts with the shocking event of the winter day that will move Amir from childhood to adulthood. Instead of using a single year to symbolize the stages of Amir's life, Hosseini uses the seasons to symbolize different emotional states in Amir's existence.
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