Hi there, ho there. I know we have barely started "The Kite Runner" but I just could not resist starting a post on it...
First off, there was a myriad of passages that stood out to me, especially when pertaining to Amir, the protagonist, and his relationship with his father:
"Of course, marrying a poet was one thing, but fathering a song who preferred burying his face in poetry books to hunting... well, that wasn't how Baba had envisioned it" (Pp. 20)
That one passage touched upon a very serious situation that many young people go through with their parents: a misunderstanding of one another. Amir alluded to "... a past of unatoned sins" (Pp. 1). What could he possibly be saying by correlating his relationship with his father and these "unatoned sins"? A lot of questions arose within me while reading these first three chapters... but one thing is for sure; We're in for a bumpy ride alongside this troubled character, Amir.
Were there any specific portions in the book that stood out to you guys?
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Who would have thought that a book with the title "The Kite Runner" would be this amazing. Ive learned a lot about the relationship Amir and Baba have. Although, it seems like its a good relationship of Father and Son, Baba is like the father who expects his son to run when he does not have legs to do so. As my support i found the passage that says "Baba and I live in the same house, but in different spheres of existence. Kites are the one paper-thin slice of intersection between those spheres." Clearly Baba is oblivious to the way his Admiring Son feels.
ReplyDeleteI like the passage you chose to support your inference, Hubert. Like you, I also think that Baba and Amir have two different mindsets when it comes to each other.
ReplyDeleteLast night, we had to read chapter 7... and boy, was I infuriated! To think this insolent boy ever called Hassan his friend is so foreign to me now. I know that Amir was frightened at the moment.. but instead of helping out as dear friend, he fled like a deer about to be hit by the headlights of a speeding car.
Amir said: "That's what I made myself believe. I actually aspired to cowardice, because the alternative, the real reason I was running, was that Assef was right: Nothing was free in this world."
I could not help but get mad at the evil in this world.. even though it was a fictional story..
However, things like this happen every day around the world, around us... and what do we do about it? Nothing. Just like Amir, we run in cowardice...
Amir wanted all this respect from his Father... yet be chose to sacrifice his father's best friend's son's manhood (I know that sounded odd) in order to gain it, thus I find it invalid. It is sickening to see how faithful! Hassan is to Amir and the ungratefulness; however, instead of criticising Amir the whole time, we should analyse deeper. It just feels like we're beating a dead horse since that's what we talked about in class. Though it is a huge part of the plot, we still
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Something that stood out to me through out the whole book is, the loyalty and love Hassan had for Amir. He never outed Amir, he never held a grudge for what he had done. Yet, Amir was always so selfish and a coward. He wanted Baba's attention, but why did he deserve it? He didn't deserve the attention from Baba because the same he felt about Baba, Hassan felt about Amir.
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