Thursday, February 23, 2012
A Changed Man
Throughout, the Kite runner Amir and Hassan foil one another. Hassan is portrayed as the valiant, loyal, athletic Hazara. While Amir is the complete opposite he seems to be loyal; yet, he does not stand up for Hassan when he needs it. Also Amir is a cowered as explained throughout, the book. However, despite these differences one sees Amir towards the end starting to Mirror Hassan rather than Foil him. He goes out of his way to find Sorab and upon fighting Aseff he leaves with the boy and takes him back to America. However, Amir also gains a hair lip much like Hassan's and as he runs away he says to Sorab, "for you a thousand times over". This shows how Amir has completely changed into Hassan, he has become loyal to his son. It seems that America is their new beginning because with no class lines Amir is open to say Sorab is my nephew without persecution. Through tha, the roles between Pashtun and Hazara are reversed.
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One really interesting point that you brought up is that in America there are no class lines, dividing the Pashtuns and Hazaras. To Americans, Amir and Sohrab are middle eastern, there is no distinction between them. But perhaps the class lines are there, even in America, especially in the Afghan community. Yet it is Amir's loyalty to Sohrab that allows him stand up to his people, especially when he demands that Sohrab be not called the derogatory term, "Hazara boy" anymore.
ReplyDeleteI think that even in his counttry land, Amir would have recognized Sohrab as his nephew, and he did when he was questioned by Farid's brother. I do think they foil one another and do you think maybe Amir was able to be a coward because he always had Baba and Hassan to protect him? because it seems that ever since his Baba and Hassan were no longer able to protect him, he became more valiant and willing to expose himself. I think it's called the placibo effect. If you believe you are a coward and compare yourselfs, then ofcourse you will be a coward, i think you sort of brain wash yourself.
ReplyDelete-Brenda Cardenas