It's got to be quite confusing for Amir at times. A traditional principle might be – according to Assef and the General and lots of Pashtuns – to treat Hazaras as inferiors. An ethical principle might be to love your half-brother. Consider, for example, the complexities of ethnicity in the book. They show Amir into a sitting room where he waits nervously. This line, spoken later in the novel by Amir to Hassan’s son Sohrab, represents the durable bonds of loyalty and friendship that exist between Amir and. Hassan’s words, shouted to Amir as Hassan runs Amir’s blue kite, reveals Hassan’s unending loyalty and love for Amir. The central relationship is between Baba and Amir, as Amir struggles to win his father’s affections and Baba tries to love a son who is nothing like him. Amir has just cut the blue kite and won the kite tournament. We guess you just have to do some things on your own. The most important relationships in The Kite Runner involve fathers and their children, usually sons. Amir abuses his privileges over his servant and loyal friend, Hassan, and then fails to come to his aid when Hassan is being raped by local bullies after a kite -fighting tournament. Farid says he's going to wait in the car. The protagonist and narrator of the novel, a wealthy boy who grows up in Kabul, Afghanistan along with his father, Baba. These two come into conflict more than you might think. Farid pulls up to the cleric's house in Wazir Akbar Khan, Amir's old neighborhood. Part of Amir's difficulty in the book is that he has to navigate between ethical principles and traditional principles. We can all agree with the ethical principles in the book, but the traditional principles espoused by characters like Baba and the General sometimes seem slightly sexist or racist. "Afghan girls shouldn't talk with their fathers about datable single men" would be a traditional principle. Throughout the course of the novel, Amir betrays his childhood friend, and family servant, Hassan. "You shouldn't betray your best friend (and half-brother)" is an ethical principle. Rigney AP English Lit OctoBetrayal and Guilt in The Kite Runner In the novel The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini, betrayal and guilt are prevalent in Amir’s relationship with Hassan. We think you can divide the book's principles into two categories: ethical principles and traditional principles. Context: The result of Amirs struggle (fight) to gain Sohrab from Assef was this quote. The Kite Runner is obsessed with the practice of one's principles. And, though you can probably figure this one out, a khastegar is a suitor. Nang and namoos mean "honor" and "pride," respectively. Hassan and Farzana were living in a shack next to Babas. Mohtaram means "respected." A mojarad is a single man. Hassan next saw his mother when he was an adult and married to Farzana, and Sanaubar was old and seeking redemption. Eventually he falls asleep in a chair and dreams of Sohrab in the bloody water and the razor blade he used to cut himself. OK, so you probably need some translations here. In the hospital waiting area, Amir uses a sheet as a prayer rug and prays for the first time in more than fifteen years.
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