Motifs In The Kite Runner
Love
Sacrifice
Forgiveness/redemption
The Kite Runner is a rattling good novel with full of interesting turning point and one major climax. It is written by Khaled Hosseini and published in 2003 May 29th. Readers could learn varies moral values from themes, motifs, and symbols in the novel. The Kite Runner story portrayed a personal history of Afghanistan, a country that is divided between political chaos and religious The Kite Runner is an epic story with a personal history of what the people of Afghanistan had and have to endure in an ordinary every day life; a country that is divided between political powers and religiously idealistic views and beliefs which creates poverty, and violence within the people and their terrorist run country. …show more content…
This motif evokes how cruel humans can be when they are overwhelmed by the simplicity of love because they are afraid to lose someone or something. In the story, Amir is jealous of the love Baba gave to Hassan more than showing it to Amir because Hassan is kind, patient, brave, and honest; whereas Baba thinks that Amir is not adequately manly because he likes to write. "I'd change my mind and ask for a bigger and fancier kite, Baba would buy it for me - but then he'd buy it for Hassan too. Sometimes I wish he wouldn't do that. I wish he'd let me be the favourite." (Chapter 6). On Hassan's birthday, Baba summoned him to the house as usual to collect his present. To Hassan, Amir, and Ali's shock, Baba had hired a plastic surgeon to correct Hassan's harelip. Amir was jealous that Baba was giving Hassan such special attention. I wished I too had some kind of scar that would beget Baba's sympathy. It wasn't fair. Hassan hadn't done anything to earn Baba's affections; he'd just been born with that stupid harelip.(Chapter …show more content…
The central betrayal comes when Amir watches and does nothing as Hassan, who has always stood up for Amir in the past, gets raped by Assef. Amir then worsens the betrayal by driving Ali and Hassan from the household. Later in the book, Amir learns that Baba also betrayed his own best friend and servant – Ali, Hassan’s father – by fathering a child (Hassan) with Ali’s wife Sanaubar. This knowledge comes as another kind of betrayal for Amir, who had always hero-worshipped Baba and is shocked to learn of his father’s flaws. These low points in the two men’s lives create a sense of tension and guilt throughout the novel, but the betrayals of Amir and Baba also lead to quests for redemption that bring about some good in the end – as Baba leads a principled, charitable life, and Amir rescues Sohrab from
Sacrifice
Forgiveness/redemption
The Kite Runner is a rattling good novel with full of interesting turning point and one major climax. It is written by Khaled Hosseini and published in 2003 May 29th. Readers could learn varies moral values from themes, motifs, and symbols in the novel. The Kite Runner story portrayed a personal history of Afghanistan, a country that is divided between political chaos and religious The Kite Runner is an epic story with a personal history of what the people of Afghanistan had and have to endure in an ordinary every day life; a country that is divided between political powers and religiously idealistic views and beliefs which creates poverty, and violence within the people and their terrorist run country. …show more content…
This motif evokes how cruel humans can be when they are overwhelmed by the simplicity of love because they are afraid to lose someone or something. In the story, Amir is jealous of the love Baba gave to Hassan more than showing it to Amir because Hassan is kind, patient, brave, and honest; whereas Baba thinks that Amir is not adequately manly because he likes to write. "I'd change my mind and ask for a bigger and fancier kite, Baba would buy it for me - but then he'd buy it for Hassan too. Sometimes I wish he wouldn't do that. I wish he'd let me be the favourite." (Chapter 6). On Hassan's birthday, Baba summoned him to the house as usual to collect his present. To Hassan, Amir, and Ali's shock, Baba had hired a plastic surgeon to correct Hassan's harelip. Amir was jealous that Baba was giving Hassan such special attention. I wished I too had some kind of scar that would beget Baba's sympathy. It wasn't fair. Hassan hadn't done anything to earn Baba's affections; he'd just been born with that stupid harelip.(Chapter …show more content…
The central betrayal comes when Amir watches and does nothing as Hassan, who has always stood up for Amir in the past, gets raped by Assef. Amir then worsens the betrayal by driving Ali and Hassan from the household. Later in the book, Amir learns that Baba also betrayed his own best friend and servant – Ali, Hassan’s father – by fathering a child (Hassan) with Ali’s wife Sanaubar. This knowledge comes as another kind of betrayal for Amir, who had always hero-worshipped Baba and is shocked to learn of his father’s flaws. These low points in the two men’s lives create a sense of tension and guilt throughout the novel, but the betrayals of Amir and Baba also lead to quests for redemption that bring about some good in the end – as Baba leads a principled, charitable life, and Amir rescues Sohrab from