I do not know if I hate Amir’s personality or
his situation. He has so many unforgiving qualities, however; many of those
qualities have to do with the type of social class he grew into and the way he
was raised as a child. I know that he is writing this looking back at his life
and is just trying to be as honest as possible, but sometimes the things he
does and says to Hassan make me cringe. I still blame Baba for his son’s
personality and even if he does not realize the impact he has on his son, he
should have given him more love growing up. Two of Amir’s worst qualities are
his selfishness and his jealousy, both results of lack of attention from his
father. It makes me so upset because whatever horrible thing he has done that
has not been revealed to us yet could have been completely preventable had he
been raised differently.
Hassan, on the other hand, is a beautiful
person. I believe there are not very many people as beautiful as him that you
will encounter in your life. I only know 3 people like Hassan, and only one is
as genuine as he is. Every kind thing Hassan says breaks my heart because he
deserves so much more than he will ever be able to achieve in life. The scene
where Amir is teasing him about eating dirt shows a lot about Hassan and Amir’s
personality. Everything Hassan says is genuine and loving, while Amir knows how
cruel he is but cannot seem to stop himself and when he finally does it is a
forced attempt. “He was so goddamn pure you always felt like a phony around
him.” That line justifies much of what Amir feels towards Hassan, but it also
reminded me something terrible would soon happen to him because of Amir’s use
of the past tense. Because I have read this book before I have an idea of what
made Hassan stop smiling but I cannot remember all the details. I get scared of
every page I turn because I know it’s coming and from what I can remember it is
an extremely hard scene to read.
We as the audience have gotten our first look
at what the title of the book means when Amir describes the importance of Kites
in his country. I am still unclear if the importance of the kites has to do
with Amir trying to please his father or Hassan being the best kite runner.
Considering that Amir was a kite fighter and Hassan was the kite runner, the
book is really about him.
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