I completely
agree with Ryan’s take on Amir. I
found myself countless times wondering whether to blame his character or his
situation. Can you honestly blame a person for the situation they are placed
in? I think many times we are too quick to judge Amir’s character when we
should be taking a deeper consideration to the situation he has been placed in.
He lacks love from the two most important figures in a child’s life. With no
mother and a father who gives more attention to (what he believes to be) the servant’s
son. What happened to Hassan is absolutely unforgivable but what I think I
forgot during my reading is that these are two children. Amir is just as young
and scared. All in all Hosseini does a very good job challenging human
relationships and how we react to them.
I also agreed
with what he had to say regarding Baba. Baba is also an interesting character,
but flawed like everyone else. His principles in the beginning lead to me have
so much respect for him. However, he lacked parenting skills when it came to
Amir, which caused him to resent Hassan the way he did. Also, my view on Baba
changed after learning the truth about Hassan. Amir had a point about Baba
being a thief. All his talk about how stealing is a man’s biggest sin yet he
committed it himself and in the worst kind of way.
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