Monday, November 15, 2010

The end of Kite Runner (Thoughts)

   Amir was a lucky man who overcame an abundant amount of obstacles. I expected the ending to eradicate Amir's life. He can't be the only one left alive. He is a guilty man full of regrets but he is left alive instead of Hassan who was brave and loyal. Amir is in guilt and regret but believes he has redeemed himself after letting Assef nearly kill him. The ending was freedom and redemption for Amir
   The new characters in the third chunk of the book are a replacement of old characters. The main characters such as Hassan who died, only occurred as an event that included conflict, but they weren't permanently gone. When Hassan left, his son replaced him. Sohrab served as an ongoing Hassan after the author Khaled Hosseini got rid of Hassan. Hassan was never gone. His death was only a part of tension building up to the end. Sohrab is good with a slingshot, he's brave and is described with characteristics like Hassan.
   On the other hand, Sohrab tends to give up on life because he had experienced bad things at the orphanage. He has no thoughts of going back and getting hurt when Amir asks him to. Hassan is loyal and brave but Sohrab is brave and still a child. He hasn't experienced harsh pain and will forever fear orphanages.
   After hearing news from Soraya, Sohrab decided to kill himself, but he was defectively saved. Subsequently after the good news from Soraya when Sohrab broke out in his tub, he was saved. I think this was the last negative event, but i'd have enjoyed the book more if the author didn't provide a repetitive description of the hospital. When Amir was in the hospital, there was a man with a cast and also a windowsill. When Sohrab was in the hospital, there was also a man with a cast and he was next to the windowsill. Also, i don't believe they played a role through the story.
   Kite running in the end was a chance to kite run again for Amir. He said he "was twelve again" and "all the instincts came running back". He was one again happy. He was finally living a happy life, the life he may have wanted to live. Without trouble and pain. Assef was gone and this life was almost like a new beginning. The childhood characters of his childhood are gone and he has a new family he has to support. He won't need to worry about supporting the the sick people from his youth.
   Amir was a generous man when he slipped money under the mattress of Farid's friend, but was indecently selfish when he left the office of the lawyer with a "have you ever been a father" and was notified that his daughter died. He still left.
  Amir promised God he'd do all the things a religious man would do. He was finally relieved and could carry out a life without pain.

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