Sohrab – Sohrab is the son of Hassan and Farzana. He was killed by a landmine, and Rahim Khan believed that it was his polio-diseased leg that stepped on it. He has polio disease and is often tormented by children in the town. He loves Hassan deeply, though he rarely expresses his emotions outwardly. Ali is defined by his modesty more than anything, and he works diligently as Baba’s servant. After moving to the United States because of increasing Taliban control, he gets a job at a gas station and dies in 1987.Īli – Ali is Baba’s servant and a father figure to Hassan. He stands up for what he believes in and is willing to risk his life for them. Although he is not religious, he has strong morals and acts according to them. When needed, he is extremely determined and always gets the job done. As a poor ethnic Hazara, Hassan is considered an inferior in the Afghan society.īaba – Baba is the father of Amir and Hassan and a wealthy, well-respected businessman. Hassan’s defining traits are bravery, selflessness, and intelligence, though his smarts are more instinctual than bookish, largely because he is uneducated. Hassan proves himself a loyal friend to Amir repeatedly, defending Amir when he is bullied or verbally abused.
Amir and Hassan were nursed by the same woman and, unbeknownst to them both, they are half-brothers. Hassan – Amir’s constant playmate, as well as a servant of their house. Amir opens the novel, saying, “I became what I am today at the age of twelve, on a frigid overcast day in the winter of 1975.” (pg.1) Ultimately he does so through courage and self-sacrifice, and he tells his story as a form of penance. From that point forward, Amir is driven by his feelings of guilt as he searches to find a way to redeem himself. His great desire to please his father is the primary motivation for his behavior early in the novel, and it is the main reason he allows Hassan to be raped and beaten by a bully named Assef. Amir is a gifted storyteller and grows from an aspiring writer to published novelist. Amir is the sensitive and intelligent son of a well-to-do businessman in Kabul, and he grows up with a sense of entitlement. Īmir – The narrator and the protagonist of the story. You spend a life time trying to get them off the ground. He was ashamed that, unlike Baba, he had acted out because of his guilt rather than doing good.Kids are like kites. He ended the letter by requesting that Amir not look for him. He said he had left money for Amir in a safety deposit box, which the key would open. Amir, he said, should learn from Baba's example and try to redeem himself as well. Rahim Khan believed that all of Baba's charity was in atonement for his sin. His betrayal of Ali and the fact that he could never claim Hassan as his son tortured him. Baba, he said, was hard on Amir only because of his own guilt.
Rahim Khan explained that it was hard for him to watch Amir vying for Baba's attention. He assured Amir that he had suffered from his guilt so much only because he was a good, caring person. He told Amir that he did betray his friend, but reminded him that he was only a boy at the time. In it, he revealed that Hassan told him about the rape soon after it happened. After Sohrab left, Amir read Rahim Khan's letter.
0 kommentar(er)
