Tuesday, October 7, 2008
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Amir's character seems to be reoccurring in the media. He is growing up, and is learning how to fix his mistakes. Amir was selfish when he didn't help Hassan, and was cruel when he lied to get Hassan out of the house. Amir is like many people today who are becoming more involved in the world around them. Politics, the environment, and human rights are all a learning experiences for the next generation. like Amir, we've all made mistakes; now we are learning how to fix them, and prevent them in the future.
i also think that Amir's type of character is present in alot of movies. He's the person who is troubled, gets better, makes a mistake, and then has to fix it. That type of person tends to make a good story too.
just some ideas.
-livia
I think Sohrab reminds me of the cloned boy in the movie Godsend. In the movie, a boy named Adam is killed in an accident so the parents decide to clone him using stem-cell research. Everything seems to be going well just as it seemed everything was going well for Sohrab. However, when the cloned boy reaches the age that Adam was killed, the cloned boy's character changes dramatically. Just like how Sohrab changed his character completely when Amir attempted to get him to go to an orphanage. However, in the movie the cloned boy tries to kill his parents but Sohrab tries to kill himself. They both fail but in the end they both seem to be OK.
O yea and Jane Eyre reminds me of the girl in Juno because they are both free spirits and they do/say things that are not normal
greg
Well, if I am going to compare a character in Kite Runner to a real life person, I have to make it political. So...
Hassan is a symbol for the average American. A hard working, dilligent person who cannot seem to get a break in these troubled times. Even when he supports a person like Amir with service, he gets evicted from his home anyway. This makes Amir comparible to the CEO of the loan company Fannie Mae. He gave Hassan (average american) the impression that everything was allright, but then surprised him and had him kicked out of his house. However, this is not completely Amir's fault. Assef did rape Hassan, causing this whole conflict to start. So, Assef can be compared to Congressional Democrats like Nancy Pelosi, Barney Frank and Chris Dodd. They raped the average american of their homes, by forcing the CEO's of companies(Amir) to offer sub prime loans; which the average ppl couldn't afford. This led to the "Amirs" having to evict average Americans from their homes.
So, to recap on that, Assef is the congressional liberals who forced sub-prime loans on the CEOs of companies(Amir). Then, these CEOs gave these loans out to average Americans (Hassan), knowing that it would evict them from their homes eventually.
haha pat. if pat is gonna bring up politics, im gonna bring up jericho. ok well the plot is basically that a lot of nukes go off and america turns into chaos and a new government arises and renames the country the allied states of america (only some of the country is part of this new government). ok now to my comparison. so the mayor of jericho goes to the constitutional convention in cheyenne, wyoming (jericho is in kansas) to help write the new constitution. while he is gone, the charming town of jericho (even after the nukes and a war with the neighboring town. its still a nice town) gets controlled by the new army and also harsh mercenaries. however, the new govt is corupt and actually planned the attacks so a revolution takes place and many buildings are destroyed and the army acts by imposing strict rules and they occupy the town almost like american troops occupy iraq. therefore when the mayor comes back, it is almost like he is in a new town. when he arrives at town hall, he cant even get into his own office without showing id to troops with guns in hand guarding the door. this is similar to when amir returns to afgahnistan because when amir was gone, his hometown turned to chaos. when amir came back, it was as it was a totally different country.
Assef is a lot like basically any bully in movies or literature. Unfortunately, he takes it way too far. The average playgournd bullying you see everyday is nowhere near as severe as the brutal raping Hassan has to suffer through.
Assef also appears throughout the novel. He's there in Amir's childhood, he's there on the fringe of Amir's guilt as he's growing up, and he reappears again towards the end of the novel which wraps up all his loose ends with his enemy.
It is very interesting to compare the characters in The Kite Runner to outside characters/people in novels, movies and real life. However, I'd like to bring up a point made in one of the criticisms.
The comparison made between the characters and ideas such as good (Hassan) and evil (Asseff) was a thought that I found very compelling. I also found it pretty interesting that Amir allows the two to affect him.
Well, just wanted to say that even though it's not an answer/responce to Greg's blog.
Adios,
Shaunayyyyyy(:
I think today we don't have a lot of people like Hassan; innocent, pure, respectful, loyal, trustworthy, etc. in daily lives and especially not in politics. We need more people like Hassan and less people like Assef.
"Assef-like" people are narrow minded, self-centered, selfish, and egotistical. Too many people are like this.
Even people like Amir who fix their mistakes, learn from their wrongs and redeem themselves would be an improvement from people that only care about themselves and personal gain.
So that's my utopia. :) Emily
Assef reminds me of Draco Malfoy because he grows from being a boy brought up with prejudice ideas to a person whose connections are related to the oppression of a supposedly inferior group of people. Both are very arrogant, unwise and unethical beings who find themselves eventually defeated by the people who were suppsedly of "lesser value"
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