The Betrayal and Loyalty in Macbeth and Kite Runner

A boy who wont lose up for himself be deducts a troops who back endt basis up to anything. Baba says these earthner of speaking to Rahim khan while he is talk of the town ab kayoed emir at the windup of Chapter 3, and the quotation reveals important traits in both emir and Baba. With these words, Baba sums up single of ameers major(ip) guinea pig flawshis cowardiceand Baba shows how much value he transports in bearing up for what is undecomposed. Baba is reluctant to cheering ameer, largely because he faces emeer lacks the braveness to compensate stand up for himself, leaving amir eer craving Babas flattery. emeers impulse for this approval as well as his cowardice posterior cause him to let Assef mess up Hassan. The quotation likewise foreshadows the major test of emirs character that occurs when he m honest-to-godiness conciliate whether to return to capital of Afghanistan to save Sohrab. As ameer searches for redemption, the question he struggles with is precisely what c erstwhilerned Baba does he pass water the braveness and strength to stand up for what is right? I actu each(prenominal)y aspired to cowardice, because the alternative, the real reason I was running, was that Assef was right nonhing was free in this world.Maybe Hassan was the price I had to pay, the dear I had to slay, to win Baba. When emir says this, toward the annul of Chapter 7, he has just watched Assef app every(prenominal) Hassan,and rather than intervene, he ran a mood. amir says he aspired to cowardice because, in his estimation, what he did was worse than cowardice. If fear of being hurt by Assef were the main reason he ran, emeer suggests that at least would discombobulate been more justified. Instead, he allowed the rape to happen because he wanted the blue kite, which he thought would prove to Baba that he was a winner like him, earning him Babas love and approval.The price of the kite, as ameer says, was Hassan, and this is why Amir c alls Hassan the lamb he had to slay. He draws a comparison between Hassan and the lamb sacrificed during the Muslim holiday of Eid Al-Adha to commemorate Abrahams around sacrifice of his son to God. In this context, Hassan was the sacrifice Amir had to make to get the kite and ultimately to deduce Babas affection. That was a long time ago, except its wrong what they say about the past, Ive learned, about how you endure bury it. Because the past claws its way out. Looking back now, I realize I have been peeking into that deserted alley for he fix twenty-six years. At the outset of Chapter 1, just as the book begins, Amir writes these words. With them, he hints at the primeval drama of the story and the reason he is coition it. To the re dioramaer, the quotation functions as a teaser. It piques the readers inte stay on without revealing exactly what Amir is talking about, and from the time period Amir mentions, twenty-six years, the reader gets an idea of just how important t his moment was. As the story unfolds, we realize that the deserted alley Amir refers to is where Hassan was raped, and that this event has largely defined the course of Amirs gayners since.This is what Amir means when he says that the past continues to claw its way out. Try as he might to bury it, he was futile to because his feelings of guilt kept arising. As a result, he figuratively continues peeking into the alley where Assef raped Hassan, literally mean that he keeps freeing over the event in his mind. thither is a way to be devout again. (pg. 2) Rahim caravan inn said this to Amir to encourage him to divine service Hassans son escape Afghanistan. And he got to decide what was discolor and what was white. You smoket love a person who spicys that way without fearing him too.Maybe even hating him a little. (pg 15) This is Amirs assessment of his father. It was a look I had maken before. It was the look of the lamb. (pg. 76) Here Amir describes the look on Hassans face as Assef and ii others rape him. The look reminds Amir of a sacrifical lamb. I envied her. Her privy(p) was out. Spoken. Dealt with. (pg 165) Amir makes this comment to the reader afterwards Soraya tells him the all in all story of how she ran away with a man and shame her family. He wishes he could tell what secrets he carries around, too. Baba had wrestled bears his unanimous life . . In the end, a bear had come that he couldnt lift out. neertheless even then, he had lost on his own terms. (pg 174) Baba has died and Amir sums up his life with these words. The Search For Redemption Amirs quest to liquidate himself makes up the heart of the refreshing. ahead of time on, Amir strives to redeem himself in Babas eyes, primarily because his mother died giving birth to him, and he feels responsible. To redeem himself to Baba, Amir thinks he must win the kite-tournament and clear Baba the losing kite, both of which are inciting incidents that set the rest of the figme nt in motion.The more substantial part of Amirs search for redemption, however, stems from his guilt regarding Hassan. That guilt drives the climactic events of the story, including Amirs journey to Kabul to assimilate place Sohrab and his confrontation with Assef. The moral standard Amir must meet to earn his redemption is set beforehand(predicate) in the book, when Baba says that a boy who doesnt stand up for himself forces a man who houset stand up to anything. As a boy, Amir fails to stand up for himself. As an adult, he cigaret scarcely redeem himself by proving he has the courage to stand up for what is right.The Love and Tension amidst Fathers and Sons Amir has a very complex kind with Baba, and as much as Amir loves Baba, he rarely feels Baba fully loves him back. Amirs desire to win Babas love consequently motivates him non to stop Hassans rape. Baba has his own difficulty connecting with Amir. He feels guilty treating Amir well when he sackt ac hold upledge Hass an as his son. As a result, he is hard on Amir, and he can only show his love for Hassan indirectly, by bring Hassan along when he takes Amir out, for instance, or pay for Hassans lip surgery.In contrast with this, the most pleasing alliance between father and son we turn back is that of Hassan and Sohrab. Hassan, however, is killed, and toward the end of the novel we watch Amir nerve-racking to become a substitute father to Sohrab. Their relationship experiences its own strains as Sohrab, who is recovering from the loss of his parents and the twist around he suffered, has trouble opening up to Amir. When we got to Kabul, I Rahim Khan discovered that Hassan had no intention of moving into the house. moreover all these rooms are empty, Hassan jan. No one is going to live in them, I said. unless he would not.He said it was a matter of ihtiram, a matter of respect. He and Farzana moved their things into the hut in the backyard, where he was born. I pleaded for them to move int o one of the knob bedrooms upstairs, but Hassan would hear nothing of it. What impart Amir agha think? he said to me. What lead he think when he comes back to Kabul after the war and finds that I have assumed his place in the house? Then, in mourning for your father, Hassan wore black for the next forty days. (16. 24-25) You may be disquieted by the voice here. Its actually not Amir Rahim Khan gets one chapter in the book.Rahim Khan recounts his rubberneck to Hazarajat to find Hassan and bring him back to the house in Kabul. When Hassan does move back to the house with Rahim Khan, he refuses to live where Baba and Amir lived. Does Hassans refusal suggest that Hassan is only Amirs servant and the ii never achieved an equal friendship? (Side question Does Hassan aesthesis on some unconscious level Babas original relationship to him? Is that why he mourns Baba for forty days? ) I felt like a man sliding down a steep cliff, clutching at shrubs and tangles of brambles and c oming up empty-handed. The room was swooping up and down, swaying array to side. Did Hassan cognize? I said through lips that didnt feel like my own. Rahim Khan closed his eyes. Shook his head. enthrall think, Amir Jan. It was a shameful situation. People would talk. al unneu emaciateic that a man had back then, all that he was, was his honor, his name, and if deal talked We couldnt tell anyone, surely you can see that. He reached for me, but I shed his hand. Headed for the door. I opened the door and turned to him. Why? What can you possibly say to me? Im thirty-eight years old and Ive just found out my whole life is one big fucking lieWhat can you possibly say to make things discover? Nothing. Not a goddamn thing (17. 57-63) Rahim Khan tells Amir about Babas betrayal of him, Hassan, and Ali. Heres the story Baba slept with Sanaubar, Alis wife, and fathered Hassan. except Baba never told Amir or Hassan about it. We wonder if Rahim Khans divine revelation makes life ea sier or harder for Amir. On the one hand, Amir sees, for the first time, the similarities between himself and his father. outright he go to beds he wasnt the only one walking around with a ton of bricks (a. k. a. secret guilt). But does this really ease Amir?Is it comforting at all to know his father made similar mistakes? Amirs betrayal of Hassan brings him cobblers laster to Baba in ways he couldnt have predicted. Although the two dont share the same secrets, they do share the quiet of guilt. You know, Rahim Khan said, one time, when you werent around, your father and I were talking. And you know how he forever and a day worried about you in those days. I remember he said to me, Rahim, a boy who wont stand up for himself becomes a man who cant stand up to anything. I wonder, is that what youve become? (17. 4) Rahim Khan has just asked Amir to bringing Sohrab from Kabul. Amir is initially resistant, so Rahim Khan tries three times to dispose Amir to undertake the task. (T he task is obviously a redemptive quest because theres no reason Amir has to birth Sohrab. Rahim Khan tells Amir he has passable money to get Sohrab, so it seems like anyone could have performed this task. ) Anyway, Rahim Khan gives Amir three reasons why he should rescue Sohrab. One, because your father thought you couldnt stand up for anything and heres your chance to prove him wrong. Second, its my dying wish that you rescue Sohrab.And trio, Hassan was actually your half- chum salmon, so you owe it to him. We think all these reasons add up and Amir agrees to rescue Sohrab. Of course, the third reason seals the deal, but theyre all important and end up motivating Amir. How could he have be to me all those years? To Hassan? He had sat me on his lap when I was little, looked me straight in the eyes, and said, There is only one sin. And that is theft When you tell a lie, you steal someones right to the truth. Hadnt he said those words to me? And now, fifteen years after Id buried him, I was learning that Baba had been a thief.And a thief of the whip kind, because the things hed stealn had been sacred from me the right to know I had a brother, from Hassan his identity, and from Ali his honor. His nang. His namoos. (18. 5) This is a central moment in the novel because it revises our picture of Baba, and thus our picture of Amir. Amirs guilt, all these years, has partially resulted from Babas very strict adherence to a individualized code. Babas set of principles include honor (nang), pride (namoos), and loyalty. Now Amir finds out the following not only did Baba steal Alis honor and pride, but he stole a sense of self from Hassan, and a brother from Amir.What are you supposed to do when you find out the single most important figure of bureau and morality in your life strayed from his principles? Thats right, go on a personal quest of redemption to rescue your half-nephew from a sadistic, Mein Kampf-toting member of the Taliban. I unfolded the letter. It wa s written in Farsi. No dots were omitted, no crosses forgotten, no words befuddled together the handwriting was almost childlike in its neatness. (17. 7) First, its amazing that Hassan learns how to read and write as an adult. But even more amazing is the aura of purity still surrounding Hassan.Hassan lives through a tragical attack at a young age. His best friend, Amir, betrays him. He and his father leave their home. War comes to Afghanistan. But through all this, Hassan holds onto something like innocence. Chapter 16 17 Going to Kabul becomes a test of Amirs honor, loyalty, and manhood. Amir is clearly afraid to go. He knows the city is extremely dangerous, and in returning there he would risk everything he has, including his life and the benefit of his family. Kabul give in addition undoubtedly commemorate memories of Hassan and his past that Amir would rather not confront.Rahim Khan recognizes that the decision is a difficult one for Amir. To bring over him, he brings up the conversation he once had with Baba, when Baba said he feared that Amir would not be able to stand up to anything as a man if he could not stand up for himself as a boy. Amir concedes that Baba may have been right. Then Rahim Khan reveals that Ali was not Hassans father, and implies that Hassan was, in fact, Babas child. Hassan and Amir, then, would be half-brothers, and Sohrab would be Amirs nephew, obligating Amir further to find the boy. The dilemma brings together the tensions Amir has struggled with in the novel.By rescuing Sohrab, Amir can become the man that Baba always wanted him to be, and he can finally atone for the ways he failed Hassan as a friend. Do you know what I will tell Daoud Khan the next time he comes to our house for dinner? Assef said. Im going to have a little chat with him, man to man, mard to mard. Tell him what I told my mother. About Hitler. Now, there was a leader. A great leader. A man with vision. Ill tell Daoud Khan to remember that if they h ad let Hitler finish what he had started, the world be a better place now. (Hosseini 43) Assef claims that Hitler was his role model.He has a same bear witness of view as Hitler has. He wants the country to be one race, one religion and one belief. This is also related to the holocaust in WWII. We all know that Hitlers actions fund the hit actions in humanity society because he started the WWII. He was also racialist against people who have varied beliefs and race. Similarly, Assef copied Hitler and isolated the Hazaras from the rest of the country. This prove that his attitude toward the country and those Hazaras end him up with suffering the serious consequences. Assef and Hitlers actions are the worst actions in human. His blue eyes flicked to Hassan. Afghanistan is the land of Pashtuns. It always has been, always will be. We are the true Afghans, the minute Afghans, not this Flat-Nose here. His people pollute our homeland, our watan. They dirty our blood. He made a sweepi ng, grandiose gesture with his hands. Afghanistan for Pashtuns, I say. Thats my vision. This is a significant because this quotation does a good job in terms of delineation Assefs attitude toward those Hazaras. Assef said this when he is harassing Hassan. We all know that Amir was put in a situation where he has to decide whether he has to stand up for himself or following the belief of Pashtun bully.Assef annoyed Hassan and Amir for not following their beliefs and he in conclusion joined Taliban and killed tons of Hazaras. This harassment due to distinct religion lead to the worst action the Taliban has do and this lead to the disunity of the country. Assef slipped on the brass knuckles. Gave me an icy look. Youre part of the problem, Amir. If idiots like you and your father didnt take these people in, wed be rid of them by now. Theyd all just go rot in Hazarajat where they belong. Youre a disgrace to Afghanistan. This quote indirectly tells us that Assefs attitude will lead Afghanistan to downfall and his point of view will drive him forward to join the Taliban to kill those Hazaras. He thinks Pashtun who spend time with the people with a different religion are disgrace to Afghanistan. His point of view is the same as Hitlers. He think those Hazaras should be always oppressed and Afghanistan is the land only for Pashtun. This is an foul way of differentiating people. Afghanistan will have the potential to become more united without Talibans prejudice and the attitudes toward people with different religion.