Darkest Solstice

Tuesday, November 18, 2008

Feelings toward this...

My feelings toward the book The Kite Runner is well very shallow. The story tells an amazing adventure but also a horrible truth.

Amir is a wonderful character. The story the author tells about his life in this character is different than most.

Living in Afghanistan in that time must have been unbearably difficult. And when the shooting and war started going on, everyone had to be scared for their life.

But Amir had done a wonderfully job getting out of Afghanistan and getting a great paying job as a writer. The best part is having the privilege to be able to live in the United States and still be able to go back to Afghanistan.

The saddest part is that Hassan can not be with him and even though this is true, Amir will live on knowing the wonderful things Hassan had did and the changes he made in his life.

The Kite Runner

Bullying....

What is a bully? There is no specific definition for this, but there are plenty of examples of what one can be. In the book The Kite Runner there are many examples to give on this topic.

Amir is a prime example of a bully. He bullies his half brother Hassan, because Hassan can not read or write. So instead of teaching him, he reads to him and if he does not do something he says he uses that aganist them.

Hassan is also bullied by the village kids. The bullying starts with Amir and then Hassan takes up for him and it all goes on Hassan. In the end, tragic things happen.

Amir is bullied yes, but Amir is also the walking shadow of a bully. It may at first appear that he is not, but the way he treated Hassan is the perfect example of a bully.