What does Amir want to tell Assef about Hassan when Assef bullies them about being friends?
When Assef bullies Amir and Hassan in chapter 5, he questions Amir, "How can you call him your 'friend'?". Amir says he wants to blurt out "But he's not my friend! He's my servant!"
Tuesday, 29 March 2011
Chapters 1-5 (pp. 1-47)
Who is Assef?
Assef is just a teenager when probably the most life altering event takes place. Assef is definitely a bully and we all know that bullies are insecure with themselves, therefore they take advantage of the weaker. My initial view on Assef was the he is a monster. A straight up monster for being able to do that to Hassan. I believe he regrets it later on in the book, especially at Amir's birthday when Hassan's job was to serve the guests drinks... One of which was Assef. All in all, Assef was a bully who took it all too far!
Assef is just a teenager when probably the most life altering event takes place. Assef is definitely a bully and we all know that bullies are insecure with themselves, therefore they take advantage of the weaker. My initial view on Assef was the he is a monster. A straight up monster for being able to do that to Hassan. I believe he regrets it later on in the book, especially at Amir's birthday when Hassan's job was to serve the guests drinks... One of which was Assef. All in all, Assef was a bully who took it all too far!
Chapters 1-5 (pp. 1-47)
The narrator begins the story by proclaiming, "I became what I am today at the age of twelve". Who is our narrator? Describe him.
Our narrator in the novel "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini, is Amir. Amir is a boy at the begining of the novel, and later grows up into a man. He has obvious issues with himself, mostly attached to his childhood "friend", Hassan. He seems to be a little bit manipulative of Hassan, with no compassion to his situations. Amir takes his extremely loyal friend for granted time after time, eventually losing him altogether. He then realizes what he has done. He is sort of overshadowed by his father, Baba's, personality. They have a unique father-son relationship as we find out later in the book.
Amir is ultimately a person that knows right from wrong, but is easily tempted and lets fear get the best of him.
Our narrator in the novel "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini, is Amir. Amir is a boy at the begining of the novel, and later grows up into a man. He has obvious issues with himself, mostly attached to his childhood "friend", Hassan. He seems to be a little bit manipulative of Hassan, with no compassion to his situations. Amir takes his extremely loyal friend for granted time after time, eventually losing him altogether. He then realizes what he has done. He is sort of overshadowed by his father, Baba's, personality. They have a unique father-son relationship as we find out later in the book.
Amir is ultimately a person that knows right from wrong, but is easily tempted and lets fear get the best of him.
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