Essay on Journal Entries on the Kite Runner - 1306 Words

QHSS Vikas Peddu Journal entry #1 In the first ten chapters of The Kite Runner Khaled Hosseini focuses on the theme â€Å"Friendships take years to build, but only moments to destroy†. For example, Amir and Hassan have been friends since they were born, they built their friendship until the day of the kit fighting tournament. When Hassan ran the runner ups kite he ran into Assef, who was seeking revenge for being insulted by Hassan earlier in the year. Assef deemed that rape would be a proper punishment for the insult. Unbeknownst to Assef as well as Hassan Amir was watching everything. If he wanted to, he could have intervened and stopped his revenge but chose to watch instead, ruining his friendship instantly. Ali and†¦show more content†¦When Hassan got raped Amir did not do anything, most likely out of the fear that Assef would do something equally as bad (or worse) to him also. Ever since that day Amir has been seeking redemption from Hassan in many different ways, such as making Hassan pelt him with fruit. That did not work though because Hassan respected Amir so much that he could not throw fruit at him. The main conflict in chapters 11-23 is Amir feeling guilty for not helping Hassan when he should have. The story takes a turn when Amir and Baba leave Afghanistan to go to Fremont, California. While they are there Amir finds a woman named Soraya who he quickly falls in love with. Their engagement and marriage are rushed because of Baba’s lung cancer. Shortly after they get married Baba passes away, and Soraya and Amir learn that they cannot have children. Rahim Khan then calls Amir and asks him to visit since he does not have much longer to live. Rahim Kahn knows about what happened to Hassan, he also knows that Amir knows, and that Amir needs to redeem himself so he sends him on a quest for fulfillment. 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