Violence In Hassan's Rape

Violence is the cause of almost all the conflicts in the novel. The major conflict, Hassan’s rape, is one of the worst crimes that could be committed to someone. All of the antagonists in the novel use violence as a way to draw power. It is an important aspect in the story that Baba never hit Amir to enforce his authority. He purely used his principles and his mind. A latter conflict comes about in the story when Russia invades Afghanistan, forcing Baba and Amir to leave the country. On their journey to Pakistan Baba stands up to a soldier who is threatening to rape a woman. This scene is very ironic because Baba did exactly what Amir had failed to do. Lastly when Amir returned to his home the Taliban had turned the country into one of the …show more content…
The biggest difference that was not in their personality was their status. Amir and his father were very wealthy unlike Hassan and Ali. Hassan was born with a cliff plate. This is a symbol of his poverty and misfortune. In the novel Hassan is a force of good and yet he is the one that has so many horrific incidents in his life. In the beginning of his life his mother left him starting his string of negative events. For Hassan’s twelfth birthday Baba hired a plastic surgeon to fix his lip. Baba is showing his love for Hassan by giving him this gift. But Baba not raising Hassan as his son could have prevented so much of the horrific things from happening to him. And his lip most likely would have been fixed as an …show more content…
It was a very nice watch. Amir took the watch and hid it under Hassan mattress and framed it for stealing it. When Baba confronts Hassan he tells Baba that he was the one who stole it. Even though Baba forgave Hassan, Ali instead on leaving. By doing this Amir showed how his insecurity with Baba when he was a child. Instead of confessing to Baba what he had done in fear of disappointing him again, he framed Hassan after all he had been through.

The Kite Runner was an informative book about afghan culture and had a moral message. The character in the novel were interesting and complex. It is a well written novel and the story line is interesting, but the story its self is dark and at some points reading it is unpleasant. The characters devolve and change through out the story. Although it has a nice message I would not recommend because the story is not captivating enough or it to be so dark. The different personality traits of each character make the story interesting. On one side Assef is pure evil were as Ali and Hassan are pure goodness. Amir and Baba are not at the same moral level as Ali and Hassan. They are good people who feel guilt for their actions and seek