Wednesday, October 28, 2009

the changing of Amir

After I finished reading from chapter 14 to 19, I feel the changing of Amir, even though he contended with his thoughts a lot. When he arrived in Pakistan and called on Baba's friend Rahim Khan, he told something about Hassan and let him to look for Hassan's son and look after him. In page 226, "I can't go to Kabul, I had said to Rahim Khan. I have a wife in America, a home, a career, and a family. But how could I pack up and go back when my action may have cost. Hassan a chance at those very same things." At that time, he was in hesitation. This chapter shows the weakness and egoism of Amir, it seems like the preview Amir is coming back. In page 227, we can find the changing of Amir's thougt. "It looked at the round of face in the Polaroid again, the way the sun fell on it. My brother's face. Hassan had loved me once, loved me in away that no one ever had or ever would again. He was gone now, but a little part of him lived on. It was in Kabul." Then he told Rahim Khan that he would go to Kabul. From this, we can know how he changed since his childhoos. Some people assert that he is still selfish. To a rich and protected Amire when he was in childhood, his essential character is selfishness. He already changed a lot. We should find the changing from it.

1 comment:

  1. Rui, some good thoughts, but you need to work on coherently supporting one argument. Your ideas go back and forth too much.

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