Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Amir as depicted in Chapters 14 -19
Amir is presented to us in a different perspective from chapter 14-19.Chapter 14 begins when he is perplexed by the call he receives from Rahim Khan, calling him back to Pakistan.As much as Amir has to make this decision on his own, it is only bad enough that Baba is no longer there, and Amir has to do this out of his comfort zone.The Writer therefore brings out an independent Amir. He has been able to achieve his own dream, he has published a book.Therefore even the decisions he makes while in Afghan bring out a new Amir. He is no longer interested in impressing Baba out of loneliness as depicted in the beginning of the book. He makes mature decisions, especially after he finds out that his father whom he adored had an even greater fault than he did. Amir therefore in a stance that took great courage assumes position when called upon to atone for his sins and as if that was not enough Baba's sins.Clearly the Amir presented is different he acknowledges his sins and faces them for example in chapter 19 page 241 he says "...I had made a choice and that choice had landed me right back on this soil ." While this shows that he acknowledges his sins he goes further to try and atone them.He plants money in Wahid's mattress after spending the night there and acknowledges the fact that the last time he had done that he had done it to try and run away from his sins. Amir is now trying to pay back for his past sins instead of running away. As much as the writer has reached the climax of the story by quelling the suspense from the beginning about the phone call when he uses flashback as a style.He still leaves the reader with a lingering suspense on whether or not Amir will atone for all his sins.
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Great insights into the text - especially the methods Hosseini is using to build suspense & keep the reader hooked on the story. I also like your point that he is not only atoning for his own sins, but his father's as well. Good job!
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