Kite Runner 10&11

Refer to Baba’s feeling about America, we need to explain it in two sides--- one is Baba’s imagination about the United States, another one is that his real feeling about America when he met some dilemma. Baba’s imagination of America is great---“There are only three real men in this world, Amir…He’d count them off on his fingers: America the brash savior, Britain, and Israel.”(Chapter 11, page 125) what’s more, Baba likes the idea America means that he hopes to have the freedom ,rights, and equal as the Americans. Baba put America in the first place where he thought was the greatest place in the world. But it is one thing to imagine how great the United States is, it is quite another thing what the real life in America. When the first days Baba and Amir came to the U.S., they had a difficult life---“I glanced at him across the table, his nails chipped and black with engine oil, his knuckles scraped…” (Chapter 11, page 129) Baba had a comfortable life in Afghan, however in America they had a difficult life.

As to me, I am a foreigner for American---just as Baba and Amir. Before I came to the United States, I thought it is a not peaceful place, I mean, it is filled with dangerous things. But after I live here for almost one year, I change my mind--- it is not so dangerous if you can protect yourself. No one is perfect in the world. America has some good things, also it has some bad things.