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“I actually aspired to cowardice, because the alternative, the real reason I was running, was that Assef was right: Nothing was free in this world. Maybe Hassan was the price I had to pay, the lamb I had to slay, to win Baba.”Amir’s tone in this quote is bland; due to the fact that he feels what he did was acceptable in order to receive Baba’s approval and interest. Instead of attempting to gain sympathy by using heavily emotional words and emphasis on forgiveness, Amir feels he did what he had to do and at that moment has no regrets.
I caught a flurry of movement out of the corner of my eye. The a blur of something zipping across the room, and the next thing I saw was Karim slammed against the wall, his sandaled feet dangling two feet above the floor. Wrapped around his neck were Baba's hands. (10.40) The author has chosen the style to be that of an action movie, at least that’s what us readers portray his words to represent. The use of the words like “zipping”, “slammed”, and “dangling” suggest that something is going down, and it’s serious! The use of these words enhances the “action” part of this scene by allowing us to experience the gruesomeness of this scene.
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Amir undergoes the most dramatic transformation of the other characters, and grows into a mere opposite of his childhood. Now living in California, after the main chunk of the novel has passed, Amir has developed a whole new attitude for life and responsibility. He manages to balance his career, his hobbies, and his sparking new love life. Amir marries while in California and becomes a successful author. To us, his life is as perfect as perfect as the ending to a romantic Hollywood-based movie. To say that he is living the American Dream is an understatement. Amir is as lucky as a miner who just struck gold. His development into the perfect individual is completed when he returns to Afghanistan to retrieve his nephew, Sohrab. This shows that he no longer cares about himself, but about his newly wed wife, and his family. Amir has changed from a selfish, arrogant, jealous child, into a confident, successful, and proud husband that we cannot help but feel attachment to.
“I actually aspired to cowardice, because the alternative, the real reason I was running, was that Assef was right: Nothing was free in this world. Maybe Hassan was the price I had to pay, the lamb I had to slay, to win Baba.”Amir’s tone in this quote is bland; due to the fact that he feels what he did was acceptable in order to receive Baba’s approval and interest. Instead of attempting to gain sympathy by using heavily emotional words and emphasis on forgiveness, Amir feels he did what he had to do and at that moment has no regrets.
I caught a flurry of movement out of the corner of my eye. The a blur of something zipping across the room, and the next thing I saw was Karim slammed against the wall, his sandaled feet dangling two feet above the floor. Wrapped around his neck were Baba's hands. (10.40) The author has chosen the style to be that of an action movie, at least that’s what us readers portray his words to represent. The use of the words like “zipping”, “slammed”, and “dangling” suggest that something is going down, and it’s serious! The use of these words enhances the “action” part of this scene by allowing us to experience the gruesomeness of this scene.
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Amir undergoes the most dramatic transformation of the other characters, and grows into a mere opposite of his childhood. Now living in California, after the main chunk of the novel has passed, Amir has developed a whole new attitude for life and responsibility. He manages to balance his career, his hobbies, and his sparking new love life. Amir marries while in California and becomes a successful author. To us, his life is as perfect as perfect as the ending to a romantic Hollywood-based movie. To say that he is living the American Dream is an understatement. Amir is as lucky as a miner who just struck gold. His development into the perfect individual is completed when he returns to Afghanistan to retrieve his nephew, Sohrab. This shows that he no longer cares about himself, but about his newly wed wife, and his family. Amir has changed from a selfish, arrogant, jealous child, into a confident, successful, and proud husband that we cannot help but feel attachment to.
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