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Chapter 15

     In this chapter there seems to be a subtle internal conflict for Amir in the sense that his home now does not compare to the home that he grew up in. The air in his childhood home to him has a , “ …sting of diesel fumes, the stench of rot, garbage, and feces.” (171). It feels like he is comparing his life now to the life that he had before and as though it doesn’t compare. While he was gone living his new life, others were doing the same. Things had changed and so had the people. When he reached the home of Rahim Khan, he was expecting to see the man that he had seen with his father, but “ then a thing made of skin and bones pretending to be Rahim Khan opened the door.” (172).  It was obvious to Amir that Rahim Khans body was feeling the effect of illness, but not even that was the hardest thing for Rahim Khan. Rahim fills in Amir on how life has changed and it is obvious that Amir escaped at the right time. Political conflicts were rising and violence was the answer to every question. People were afraid to leave their homes and were forced to put holes in their home so that they could have even the slightest more of a chance of safer travel by hiding. Rahim for instance was beat because he was cheering, at a game. He was rooting for someone and then he received a strike in the head. “I was sitting there, blood gushing down my face, apologizing to that son of a dog.” (173). The boy that had hit him was a mere 18 years old and had used what little power he had to cause pain and anguish for Rahim for doing nothing wrong. It was obvious that Rahim had struggled with the opposing forces trying to gain control in their homeland, but there was something that seemed to strike Amir as more of an issue. “When he spat into his handkerchief it immediately turned red.” (175). Rahim’s sickness was going to take over his body and there was nothing that he was going to do about it, every chance he  was going to have was getting beaten out of him just like he was being beat by members of the Alliance. I think that his body is definitely an image and reflection of what is happening to the country. Two opposing forces are ripping apart the country as a whole. For Amir, death was inevitable, but atleast he  had hope for a brighter future for his country. “ When the Taliban rolled in and kicked the Alliance out of Kabul, I actually danced in the street.” (174).  

 

 Chapter 16

     In this chapter we get to learn more about Hassan and the conflicts that he has had to face while Amir has been in America. A lot of his struggles I feel are internal since they deal with his mother returning, his father dying, and his first child being stillborn. Maybe that could also be seen as a Hassan vs. nature since these were all things, except for his fathers death, that occur and can only be dealt with internally. We learn that Hassan has married and is very happy with a beautiful wife, but he too deals with the disaster that has hit their home. After his son grows older Hassan still is an amazing kite runner, proven when he takes his son out. Kite running is something that defines Hassan, he is very skilled at it and very very good. But even with Rahim hoping for the best and urging that “The war is over, Hassan,” (187). Hassan knew that this would come at a price. , “ A few weeks later, the Taliban banned kite fighting. And two years later, in 1998, they massacred the Hazaras in Mari-i-Sharif.” (187). It seems that no matter who was in control, they were going to lose a little bit of what defined them, what made them who they are as a country and as people. “Then late that fall, Farzana gave birth to a stillborn baby girl.” (183). This is something else that deeply disturbed Hassan. It was not something that he easily forgot about, he laid a flower on the ground that they buried her beneath every morning.  Life was not easy for them and their only conflicts were death and violence between what was supposed to be brothers. “By then- that would have been 1995- the Shorawi were defeated and long gone and Kabul belonged to Massoud, Rabbani, and the Mujahedin.” (185). Their home was no longer their home but instead a battleground for who could have control and power but still they did not want to leave because that was there home. Should they leave the only thing they know, their home, or leave it because those who are fighting over it do not really appreciate it’s meaning and depth? “Kabul in those days, Amir Jan, was as close as you could get to the proverbial hell on earth,”(186). Even though they may be living in the same area, they are not living in their same home. Where they lived and what they lived for is greatly being changed by those who are only power hungry and intolerant of others.  

 

Chapter 17

     In this chapter many of the characters are having conflicts. Hassan had a feeling of fear of retaliation take over his desire to help his wife while she was beaten with an object at the bazaar while they were getting potatoes. “What could I do bedsides watch my wife get beaten? If I fought, the dog would have surely put a bullet in me. But then what would happen to my Sohrab? The streets are already full of hungry orphans and I thank Allah everyday that I’m alive, not because I fear death, but because my wife has a husband and my son is not an orphan.” (190) It killed him to see his wife beaten, but he knew he would get shot and he didn’t want to put his family through all of that. Hassan also had a conflict with Talibs when they accused him about lying. Hassan had proof that he wasn’t housing Hazara’s. They ordered him out twice and he refused so they took it to the street. There is a person to person conflict between Rahim and Amir. Rahim wants Amir to go get Hassan’s son from Kabul. “I want you to go to Kabul, I want you to bring back Sohrab.” (193) Amir protests and says he knows a family that will take care of him and he would pay for him to get to America. “Rahim Khan, I don’t want to go to Kabul, I can’t!” (193) When Amir finds out that Hassan didn’t know his real father from Hassan he gets furious. “How could you hide this from me? From him? I bellowed.” (194) This whole chapter was about conflicts dealing with Hassan from his own personal conflicts, to others worried about him and his family.

 

Chapter 18 

     In chapter 18 it’s mainly a big internal struggle with Amir. He is struggling with the fact that he didn’t know his real father and he didn’t know that he was brothers Hassan. He is also upset that his father took something so great from him. “There is only one sin and that is theft. . . when you tell a lie, you steal someones right to the truth.” (197) Amir also struggles with the fact that there was a part of Hassan still living and that was his son in Kabul. He finally decides it would be a good idea to go get Sohrab. “Then I told him I was going to Kabul.” (199) This chapter was a big internal struggle with Amir and he had much reason to be upset. He realized the only way to make it better was to get Sohrab from Kabul

 

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