Chapters One-Four
1) Compare and contrast Amir and Hassan, noting their backgrounds, how each boy interacts with his father, and the circumstances surrounding their birth.
Amir comes from a wealthy family, lives in an enormous house and has a very important father. Hassan isn't rich nor wealthy, his father work's for Amir's father. Baba is not very close to his son, instead he is kind of affective with Hassan. Both child hasn't mother, Amir's died in his birth, and Hassan's escaped after she gave birth.
2) Discuss the origins of the ongoing conflict between Pashtuns and Hazaras. What effect might this have on Amir and Hassan’s relationship?
Amir was a Pashtun, they were the dominant ethnic group, and ruled over the Hazans, from where Hassan and his father belonged. Society maked the difference between both groups and as Amir and Hassan belonged each one to a group, they weren't supposed to be friends.
3) How does Amir feel about Baba? Examine information about Baba, and discuss how Amir and Baba’s differences affect their relationship.
Baba was a visionary, he made his fortune taking a lot of risks and going against the popular opinion. As a child, he played football, was a marvellous player, he was alsow strong so others boys shouldn't bully him. Instead, Amir was very skinny, other children bullied him, but Hassan protected him. He didn't played or liked football as his father did, he liked reading and writing poetry. This made Baba very disapointed and upset, and his son noticed, to the point that he thought that his father hated him for "killing" his mother in the birth.
4) What does Baba say is the only sin? Explain his theory and whether Amir is able to understand it.
The only sin that exists according with Baba is to steal, to steal freedom, rights, life. Amir isn't able to understand his father's reflection, so he proceeded to explain it better. With the second explanation Amir is able to understand, as he said that when you killed someone, you stoled his life, his wife's right to a husband, his son's right to a father.
5) Examine Baba and Ali’s relationship. How is Amir’s relationship similar to theirs? What impact do their ethnic backgrounds have on these relationships?
Baba and Ali had a similar relationship with Amir and Hassan. They were rised together as brothers, both Baba and Amir were Pashtuns as Ali and hassan were Hazans. Both Baba and his son never tought their partners as friends, although they had all the characteristics that friends had, and this was because of they ethnicity.
6) Discuss the significance of Hassan’s favourite book, the Shahnamah?
This was one of the main activities they had at that time. Hassan admired one of the sotries were a character cried his enemy after he killed him, and was impressed because as his enemy was his son, he overcomed their rivality, they loved each other.
7) Assess the role Rahim Khan plays in Amir’s early life.
He was more affective than hgis real father, and supported him in his decisions, like writing the short story, Rahim encouraged him to keep going.
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