Iqra Abbasi
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ELA20-IB
Rm.216
The Relationships of Amir
28/10/2011
The Kite Runner written By Khaled Hosseni is a novel, which follows the life of a young boy, Amir and his challenges through childhood. The book was made into a movie in 2007 and although it follows the story written by Khaled Hosseni there are many differences that make the book a lot better. The novel particularly focuses on the relationships Amir has with the people closest to him, which include his father, Baba, Rahim Khan, a friend and Hassan, the servant boy. Similarly, the movie also portrays the same relationship although with a very different viewpoint that questions the readers view on how the book had portrayed it.
In significance, the relationship of Amir and Hassan in the book is portrayed as a distinction between classes, this is because although Amir likes Hassan, he only plays with him in secrecy and it is usually Hassan that takes the blame when they do something wrong. This is shown in the book, when Amir lures Hassan into shooting a rock into the neighbour’s dog. Although it was Amir’s fault that Hassan had done that, Hassan was the one who got into trouble because like Ali had phrased it was the devil luring him. Another incident is where Hassan gets raped by Assef. This scene in the book is portrayed with lots of insight from Amir’s point of view and how he could only stand there and watch. This shows that although the boy’s relationship is strong, it is not strong enough to the point where Amir is willing to risk himself to save what others refer to as a Hazara boy. However this incident is contradictory to the one that takes places days after the rape and this event displays the relationship of Hassan and Amir, in a way where one thinks of only himself and the other who only thinks of others. This event was the one where Amir is throwing pomegranates at Hassan to make up for the fact that he couldn’t do anything when Hassan needed his help. To make Amir feel better Hassan throws the pomegranate at himself, which anger’s Amir even more. These events portrayed with a lot of emotion in the book, however they were briefly introduced in the movie but did not portray the significance in their relationship.
However although the movie displayed all the parts mentioned above, they did not do justice to the relationship of Amir and Hassan. This is because the part where they hit the dog with the rock, is described in such detail in the book, however the movie briefly touches on the particular event, it does not display the relationship like it did in the book because in the book, Hassan takes the blame when Ali catches them, however in the movie, nobody tells them that it was wrong. Also the part where Hassan gets raped is shown very well, but since you don’t Amir’s point of view, the reader is left to imagine, on how Amir was feeling and why he did what he did at their reading spot. Both means of media portrayed the same relationship but the movie did not portray how significant it was to the Amir or Hassan, with everything that had occurred to make them who they are. In the same way, Amir’s relationship with those he views as friends was not the same as well.
Another significant relationship that Amir has is with Baba’s best friend, Rahim Khan, in the novel was mentioned at various times, this is because it was Rahim Khan that showed Amir to open up and share his thoughts with those around him rather than keeping them to himself. One of the events that display their relationship is when Rahim Khan asks to read the story Amir had written. This is a major development because Amir’s father had not wanted to read it, so it goes to show, that Rahim Khan is willing to take interest in Amir’s hobbies and story writing. Another event that displays that displays their relationship is at Amir’s birthday party. At this event, Rahim Khan tells Amir of how he falls in love with a Hazara girl; this is significant because it shows just how well Rahim Khan knows Amir. In the movie, however, their relationship seems strained and it seems as though they have a hard time connecting with each other.
In the movie, the relationship of Rahim Khan and Amir seems forced, it seemed as though they could not connect with each other, the incident with the taking of the story, it took place in Amir’s room meanwhile in the book it had taken place in Baba’s study. This shows that because of the change in setting the importance of the incident was lost. Also the talk that took place in at the birthday party, didn’t seem as important if one had not read the book because that incident shows how well Rahim Khan knew Amir, but in the movie it seemed irrelevant to include such a scene because it did not relate to their relationship just that Rahim Khan knew that something was bothering Amir. All in all, their relationship was not seen very close and personal
In conclusion, the movie although similar to the book was portrayed very differently in terms of relationship and personal connections. The events that made Amir’s and Hassan relationship so strong in the book seemed very slow and irrelevant in the movie because as they did not show Amir’s view on how he felt about Hassan. Meanwhile, Amir’s relationship with Rahim Khan did not seem very close and personal in the movie although it was portrayed like a father-son relationship in the book. All in all, the movie had its goods parts where the display of culture was important, but the book was strong all the way around. Khaled Hosseni truly showed people on how life in Afghanistan for those that are not privileged and for those that are.
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