![]() ![]() Heart is the lock he comes across as quite rough. This image suggests Amir thinks winning the tournament will win Baba over and open his heart to him. ‘Key’ means a device which is turned in a lock to unlock something. “Was that what it would take? Had he just slipped me the key?” “casual illustrates that Baba didn’t really care and that it was just like an unthought-of comment “ no other viable option tells us that Amir had to win and that he had no other choice this was the only way that Amir would win over Baba and that Baba didn’t really care just as long as he won he would be happy. I was going to win and I was going to run that last kite.” “I couldn’t listen, not really because Baba’s casual little comment had planted a seed in my head: the resolution that I would win … there was no other viable option. “I think maybe you’ll win the tournament this year”īaba hasn’t got a lot of confidence in Amir for him to win the competition. The juice dripping down his forehead looks like blood, as though he has killed someone, as Amir has killed the relationship between them. Hassan is too loyal to do anything to hurt Amir and so he crushes the pomegranate against his own forehead instead of throwing one back at Amir. “There” he croaked, red dripping down his face like blood. Hassan, it seems will do anything to please Amir. Hassan sacrificed himself for Amir and Assef wants to make him realise that Amir would not do this for him. ![]() Assef says that he is “nothing” because he is a Hazara and a servant. “sacrifice” means to give up something for something or someone else. “Before you sacrifice yourself for him, think about this: Would he do the same for you? … you’re nothing but something he can kick when he’s angry.” He accepted it and took it because he had to. He resigned himself to something he knew he had to do for Amir. Hassan resigned himself to the situation he was in, accepted it. ![]() “resignation” means that Hassan was calm and patient about the punishment. “I saw his face, saw the resignation in it” “struggle” means to try and get out of what is happening and “whimper” means to cry, this shows that Hassan didn’t try to get away from Assef or cry about it and just let it happen or his friend. “Hassan didn’t struggle, didn’t even whimper.” Amir will do anything to carry favour with his father. This quotation implies that there are two main reasons why Hassan is raped.Ģ. “Maybe Hassan was the price I had to pay, the lamb I had to slay in order to win over Baba.” ![]()
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