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 * //Tyler Blaker & Jessica McKenzie//**

Event: The killing of Hassan

With Hassan being murdered, Amir also found out that Hassan was his half-brother. In the book, The Kite Runner, Amir states, "Why? What can you possibly say to me? I'm thirty-eight years old and I've just found out my whole life is one big fucking lie! What can you possibly say to make things better? Nothing. Not a Goddamn thing!" (Hosseini 223). Hassan being killed and Amir finding out that Hassan is his half brother creates an important event in understanding this novel. Amir never stood up for himself. Hassan was always the one who stood up for himself and Amir. Hassan was taken from his life because he stood up for himself and refused to leave the place where he lived. The Talibs shot Hassan and his wife for not cooperating with the move. Now that Amir has found out that Hassan was his half brother, he is devastated that he was killed. Baba always favored Hassan better than Amir. Amir now knows why his father always wanted Hassan with them. Amir feels angry and sad about Hassan's death. Having to know how much Hassan stands up for himself and finding out why Baba has always loved Hassan is an event that keeps on continuing throughout the novel.

Symbol: Infertility

Amir and his wife cannot have a child. They have been trying, but the doctors cannot figure out why they cannot have one. In the book, The Kite Runner, Amir feels that, "Perhaps something, someone, somewhere, had decided to deny me fatherhood for the things I had done. Maybe this was my punishment, and perhaps justly so. It wasn't ment to be, Khala Jamila had said. Or, maybe it was meant not to be" (Hosseini 188). Amir believes that the reason why he cannot get his wife pregnant is because of the sins he has committed as a boy. The feelings of guilt for not being able to stand up for Hassan or himself, is affecting the rest of Amir's life. This is a key symbol in the novel because Amir has always felt guilty for not standing up for Hassan. Infertility is the result of the sins committed by Amir. These sins have affected Amir's happiness and desire to be a father. Theme: 'There is a way to be good again.'

There is a re-occurring theme, 'There is a way to be good again'. In the book, The Kite Runner, it states, "I sat on a park bench near a willow tree. I though about something Rahim Khan said just before he hung up, almost as an after thought. 'There is a way to be good again'. I looked up at those twin kites. I thought about Hassan. Thought about Baba. Ali. Kabul. I thought of the life I had lived until the winter of 1975 came along and changed everything. And made me what I am today" (Hosseini 2). Amir's father was never supportive of him and gave all of his attention to Hassan. As Amir gets older, he starts to feel like he is being punished for things he did as a kid. When he gets married, he wants kids but cannot get them. His best friend who he found out was his brother was murdered. 'There is a way to be good again' lingers on with him.

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