![]() ![]() Though Amir never got to know her, he learns that she had a love for literature just like him. Sofia Akrami – Amir’s mother who died giving birth to him.Wali – One of the other boys from Amir and Hassan's neighborhood who also helped Assef rape Hassan.However, after he is raped himself, he becomes a representation of the violent nature destroying Afghanistan. Kamal – At the beginning of the novel, Kamal is a coward who helps Assef rape Hassan.He is a racist whose goal is to get rid of all of the Hazaras in Afghanistan by inflicting sexual violence and abuse on the poor and defenseless. Assef is the rapist of Hassan and Sohrab and symbolizes all of the troubles plaguing Afghanistan. Assef – The novel's primary antagonist.Soraya is smart and strong-willed, especially when it comes to the treatment of women in Afghan culture. Soraya – Amir’s wife and the daughter of General Taheri.A poor and an ethnic Hazara, he walks with a limp caused by polio. He loves Hassan, but he rarely openly expresses his emotions. Ali – One of Baba's loyal servants, Ali also acts as the "father" to Hassan.He is also an ethnic Hazara and is great with a slingshot, just like his father. Later on in the novel, he becomes the central focus of the plot as Amir seeks redemption by eventually adopting Sohrab. For Amir, Sohrab serves as a means for Amir to atone for what happened between him and Hassan. For Sohrab, he serves as a Godsend by directing Amir to return to Afghanistan to adopt Sohrab after Hassan and Farzana are murdered by the Taliban. He serves as a friend and a father figure for Amir by giving him the attention and affection that Baba deprives him of, and by filling the void left by Baba’s emotional distance. ![]() He is the only one who knows all of Baba's secrets (about his affair with Sanaubar and about Hassan). Rahim Khan – Rahim Khan is Baba’s closest friend, business partner, and confidant.Although he is not present for a majority of the novel, Hassan's plays a major role in the character development of Amir, Baba, and even Sohrab. He becomes the victim of racism, rape, oppression, and murder over the course of his relatively short life, yet always remains loyal, forgiving, and good natured (especially to Amir) throughout the novel. Hassan is an excellent kite runner, and is naturally intelligent, but because of his social class as a poor ethnic Hazara, is illiterate and seen as inferior in Afghan society. Hassan – Amir’s loyal childhood playmate/best friend/unknown half-brother/servant of Baba's, Hassan is a Hazara boy with a cleft lip - a symbol of his poor status in society.Baba goes from a wealthy and well-respected, but unhappy, businessman in Afghanistan to a much happier gas station worker making little money in America. Baba’s many works of charity, including the orphanage he builds, are part of his attempts to redeem himself from the guilty feeling of not being able to acknowledge Hassan as his son however, his guilt does not diminish until him and Amir move to America and he is able to connect finally with at least one of his sons. Baba’s great sin is committing adultery with Ali ’s wife, a Hazara woman, and that he hides the fact that he is Hassan ’s real father. Baba – Father of Amir and also secretly to Hassan, Baba is a larger-than-life figure who works hard and doesn't let anyone's doubts stop him from accomplishing his goals, but stands by his own strict moral principles and is often tough on Amir.He eventually marries Soraya, who cannot birth children, and they adopt Hassan's son, Sohrab. Throughout the novel, his character ultimately changes from him being a selfish child to a selfless adult. After Hassan is raped, the book focuses on Amir being driven by his feelings of guilt, his personal growth (as he and Baba move to the U.S.), and his quest for a way to redeem himself. Amir manipulates his privileged upbringing over his servant and loyal best friend, Hassan, whose aid he fails to come to when Hassan is being raped by older boys after a kite -fighting tournament. Amir– The protagonist and narrator of the novel, Amir is a wealthy boy who grows up in Kabul, Afghanistan with a sense of entitlement.A Concise Chinese English Dictionary for Lovers.Internal Migration and Internally Displaced Peoples. ![]()
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