Kite Runner Project

MLA

Connection

"Brothers" found on http://face-of-lie.deviantart.com/art/The-Kite-Runner-210701848

Wickipedia. Wickimedia Foundation. Web. 12 Nov. 2015

This painting connects to the book, the relationships between Hassan and Amir. Deep down Amir knows he has hurt Hassan, this is heart breaking to their situation.

You can try and depict the relationship between the two persons in the artwork, and the meaning of the kites or even as deep as the color representation.

The artwork depicts themes of friendship, betrayal, innocence and character emotion from the novel The Kite Runner (Hosseini) through colors and texture.

"Brothers"

This painting was made because of the artist's pain he relates to his brother. This is clear because of the immediate initial feeling of emotional distress.

Quote: "I thought about Hassan’s dream, the one about us swimming in the lake. There is no monster, he’d said, just water. Except he’d been wrong about that. There was a monster in the lake… I was that monster." (Hosseini)

This quote shows Amir realizing what he's done to Hassan. He knew his act was a poor choice, but it is more than that. He is the monster and evil force in Hassans life.

The subject of the painting is the seperation of the hearts and the distress of the two boys in the picture. The artist also created this with the Kite Runner on his mind and intentionally painted kites.

This artwork is titled "Brothers", and was made by an online artist called "Face of Lie". (unknown location & date)

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Why does this quote relate to the painting?

In this excerpt from The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseni, the reader can sense Sohrab's feelings about the orphanage. In the photo, the two people seem sad and depressed in the orphanage. The connection is within the feelings towards orphanages.

Quote

Connection to Kite Runner

Chapter 24

Amir: "Well, Mr. Faisal thinks that it would really help if we could...if we could ask you to stay in a home for kids for a while."

Sorab: "Home for kids?" he said, his smile fading. "You mean an orphanage?"

Amir: "It would only be for a little while."

Sohrab: "No," he said. "No, please."

Amir: "Sohrab, it would be for just a little while. I promise."

Sohrab: "You promised you'd never put me in one of those places, Amir agha," he said. His voice was breaking, tears pooling in his eyes.

• Amir traveling back to Afghanistan
• Saving Sohrab, Hassan's son
• Sohrab is an orphan
• Amir sees the hardships of the orphanage first-hand

Historical Time Period

The Milkmaid

• Victorian Period: Queen Victoria's reign 1837-1901
• Abundance of orphans that outnumbered facilities
• Peace, prosperity, and national self-confidence
• Prosperous for some, not for parentless children

Johannes Vermeer painted this painting in 1657, in Amsterdam, on an oil canvas. The style of artwork is Social Realism.

Social Realism

Meaning behind the painting

The realistic depiction in art of contemporary life, as a means of social or political comment.

The reason Thomas Benjamin Kenninton painted this was to portray the hardships of the orphans to make it known to the public what was occuring in their city.

His depiction of it is the same as what I thought of it.

"Orphans"

Johannes Vermeer painted the Milkmaid to show the hardships on servants especially women servants. He depicted a women, preparing food, who was also a family servant. The issue of lower class compared to the higher ranking class is also depicted by Vermeer.

Subject

Kite Runner Project

http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/kennington-orphans-n01560

Thomas Benjamin Kennington painted this photograph in 1885 in London, England. The style of this painting is Social Realism.

The subject of this painting, is the maid. She can be seen preparing a meal, in a domestic kitchen. Despite the title the painting clearly shows an indoor, low class house servant. Not an outdoor milkmaid who would physicall milk the cows. The painting is illusionistic capturing not just detail, but also weight of both the women and the items on the table.

Connection to the Kite Runner

By Andrea Schlesinger, Bailey Casino, Shae Forest

The artisit was inspired to paint this because he wanted to show all ¨milkmaids¨and servants in a more neutral role, and end the standards about servants and maids in Amseterdam.

This painting ¨The Milkmaid¨connects to the book The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini, because Hassan is also a servant even though he is not a women like in this painting he undergoes some of the same struggles as her.

QUOTE

"The next morning as he was preparing my breakfast, Hassan asked me if there was something bothering me. I snapped and told him to mind his own business" (Hosseini 23).

This qoute shows how, Hassan(although he is the servant boy) is a friend of Amir's, and he is concerned about him, it shows the difernece between classes. And shows those classes coming together.