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SOhrab

Sorab analysis

Culture v.

Society

Forgiveness - Sohrab is a living representation of

forgiveness for Amir. Saving Sohrab could end Amir's guilt.

Thievery - The quote "There is only one sin, only one. And that is theft. Every other sin is a variation of theft" (Pg 17) can apply to Sohrab because he had his mother and father killed by the Taliban. The Taliban had stolen Sohrab's right to a mother and father. Assef specificaly stole Sohrab's right to innocence when he raped him.

Redemption - While Sohrab never knew how his father was as a child, he redeemed the crime that was done to Hassan. Hassan pointed his slingshot to Assef as a child, but did not hit him. Years later Sohrab would point a slingshot at Assef and destroy his eye.

Hassan: "Hassan had pulled the wide elastic band all the way back. In the cup was a rock the size of a walnut. Hassan held the slingshot pointed at Assef's face" (Pg 42)

Sohrab: "His hand was cocked above his shoulder, holding the cup of the slingshot at the end of the elastic band all the way back..... Sohrab had the slingshot pointed to Assef's face" (Pg 290)

Rahim Khan's words had tremendous meaning for Amir because it was through those words of absolution that he justified saving Sohrab and giving him a new home. Amir was haunted with guilt for years for not helping Hassan. Saving Sohrab would end the guilt once and for all.

“Hassan had loved me once, loved me in a way that no one ever had or ever would again. He was gone now, but a little part of him lived on. It was in Kabul. Waiting” (pg 227)

he confirms that he must save Sohrab not because he should, but because he must as a duty to his half -brother whom he treated unfairly.

Sohrab seems to be the type of character that brings the resolution to the storyline:

He ended the years of guilt that Amir held onto and at the very end, he became the son that he never had. This establishes a whole new relationship of father and son.

Sohrab is also the resolution of Hassanr's story as he defeats the man that degraded Hassan. Sohrab used his own father's tool to defeat Assef. This action, along with Amir's, ends the novel on a light note and resolves all problems.

"Do you want me to run that kite for you?"

"For you a thousand times over."

It was only a smile, nothing more. It didn't make everything all right. It didn't make anything all right. Only a smile. A tiny thing. A leaf in the woods, shaking in the wake of a startled bird's flight.

But I'll take it. With open arms. Because when spring comes, it melts the snow one flake at a time, and maybe I just witnessed the first flake melting." (Hosseini 371 Chpt. 25)

Culture v. Society

Halima Mahmoud

San Francisco

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  • New beginings
  • A way to be good

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Dante Carter

Harsh Shah

  • different culture
  • Displacment

Afganistan

  • finally free

Reham Bader

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  • able to live in peace

Overview

  • Hazarat vs. Pashtun
  • relationship of Hassan and Amir
  • The Taliban
  • Soviets

Results

Amir felt guilt for Hassan's rape a long time, even after leaving Afghanistan. He never found a way to alleviate his guilt until Rahim Khan said "Come. There is a way to be good again" (pg 192)

When Amir returned to Afghanistan, Rahim Khan explained the story of Hassan and told him that Sohrab was in an Orphanage. Amir's intent to save Sohrab however came after Rahim Khan told him that Hassan was his half brother. Afterwards Amir kept thinking back to his words "There is a way to be good again".

When Amir says “Hassan had loved me once, loved me in a way that no one ever had or ever would again. He was gone now, but a little part of him lived on. It was in Kabul. Waiting” (pg 227), he confirms that he must save Sohrab not just because he should, but because he must as a duty to his half -brother whom he treated unfairly.

Important

Details

Religion

Son of Hassan

Half -Nephew of Amir

How does Hosseini's use of imagery and metaphor influence what he is trying to say? Why are these lines so important and how can you connect it to the rest of the novel?

orphan

Sohrab Analysis

How does Sohrab's resemblance to Hassan play a significant role on the solution of Hosseini's novel and how does this resemblance satisfy good Amir was trying to find?

"Come. There is a way to be good again" (pg 192)

What effect does the suicide have on Sohrab and does this quote mean that he will be whole again?

The Slingshot

The Biggest Parallel that Sohrab and Hassan share is the

slinshot. Both have specifically pointed the slingshot at Assef:

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Islam

Sohrab's connection to the themes

The Slingshot is a symbol for the bravery passed on from father

to son.

In connection to the novel

Sunni v. Shi'a

Sohrab's connection to Amir

Holy Qur'an:

  • the Holy Book of Muslims

When I was in fifth grade, we had a mullah who taught us about Islam. His name was Mullah Fatiullah Khan, a short, stubby man with a face full of acne scars and a gruff voice. He lectured us about the virtues of zakat and the duty of hadj; he taught us the intricacies of performing the five daily namaz prayers, and made us memorize verses from the Koran – and though he never translated the words for us, he did stress, sometimes with the help of a stripped willow branch, that we had to pronounce the Arabic words correctly so God would hear us better. He told us one day that Islam considered drinking a terrible sin; those who drank would answer for their sin on the day of Qiyamat, Judgment Day. (pg.15-16 Chpt. 3)

  • "They do nothing but thumb their prayer beads and recite a book written in a tongue they don't even understand." He [Baba] took a sip. "God help us all if Afghanistan ever falls into their hands." (Chpt.3pg. 17)
  • Looking At the Big Picture: Islam is the official religion in Afghanistan
  • About 80-89% practice Sunni Islam and belong to the Hanafi Islamic law school while 10-19% are Shi'a

Throughout the novel the reader witnesses the lack of religion in Amir's life because of Baba. Since Baba is depicted as a more Westernized liberal character. Because of the secular environment Amir grows up with the belief of God. Sohrab's close encounter with death shows Amir a different perspective about God and life.

"I see now that Baba was wrong, there is a God, there always had been. I see Him here, in the eyes of the peoplein this corridor of desperation." ( Hosseini 346 Chpt. 25)

  • It had been sunny for days, but Sunday morning, as I swung my legs out of bed, I heard raindrops pelting the window. [...]. I prayed morning namaz while Soraya slept – I didn't have to consult the prayer pamphlet I had obtained from the mosque anymore; the verses came naturally now, effortlessly. (Chpt: 25.113)
  • How Sohrab had a huge influence on Amir's coming of age
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