Reaction to Orphanage Director-KR

As so many in destitute conditions, the Orphange Director in The Kite Runner was put between a rock and a hard place. Forced to make the difficult decision of sacrificing one for the majority. As unfortunate as this may seem that was the only option, well that or risk losing all of the already impoverished and malnourished children.

My thought process matured as I read along with the book. The instantaneous reaction I had when I discovered that the Orphanage Director just gave that unfortunate soul up to the Taliban officer was phenomenal shock. I could not believe my eyes, which then casted a gray cloud of shame over the director. As I read on, however, I grew to understand his position and a cloud of sympathy replaced the previous one of shame. Surrendering one of the children for a little while would guarantee the others food for perhaps a month, something that became a paucity when the Taliban came into rule.

Identifiable Character In Kite Runner

My first pretentious guess would be to identify myself with Soraya as she is the major female character in The Kite Runner . This is ridiculous I know but hey, can I be at blame if my mind thinks first of its gender? Deeper thought, and more lucid as well, would certainly allude to a different conclusion. I am on no account nearly as rebellious as Soraya, that is not to say I get along easy peasy with my parents, I just have not had such a troubled past. Yet anyways, I still have a lot of years (god-willing) for this to become.

The next bead in my string of thoughts was that I may somehow be like Hassan. And to a certain degree I am Hassan in female flesh. Although I grew up in not nearly as impoverished conditions as Hassan, we both have a tendency to self-deprecate. My form of self deprecation is slightly different from Hassan's, I say this because I have yet to meet someone who I have unwavering loyalty for, but at the same time I like to see those I care about as happy people and do my best to put them in that mood. In my eyes I can always do better, this is where the self-deprecation comes in; I do not accept compliments well and see my achievements as things that could use continuous improvement.

To find a perfect match to my persona in The Kite Runner proved to be a difficult task. As I thought on it my mind wandered to different parts of the book and how the characters matured throughout it. Eventually, after ruling out several obvious nos, I realized that I was like a character I had almost forgotten. In a way I was like Rahim Khan. The man who kept the juciest of secrets until near-death, the man who never stopped loving Amir, and through his whole life seemed to maintain his understanding and caring for Amir when it seemed like Baba did not(especially in Amir's childhood). These qualities are pretty much a match to mine, I hate to tell others secrets that do not originate with me, but instead I have been intrusted with, and I lose respect easily for those who have no problems telling others what someone has asked them to keep secret.

After matching myself mostly with Rahim and Hassan I realized that in a way I am like every single one of those characters, even Assef. As hard as the concept may be to grasp I think that in literary works each character is an exaggerated version of the self. The difference is that well, everyone is different. In each and everyone of us we will find that a bit more of our persona is relatable with certain characters, like myself with Rahim and Hassan. But in the end we truly are a living collage of scraps of all the other characters as well.