Sorab will slowly adapt into life with Soraya and Amir. The reader sees the first step of this in the last scene of the book, where Amir and Sorab fly the green kite together. Of course Sorab will not instantly go back to his old self immediately; he is a little boy who has experiences more than I have in my seventeen years. However, Amir's consistent effort with Sorab will continue to create a strong relationship between them. I also think that Soraya will begin to engage Sorab more in mother-son activities, despite her lack of interest once she realized he was never going to talk. Lastly, I don't think that Sorab will ever fully adapt to American life. That child has been scarred from his past experiences, and sometimes you just cannot fully put your past behind you. Both Amir and Sorab have a past which is impossible to put behind them, and they will bond over this.
When the book ended there was complete closure, for me anyway. Which was somewhat nice because I don't like cliff hangers but it was also somewhat annoying because it left nothing up for the imagination. What probably is going happen is Sohrab is slowly going to start to get better and start to talk. It will probably take some time but when he is older he will feel at home with Saraya and Amir. Then they will happily ever after. (This was kind of what direction that I was lead in when the book ended. I know, it makes you want to puke.) If the book ended on a darker note then that would mean that Sohrab would live a miserable life always thinking about his past and he would probably attempt in suicide again.
In Chapter 26, I think Sohrab will begin to settle in to his new home with Amir and Soraya in California. Sohrab will go to an American school and learn English before he can take classes with the majority of his grade. His bond with Amir will strengthen and develop, and he will form another bond with Soraya. The three of them will function as a typical family, as Amir and Soraya will treat Sohrab as a son rather than a nephew. Sohrab will also go to therapy to help him in his transition to America and reconcile his parents' deaths, his abusive captivity and his suicide attempt. Over time, Sohrab will be a happy child free of his difficult past, so he can mature and live a good life. Unlike Amir and Baba, Sohrab will not be plagued by guilt and regret.
Sohrab has now become a member of amir's family. He still grows up shell shocked, struggling with his tormented past but tries to become a member of american society. He goes to school, learns to read and becomes more and more like a son to Amir. He meets his own friend in the Afghani community a young Pashtun boy. Together they fly kites and shoot the neighbors dog with a slingshots and spend time bridging the gap of cultures in their community. Eventually Sohrab goes to College for writing. He graduates and goes to tell his story, how Amir saved him and how his ghosts still haunt him, yet he is stronger than that for the son of the Sultans of Kabul.
In chapter 25, Amir and Sohrab bond over flying a kite. Amir explains he and Hassan's loved to fly kites when they were children, which intrigues Sohrab. In chapter 26, the relationship between Amir and Sohrab continues to grow through their mutual interest in flying kites. Although Sohrab has not trusted Amir since his attempt at suicide, he is slowly starting to appreciate how much Amir loves and cares for him. In this chapter, we will see Sohrab open up and become more friendly with Amir and Soraya. Although the relationship between Sohrab, Amir and Soraya is not perfect, they will slowly work to make it better.
Slowly Sohrab will begin to talk. He will adapt to life in America. The boy has been traumatized, and he will never forget his past. Similarly, Amir has had a traumatizing past. Though Amir is a bit more responsible for his messed up conscience, the pair will struggle to cope with their past together. Amir will begin to act more and more like a father for Sohrab. Soraya will also become more of a presence in the boy's life. Overtime, Sohrab will grow into normality. He will eventually lead a normal safe life under the roof of Amir.
After Sohrab moves in with Amir and his wife, he will begin to slowly adjust to his new life in San Francisco. Although the transition will be difficult, Sohrab will over time adapt to all the changes. Sohrab is going to have to deal with the physiological damage from being abused by the Taliban, it will take years for him to overcome that pain and suffering. I believe Amir and Soraya will be grateful for a child, since they we unable to bear their own. Although Sohrab will be confronted with the struggle to assimilate into American culture, he will be forever thankful for Amir and his willingness to let him into his life in the States. This transition would be an interesting second novel of The Kite Runner. Sohrab will be the son Amir never had.
After flying kites with Sohrab, Amir is swarmed with memories form his past. Amir feels as though he is close to redemption, but is not quite there. Having Sohrab around is a constant reminder to Amir of Hassan and the sins he committed against him. It begins to eat him alive. Amir finally realizes that he will never be able to live his life to the fullest with guilt following him around everywhere he goes. One night at the dinner table with Sohrab and Soraya, Sohrab beings to ask questions about Hassan and what he was like as a child. Trying to hold back tears, Amir looks directly into Sohrab's eyes. He tells them both of that day in the alley way and what he witnessed Assef do to Hassan. They both leave the table and leave Amir alone with negative thoughts and a clear conscience. Later that night he talks with Soraya. She explains that Amir accepted her for her faults and she will do the same; she stresses it was not the sin she is offended by, by the truth that Amir kept from her. Later, Amir walks into Sohrab's room. Amir begs for Sohrab's understanding and forgiveness. Sohrab tells Amir that Hassan talked very highly of his friendship with Amir, even after his betrayal. Knowing what Assef is capable of, Sohrab tells Amir that what is in the past is in the past, and forgives him because he is conscious of his sins.
In a perfect world, the significance of kite running in San Francisco would represent the end to all previous sins. The largest sin committed by Amir was 26 years earlier and now he has come full circle, closing the loop with a freedom and openness that comes while kite running, feelings he almost forgot existed. Hopefully this realization in Amir translates down to Sohrab, who begins to understand that America is his new home of opportunities, of freedom and openness.
Yet, learning to cope with the terrible things that happened to Sohrab doesn't happen overnight (as we've read,) it takes years, but perhaps Sohrab's kite running with Amir signifies the first shift in his behavior of beginning to cope. As I said, Sohrab's feelings aren't going to change overnight, but perhaps soon he will begin speaking again and adapting to his new American life, but his past will still haunt him, it's not something that will ever fully leave him. But he will function and make friends, he will learn to speak English and someday, he will grow old and take care of Amir and Soraya. I think life can only throw someone so many curve balls, and for Sohrab, hopefully he will never have to endure as much pain as he has in the beginning of his life. I truly believe that Amir's sins have been pardoned and that Sohrab will continue to live with him fully as his "son."
In chapter 26, Sohrab would become a famous kite runner like his father. Amir would be proud of him for his accomplishments, but once people start to find out about where he has been and where he comes from people talk. Some are proud of Sohrab and treat him equally where others would ignore him. He then starts adjusting to the American lifestyle like Amir had to do. Sohrab has come from hard life where he was untreated poorly and it is hard for him to sleep. Every time he closes his eyes he dreams that he is still under the control of Assef. But when we awakes, he faces reality and goes to school to learn English, which is a challenge for him. During his time in school he would face bullies who would make fun of him because he was living with a non-hazara family. His evil peers do not understand his living situation. Why is he living with is half uncle? Sohrab questions if he likes his new life better than his old, he realizes that the American dream is not perfect.
It was that epiphanic moment that changed the composure and the experience of the family's experience. The moment Sohrab saw the connection between Amir and Hassan's dedication to run a kite for someone they love that's how he knew his real father and uncle shared this passion and loyalty that is practiced numerous times and intertwined through the Afghan culture. Similar to Amir's explanation and analogy with the Hindi movie every story doesn't have to have a perfect ending that's cut straight to the point and in black and white. Soraya got to accomplish her goal and fulfill her passion of figuring out what subject Sohrab loved the most. It was english just like his uncle, another writer in the family had sprung. Amir made sure he would be the best supporter he could be in helping Sohrab accomplish his dreams. He wouldn't let the same discouragement or misunderstanding he suffered with Baba take in place ever again. He would take the actions of Rahim Kahn and supply Sohrab with the tools he would need in order to progress, expand, and store his work of art. People in the community questioned his connection to the family. AMir from that point on of telling the general told the truth, bluntly. He would start out fresh there was no need of lies which would lead to guilt and the hunger for redemption. Although the redemption could have triggered positive moments, he didn't want to deal with that again. He felt he had learned his main life lesson. Avoid lying it's liking digging a hole for you to suffer in. As for the parents of Soraya they became great supporters of Sohrab and his growth in America. Although the general had returned and hadn't seen the evolving Sohrab he called once in awhile to check in and keep the bond alive. As for Soraya's mom she was the same old, same old. Planning to return to her husband and while she was here in America she admired the actions of Amir similar to the people of Kabul who admired Baba's honor and dignity. Little did she know about his past and little did the people of Kabul know about Baba's past. Sohrab had suffered from stigmas and traumatization from his traveling to the America's. It was a place for his opportunity and although he still hadn't fully adjusted. He was getting there. he stopped trying to erase the footsteps he lead behind and started a little more to join in conversation and allow his presence to be shown. All we know is that thanks to the kite that was in the air tipping like a pendulum, because it shifted all their lives in America.
I think a good 26th chapter would be a mini insight in to what Sohrab's life would be like in San Francisco. Sohrab would enroll in school and soon pursue an engineering major in college. The fact that Sohrab wants to be an engineer gives an parallel due to the fact sohrab is amazing at kite flying. As Sohrabs life continues to move on, he sees major success in his professional career. But one day Sohrab decides to go to Afghanistan and revisit his fathers and his own roots. Afghan is now safe and the Taliban control has gone down significantly. When Sohrab reaches Afghan he realizes that they are not many people alive that where friends with his father. Sohrab then decides to give back to the community and contrsuct a new school for a small village. In the process we learn a lot about Sohrab and he also finds a wife whom he would marry. Then one day after the school has been built Sohrab goes in to look at the finished work, and boom a suicide terrorist blows up the building.We are left with a lot of questions as to why this happend.
10/23/13 Now that The Kite Runner has come to an end, Amir's life is starting to look up! I think Amir and Sohrab’s "father/ son” relationship will continue to grow. I think Amir and Soraya will have the relationship they had when they first got married again. Sohrab has given them the gift of parenthood, something that Amir and Soraya have always wanted. I can picture Amir and Sohrab going back to Afghanistan one day and having some sort of funeral for an object that was close to Hassan (maybe the slingshot). During the last chapter in The Kite Runner, when Amir became The Kite Runner, I thought that Amir had finally redeemed himself completely of his past sins. Amir will probably always live with a sense of guilt after all of his past decisions, but I think Amir will feel like he has more of a clean slate now. I think Soraya and Amir finally feel like they got the family they always wanted. Sohrab is the type of person I can see running a country one day or discovering some sort of cure for a disease. From the moment Amir became the Kite Runner, his life began to look up. Amir has now redeemed himself in order to become the hero.
Chapter 26: The book did not leave any questions unanswered for me. If anything it was too neat and too clean. However, if there were a chapter 26 I think that Sohrab would end up being a writer like Amir, but have the athletic ability of his father and grandfather before him. Although he has come from a crumbling Afghanistan, I think Sohrab will adjust well to American society, much like Amir did. I think it is important that he carries the same morals of Hassan. Sohrab will accept Soraya more as a mother figure, yet I think that Sohrab will never think of the two as his parents because he had such a good relationship with his real parents. I think Amir will finally come to terms with what he did and accept the reality that there is nothing more he can do to redeem himself besides raise Sohrab like Hassan would: with strong morals and strong faith. I also think that Amir will put less pressure on Sohrab. He knows first hand what it is like living your life trying to impress your own father, and i think he does not want that life for Sohrab.
Sorab will slowly adapt into life with Soraya and Amir. The reader sees the first step of this in the last scene of the book, where Amir and Sorab fly the green kite together. Of course Sorab will not instantly go back to his old self immediately; he is a little boy who has experiences more than I have in my seventeen years. However, Amir's consistent effort with Sorab will continue to create a strong relationship between them. I also think that Soraya will begin to engage Sorab more in mother-son activities, despite her lack of interest once she realized he was never going to talk. Lastly, I don't think that Sorab will ever fully adapt to American life. That child has been scarred from his past experiences, and sometimes you just cannot fully put your past behind you. Both Amir and Sorab have a past which is impossible to put behind them, and they will bond over this.
ReplyDeleteWhen the book ended there was complete closure, for me anyway. Which was somewhat nice because I don't like cliff hangers but it was also somewhat annoying because it left nothing up for the imagination. What probably is going happen is Sohrab is slowly going to start to get better and start to talk. It will probably take some time but when he is older he will feel at home with Saraya and Amir. Then they will happily ever after. (This was kind of what direction that I was lead in when the book ended. I know, it makes you want to puke.) If the book ended on a darker note then that would mean that Sohrab would live a miserable life always thinking about his past and he would probably attempt in suicide again.
ReplyDeleteIn Chapter 26, I think Sohrab will begin to settle in to his new home with Amir and Soraya in California. Sohrab will go to an American school and learn English before he can take classes with the majority of his grade. His bond with Amir will strengthen and develop, and he will form another bond with Soraya. The three of them will function as a typical family, as Amir and Soraya will treat Sohrab as a son rather than a nephew. Sohrab will also go to therapy to help him in his transition to America and reconcile his parents' deaths, his abusive captivity and his suicide attempt. Over time, Sohrab will be a happy child free of his difficult past, so he can mature and live a good life. Unlike Amir and Baba, Sohrab will not be plagued by guilt and regret.
ReplyDeleteSohrab has now become a member of amir's family. He still grows up shell shocked, struggling with his tormented past but tries to become a member of american society. He goes to school, learns to read and becomes more and more like a son to Amir. He meets his own friend in the Afghani community a young Pashtun boy. Together they fly kites and shoot the neighbors dog with a slingshots and spend time bridging the gap of cultures in their community. Eventually Sohrab goes to College for writing. He graduates and goes to tell his story, how Amir saved him and how his ghosts still haunt him, yet he is stronger than that for the son of the Sultans of Kabul.
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ReplyDeleteIn chapter 25, Amir and Sohrab bond over flying a kite. Amir explains he and Hassan's loved to fly kites when they were children, which intrigues Sohrab. In chapter 26, the relationship between Amir and Sohrab continues to grow through their mutual interest in flying kites. Although Sohrab has not trusted Amir since his attempt at suicide, he is slowly starting to appreciate how much Amir loves and cares for him. In this chapter, we will see Sohrab open up and become more friendly with Amir and Soraya. Although the relationship between Sohrab, Amir and Soraya is not perfect, they will slowly work to make it better.
ReplyDeleteSlowly Sohrab will begin to talk. He will adapt to life in America. The boy has been traumatized, and he will never forget his past. Similarly, Amir has had a traumatizing past. Though Amir is a bit more responsible for his messed up conscience, the pair will struggle to cope with their past together. Amir will begin to act more and more like a father for Sohrab. Soraya will also become more of a presence in the boy's life. Overtime, Sohrab will grow into normality. He will eventually lead a normal safe life under the roof of Amir.
ReplyDeleteAfter Sohrab moves in with Amir and his wife, he will begin to slowly adjust to his new life in San Francisco. Although the transition will be difficult, Sohrab will over time adapt to all the changes. Sohrab is going to have to deal with the physiological damage from being abused by the Taliban, it will take years for him to overcome that pain and suffering. I believe Amir and Soraya will be grateful for a child, since they we unable to bear their own. Although Sohrab will be confronted with the struggle to assimilate into American culture, he will be forever thankful for Amir and his willingness to let him into his life in the States. This transition would be an interesting second novel of The Kite Runner. Sohrab will be the son Amir never had.
ReplyDeleteAfter flying kites with Sohrab, Amir is swarmed with memories form his past. Amir feels as though he is close to redemption, but is not quite there. Having Sohrab around is a constant reminder to Amir of Hassan and the sins he committed against him. It begins to eat him alive. Amir finally realizes that he will never be able to live his life to the fullest with guilt following him around everywhere he goes. One night at the dinner table with Sohrab and Soraya, Sohrab beings to ask questions about Hassan and what he was like as a child. Trying to hold back tears, Amir looks directly into Sohrab's eyes. He tells them both of that day in the alley way and what he witnessed Assef do to Hassan. They both leave the table and leave Amir alone with negative thoughts and a clear conscience. Later that night he talks with Soraya. She explains that Amir accepted her for her faults and she will do the same; she stresses it was not the sin she is offended by, by the truth that Amir kept from her. Later, Amir walks into Sohrab's room. Amir begs for Sohrab's understanding and forgiveness. Sohrab tells Amir that Hassan talked very highly of his friendship with Amir, even after his betrayal. Knowing what Assef is capable of, Sohrab tells Amir that what is in the past is in the past, and forgives him because he is conscious of his sins.
ReplyDeleteIn a perfect world, the significance of kite running in San Francisco would represent the end to all previous sins. The largest sin committed by Amir was 26 years earlier and now he has come full circle, closing the loop with a freedom and openness that comes while kite running, feelings he almost forgot existed. Hopefully this realization in Amir translates down to Sohrab, who begins to understand that America is his new home of opportunities, of freedom and openness.
ReplyDeleteYet, learning to cope with the terrible things that happened to Sohrab doesn't happen overnight (as we've read,) it takes years, but perhaps Sohrab's kite running with Amir signifies the first shift in his behavior of beginning to cope. As I said, Sohrab's feelings aren't going to change overnight, but perhaps soon he will begin speaking again and adapting to his new American life, but his past will still haunt him, it's not something that will ever fully leave him. But he will function and make friends, he will learn to speak English and someday, he will grow old and take care of Amir and Soraya. I think life can only throw someone so many curve balls, and for Sohrab, hopefully he will never have to endure as much pain as he has in the beginning of his life. I truly believe that Amir's sins have been pardoned and that Sohrab will continue to live with him fully as his "son."
In chapter 26, Sohrab would become a famous kite runner like his father. Amir would be proud of him for his accomplishments, but once people start to find out about where he has been and where he comes from people talk. Some are proud of Sohrab and treat him equally where others would ignore him. He then starts adjusting to the American lifestyle like Amir had to do. Sohrab has come from hard life where he was untreated poorly and it is hard for him to sleep. Every time he closes his eyes he dreams that he is still under the control of Assef. But when we awakes, he faces reality and goes to school to learn English, which is a challenge for him. During his time in school he would face bullies who would make fun of him because he was living with a non-hazara family. His evil peers do not understand his living situation. Why is he living with is half uncle? Sohrab questions if he likes his new life better than his old, he realizes that the American dream is not perfect.
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ReplyDeleteIt was that epiphanic moment that changed the composure and the experience of the family's experience. The moment Sohrab saw the connection between Amir and Hassan's dedication to run a kite for someone they love that's how he knew his real father and uncle shared this passion and loyalty that is practiced numerous times and intertwined through the Afghan culture. Similar to Amir's explanation and analogy with the Hindi movie every story doesn't have to have a perfect ending that's cut straight to the point and in black and white.
Soraya got to accomplish her goal and fulfill her passion of figuring out what subject Sohrab loved the most. It was english just like his uncle, another writer in the family had sprung. Amir made sure he would be the best supporter he could be in helping Sohrab accomplish his dreams. He wouldn't let the same discouragement or misunderstanding he suffered with Baba take in place ever again. He would take the actions of Rahim Kahn and supply Sohrab with the tools he would need in order to progress, expand, and store his work of art.
People in the community questioned his connection to the family. AMir from that point on of telling the general told the truth, bluntly. He would start out fresh there was no need of lies which would lead to guilt and the hunger for redemption. Although the redemption could have triggered positive moments, he didn't want to deal with that again. He felt he had learned his main life lesson. Avoid lying it's liking digging a hole for you to suffer in.
As for the parents of Soraya they became great supporters of Sohrab and his growth in America. Although the general had returned and hadn't seen the evolving Sohrab he called once in awhile to check in and keep the bond alive. As for Soraya's mom she was the same old, same old. Planning to return to her husband and while she was here in America she admired the actions of Amir similar to the people of Kabul who admired Baba's honor and dignity. Little did she know about his past and little did the people of Kabul know about Baba's past.
Sohrab had suffered from stigmas and traumatization from his traveling to the America's. It was a place for his opportunity and although he still hadn't fully adjusted. He was getting there. he stopped trying to erase the footsteps he lead behind and started a little more to join in conversation and allow his presence to be shown. All we know is that thanks to the kite that was in the air tipping like a pendulum, because it shifted all their lives in America.
I think a good 26th chapter would be a mini insight in to what Sohrab's life would be like in San Francisco. Sohrab would enroll in school and soon pursue an engineering major in college. The fact that Sohrab wants to be an engineer gives an parallel due to the fact sohrab is amazing at kite flying. As Sohrabs life continues to move on, he sees major success in his professional career. But one day Sohrab decides to go to Afghanistan and revisit his fathers and his own roots. Afghan is now safe and the Taliban control has gone down significantly. When Sohrab reaches Afghan he realizes that they are not many people alive that where friends with his father. Sohrab then decides to give back to the community and contrsuct a new school for a small village. In the process we learn a lot about Sohrab and he also finds a wife whom he would marry. Then one day after the school has been built Sohrab goes in to look at the finished work, and boom a suicide terrorist blows up the building.We are left with a lot of questions as to why this happend.
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ReplyDeleteNow that The Kite Runner has come to an end, Amir's life is starting to look up! I think Amir and Sohrab’s "father/ son” relationship will continue to grow. I think Amir and Soraya will have the relationship they had when they first got married again. Sohrab has given them the gift of parenthood, something that Amir and Soraya have always wanted. I can picture Amir and Sohrab going back to Afghanistan one day and having some sort of funeral for an object that was close to Hassan (maybe the slingshot). During the last chapter in The Kite Runner, when Amir became The Kite Runner, I thought that Amir had finally redeemed himself completely of his past sins. Amir will probably always live with a sense of guilt after all of his past decisions, but I think Amir will feel like he has more of a clean slate now. I think Soraya and Amir finally feel like they got the family they always wanted. Sohrab is the type of person I can see running a country one day or discovering some sort of cure for a disease. From the moment Amir became the Kite Runner, his life began to look up. Amir has now redeemed himself in order to become the hero.
Chapter 26:
ReplyDeleteThe book did not leave any questions unanswered for me. If anything it was too neat and too clean. However, if there were a chapter 26 I think that Sohrab would end up being a writer like Amir, but have the athletic ability of his father and grandfather before him. Although he has come from a crumbling Afghanistan, I think Sohrab will adjust well to American society, much like Amir did. I think it is important that he carries the same morals of Hassan. Sohrab will accept Soraya more as a mother figure, yet I think that Sohrab will never think of the two as his parents because he had such a good relationship with his real parents. I think Amir will finally come to terms with what he did and accept the reality that there is nothing more he can do to redeem himself besides raise Sohrab like Hassan would: with strong morals and strong faith. I also think that Amir will put less pressure on Sohrab. He knows first hand what it is like living your life trying to impress your own father, and i think he does not want that life for Sohrab.