Sunday, February 1, 2009
Assignment#2
I think Amir's relationship with his father is distant. They relationship relies on what they expect on each other, which I think is not health. Because in my mind, the love from father for the child should be inflected on many details in daily life but I can't see this from Amir's Baba. For instance, he seldom hugged Amir, which implies a vivid distance in his heart to the son. Baba's attitude towards Amir led directly to Amir's unhealthy emotion to the father. In this chapter, Amir composed a novel and he was eager to get praise or encouragement from his Dad, as a result he did not have a look at the draft at all, showing no interest in it. This must be a big impact to Amir and made him feel more distant to Baba.
assignment 2
Amir's relationship with his father:
From what I known, their relationship was not that well. Because his father is very success, he wants Amir to be like him. But Amir was not strong enough, often time when Amir's make fun of him or beat him he never fight back. And Amir did not the that the reason his father treath him that way, but he thought he was the one kill his father's wife.
From what I known, their relationship was not that well. Because his father is very success, he wants Amir to be like him. But Amir was not strong enough, often time when Amir's make fun of him or beat him he never fight back. And Amir did not the that the reason his father treath him that way, but he thought he was the one kill his father's wife.
Assignment 2
Amir said that Rahim Khan had been wrong about the mean streak thing. That means Amir consider himself as a person who has some bad thing in nature.Amir is long for the appreciation from his father but Baba doesn't like this kind of boy who is quiet and a sort of timid.Instead, he thinks Hassan is better.
Amir is jealous of Hassan just for this reason and expresses his grievances to him. At end of Chapter 3, Amir snaps at Hassan even though he didn't make any mistake. What's more, in Chapter 4, Amir is so happy when Hassan clapped for his first story and said that he'll be a great writer in the future.However, when Hassan raised a question about his story which Amir didn't want to accept at all, Amir considered Hassan as a illiterate Hazara soon. I think these are the mean streaks which Amir mentioned, the harsh attitude to Hassan.
Yingchen ZHAO
Amir is jealous of Hassan just for this reason and expresses his grievances to him. At end of Chapter 3, Amir snaps at Hassan even though he didn't make any mistake. What's more, in Chapter 4, Amir is so happy when Hassan clapped for his first story and said that he'll be a great writer in the future.However, when Hassan raised a question about his story which Amir didn't want to accept at all, Amir considered Hassan as a illiterate Hazara soon. I think these are the mean streaks which Amir mentioned, the harsh attitude to Hassan.
Yingchen ZHAO
Assignment 2(1)
After read the passage I found Amir and his father have distant .And the only thing make them together is Sofia Akrami ,Amir’s mother ,Baba’s wife. Amir does not know about his father a lot.
In the chapter 3 Amir said he wants to a little more like Baba but Baba’s a lot of behaviors let him couldn’t turn out to like him. Like Baba ignore him, and he always felt Baba hated him because he had killed Baba’s beloved wife. Baba thinks Amir doesn’t like him, because Amir is too weak. At the end of chapter 3 Baba said” If I hadn’t seen the doctor pull him out of my wife with my own eyes, I ‘d never believe he’s my son” from this sentence I clearly know they have unhealthy relationship. And I felt a bit sad because I cannot believe the father can say his son in this way.
In the chapter 4 Amir wrote his first story, he took it to smoking room and hoped Baba can read it. But when Baba know he wrote a story he just said “Well, that’s very good, isn’t it?”, and didn’t want read it. How he hopes he can get encourage form Baba. Instead Rahim Khan read his story. Amir wished Rahim Khan had been his father. From chapter I felt Amir hoped to get love form his father he wanted his father can admit him. Actually Amir couldn’t get what he want, because there is a big river between Amir and Baba.
In the chapter 3 Amir said he wants to a little more like Baba but Baba’s a lot of behaviors let him couldn’t turn out to like him. Like Baba ignore him, and he always felt Baba hated him because he had killed Baba’s beloved wife. Baba thinks Amir doesn’t like him, because Amir is too weak. At the end of chapter 3 Baba said” If I hadn’t seen the doctor pull him out of my wife with my own eyes, I ‘d never believe he’s my son” from this sentence I clearly know they have unhealthy relationship. And I felt a bit sad because I cannot believe the father can say his son in this way.
In the chapter 4 Amir wrote his first story, he took it to smoking room and hoped Baba can read it. But when Baba know he wrote a story he just said “Well, that’s very good, isn’t it?”, and didn’t want read it. How he hopes he can get encourage form Baba. Instead Rahim Khan read his story. Amir wished Rahim Khan had been his father. From chapter I felt Amir hoped to get love form his father he wanted his father can admit him. Actually Amir couldn’t get what he want, because there is a big river between Amir and Baba.
Assignment#2. Chapters 3 and 4
Amir and his father had a distant relationship. Baba and Amir had aloofness between them. The reason of this aloofness is Baba. Baba had this because Amir was not like him and Baba wanted to Amir just like him. But he was not like his father. Besides, Amir was like his mother a bit. He loves to read books and poems. They had an unhealty relationship between them. They were not close enough as a father and son should be. We can understand this from the words Amir, He says : " it wasn't often Baba talked to me, let alone on his lap and I'd been a fool to waste it". Also, another reason that shows us it was not a healthy relationship, Amir was accusing himself because of the death of his mother. And stealing his father's beloved wife. He says: "After all, I had killed his beloved wife, his beautiful princess, hadn't I?". That could be the reason of aloofness between them. Baba kows that was not Amir's fault, but he could not help himself to think that way.
Dana's Assignment #2
Amir's relationship with his father:
Based on chapters 3&4, I noticed that Amir’s relationship with his father is distant, unhealthy relationship.
At first, Amir remembers and is somewhat jealous of the physical contact that his father had with Hassan, when he describe how Baba touch Hassan, he said “he even put his arm around his shoulder”. He doesn’t like Baba get close to someone else. He want Baba only be close with him because Baba is his father. In addition, Amir recounts examples of Baba not listening to him. When he tries to talk to his father, Baba was always grunted instead of pay attention about what his son said. Amir states that the complex nature of his relationship with his father is a combination of love and fear.
However, Amir felt so proud of Baba when Baba gave a speech. He felt everyone likes his father made him proud because he is Baba’s son. Amir introduces his love of language and talent for words, but when he shares his success in the Battle of the Poems, Baba is disinterested. Baba only said “well, that’s very good, isn’t it?” Like he was not even concerned about what story Amir had wrote. Amir always felt like Baba hated him a little bit. Because he believed that he had killed Baba’s beloved wife. Both Amir and Baba recognize that Amir's interests, talents, and abilities do not match those of Baba, particularly when Baba was a boy growing up. The incident with the sporting matches illustrates the difference.
Amir loves Baba but in the mean time, he hates his father. Baba felt angry that he couldn’t believe Amir is his son. The relationship between them is irreconcilable and unhealthy.
Based on chapters 3&4, I noticed that Amir’s relationship with his father is distant, unhealthy relationship.
At first, Amir remembers and is somewhat jealous of the physical contact that his father had with Hassan, when he describe how Baba touch Hassan, he said “he even put his arm around his shoulder”. He doesn’t like Baba get close to someone else. He want Baba only be close with him because Baba is his father. In addition, Amir recounts examples of Baba not listening to him. When he tries to talk to his father, Baba was always grunted instead of pay attention about what his son said. Amir states that the complex nature of his relationship with his father is a combination of love and fear.
However, Amir felt so proud of Baba when Baba gave a speech. He felt everyone likes his father made him proud because he is Baba’s son. Amir introduces his love of language and talent for words, but when he shares his success in the Battle of the Poems, Baba is disinterested. Baba only said “well, that’s very good, isn’t it?” Like he was not even concerned about what story Amir had wrote. Amir always felt like Baba hated him a little bit. Because he believed that he had killed Baba’s beloved wife. Both Amir and Baba recognize that Amir's interests, talents, and abilities do not match those of Baba, particularly when Baba was a boy growing up. The incident with the sporting matches illustrates the difference.
Amir loves Baba but in the mean time, he hates his father. Baba felt angry that he couldn’t believe Amir is his son. The relationship between them is irreconcilable and unhealthy.
Assignment #2
Amir's relationship with his father:
In order to chapters 3 & 4 i understood that Amir and his father doesn't have a good relationship.Always Amir was unsatisfied from his father like when he said "I was always learning things about baba from other people" or when he said " I always remembered all the times he didn't come home until after dark, all the times i ate dinner alone". Also when he told his father "I'd written a story, baba nedded and gave a thin smile that conveyed little more than feigned interest".he just said "well,that's very good,isn't it? and noting more".Then Amir said "As always, it was Rahin khan who rescued me and called me Amir jan!baba hardly ever used the term of endearment jan when he addressed me".Amir wished Rahim khan had been my father.Because he always felt why his dad hated him!"and why not? After all, i had killed his beloved wife, his beautiful pricess. hadn't I"?So it seems there wasn't close relationship our healthy relationship between Amir and his father.!
In order to chapters 3 & 4 i understood that Amir and his father doesn't have a good relationship.Always Amir was unsatisfied from his father like when he said "I was always learning things about baba from other people" or when he said " I always remembered all the times he didn't come home until after dark, all the times i ate dinner alone". Also when he told his father "I'd written a story, baba nedded and gave a thin smile that conveyed little more than feigned interest".he just said "well,that's very good,isn't it? and noting more".Then Amir said "As always, it was Rahin khan who rescued me and called me Amir jan!baba hardly ever used the term of endearment jan when he addressed me".Amir wished Rahim khan had been my father.Because he always felt why his dad hated him!"and why not? After all, i had killed his beloved wife, his beautiful pricess. hadn't I"?So it seems there wasn't close relationship our healthy relationship between Amir and his father.!
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