The Kite Runner
Author: Khaled Hosseini
Have you ever looked at someone else's life and thought "wow, they have everything they must be happy?" Or wished you had their life because of everything they have? Everyone at least has felt the same way at one point when judging someone else's life. Judging that person's life from the outside may be easy but do we ever look at the bigger picture? Is that person really happy or just faking a smile?
Amir grew up in a luxurious home in Afghanistan. Looking at his life you would envy him but if you really know him you'd know he had a deep feelings of guilt and sadness towards his life. Amir's mother died when she was giving birth to him. He never got to meet his mother and grew up with his wealthy father, Baba who gave him whatever he wanted. Yes, he got everything he wanted physically but Amir was dealing with an internal conflict. Amir felt that his father and him never had a connection. Amir is not sporty nor a confident person like his father was as a child. Because of this lack of difference between Baba and Amir's personality's, Amir thought his father hated him. One day while Amir was walking past Baba's study he heard him talking about how he felt about him.
"He needs someone who... understands him, because God knows I don't. But something about Amir troubles me in a way I cant express. It's like... 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" - Baba to Rahim (Page: 23)
Hearing those words come out of his father's mouth devastated Amir. Amir was different then everyone else and to make his father like him he pretended to be someone he wasn't. While playing with Hassan he would talk down to him and make him feel lower to try and earn Baba's love. Looking at Amir's life you would never realize the sadness he holds. Amir didn't want to be mean to Hassan but he felt it was the only way to earn respect from Baba.
Looking at someone else's life you need to look at the bigger picture and get to know that person before you start judging. This situation can relate to the quote " Don't judge a book by its cover." When you first meet someone you cannot judge them for there first impression.
Have you ever judged someone from their first impression?
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