Amir secures a man to drive him around when he returns to Afghanistan; this man is named Farid. Amir has been in the United States for years and is no longer familiar with the struggles of the Afghan people and when Amir goes to Farid’s house he is not initially aware of the hardship of this family. During the meal at Farid’s house the children stare at Amir and he assumes the children are looking at his watch and offers it to them; however, the children are hungry and had to sacrifice their own meal to stretch the food to offer to their esteemed guest from America.
This supper is an allusion to the sacrifice of Jesus and to The Last Supper. The humble family offers food to a stranger and the stranger, Amir, is about to go on a quest or journey which he may never return from. The foreshadowing and biblical allusions which are offered to the reader in Chapter 19 of the Kite Runner continue to take the reader on a journey which has a similar ending as in the Bible.
Sacrifice and acts of kindness to strangers are mixed with violence and possible death. In the book How to Read Literature Like a Professor, the author Thomas C. Foster alludes to how meals within literature are often more meaningful than people getting together to eat, often the meal is representative of sacrifice and in The Kite Runner this is certainly true. Amir begins his quest for redemption and now he must make amends for his weaknesses from his past life in Afghanistan. Amir’s eyes are awakening to the plight of his people and he quickly realizes how plush his life in California is and he has a renewed appreciation for the sacrifices his father made for him and how much he owes to Sohrab and his countrymen.
This supper is an allusion to the sacrifice of Jesus and to The Last Supper. The humble family offers food to a stranger and the stranger, Amir, is about to go on a quest or journey which he may never return from. The foreshadowing and biblical allusions which are offered to the reader in Chapter 19 of the Kite Runner continue to take the reader on a journey which has a similar ending as in the Bible.
Sacrifice and acts of kindness to strangers are mixed with violence and possible death. In the book How to Read Literature Like a Professor, the author Thomas C. Foster alludes to how meals within literature are often more meaningful than people getting together to eat, often the meal is representative of sacrifice and in The Kite Runner this is certainly true. Amir begins his quest for redemption and now he must make amends for his weaknesses from his past life in Afghanistan. Amir’s eyes are awakening to the plight of his people and he quickly realizes how plush his life in California is and he has a renewed appreciation for the sacrifices his father made for him and how much he owes to Sohrab and his countrymen.