Blog 1; The Kite Runner

I chose this book because earlier in the year we read A Thousand Splendid Suns and I really enjoyed the writing style. So far I have like The Kite Runner a lot. It sets up the setting very well, as well as the character relationships. So far I have learned that Amir uses Hassan when it is convenient for him and then he becomes ashamed of their friendship when anyone else is around. I can tell as I read this that Amir is kind of ashamed of himself for doing this to Hassan but at the same time he doesn’t change his ways. He doesn’t treat Hassan fairly and Hassan does everything he can for him. The end of chapter 7 was really sad; I don’t understand why anyone would think to do that. I also was very upset by what Amir did, but it didn’t surprise me in the least.

What responsibilities do we have to each other?

As a race we have the responsibility to keep each other safe. In Frankenstein Victor did not keep this responsibility very well. He created a monster much larger and stronger than humans and once he had brought it to life, he just let it go because he was afraid of it. Victor did not think out his experiment, he didn’t think about how it would behave, if it would integrate into the world it was created in, weather or not it would pose any kind of threat to others, or how to control it if anything went wrong. It was Victor’s responsibility to make sure that by creating this monster, no one would be hurt. Another responsibility that we have to each other is companionship. As humans we have a desire to be loved and cared for. The monster was denied this right because Victor, again, did not think everything through. Creating something so hideous and large left no room for it to have a companion especially if its creator wasn’t even able to care for it.