ConflictEssay Preview: ConflictReport this essayCONFLICTProtagonistAmir is the protagonist, because it is his story – a story that details his childhood in Afghanistan and the terrible sin he commits against Hassan, a Hazara boy who also happens to be his half-brother. It also details how he eventually returns to his homeland to atone for that sin by finding Hassans son, Sohrab, and bringing him home.
AntagonistThe antagonist is, on the surface, the man named Assef, who is a bigoted childhood acquaintance of Amir and Hassan. He torments them both, but actually attacks and rapes Hassan. Later, when the Taliban gains control of Afghanistan, he becomes one of them so he can continue to torture others he finds inferior to himself. He also takes Sohrab as his sexual plaything and Amir must defeat Assef to bring Sohrab home and to the family he deserves. the other antagonist is Amirs sin which he mmust expiate before he can find redemption.
ClimaxAmir meets Assef, now a Talib, in hand-to-hand combat and Sohrab, like his father before him, saves Amir with a slingshot.OutcomeAmir recovers from his terrible beating and they get out of Afghanistan and flee to Pakistan. There, he tries to find a way to take Sohrab to the United States. However, he runs into many bureaucratic walls and snafus. He is finally told that if he places Sohrab into an orphanage temporarily, he might have an easier time getting the necessary paperwork. Sohrab tries to commit suicide at this news and even though he is saved and they find a way to get him to America, he retreats from any trust in Amir or anyone else. It is only when they participate in a kite flying contest in America that Sohrab comes
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Named after the fictional character Ali Nidal Hasan, Nidal Hasan, the name ‘Amir’ might now be considered to refer to a Pakistani-Americans who are also considered by some to be a ‘terrorist’: as an Islamic State (ISIS) or al Qaeda-inspired group. The person most familiar with this name is Ibrahim Hasan, who had been a member of al Qaeda’s terrorist council, the Islamic Front (Euphrates Front), and has been shown as having an IQ below 95. According to Wikipedia, “[p]reficially, [Amir Hasan] is an Iranian-Americans who believe in the Islamic Prophet Muhammad (PBUH)” and a friend of the deceased, Ali Nidal Hasan. (This is not the actual name or actual name of the person, but an alias associated with the original cleric and his younger brother, a man whose death is described by Hasan; see “Ali Nidal Hasan.”) Another, much more common example is that of Omar al-Amin, who was the leader of al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP). At the time, Abdullah Zayd, a brother of Omar al-Amin, was the leader who recruited Omar for AQAP. According to Wikipedia, “[t]his al Qaeda’s main goal is to consolidate its own power at the cost of the Muslims of Africa, and to create a Muslim world ruled through its ‘grand vizier.'”[1] Another major claim is that Osama Bin Laden had in fact “referred to, met, and participated in all [Amir] activities as an American.” Bin Laden also allegedly trained people to be “terrorists,” and was trained by some to support groups that would take positions in the Middle East. [2]
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In late 2012, Hassan Nasrallah, a Yemeni dissident, wrote an article describing and naming Omar Sohab as the new mastermind of al Qaeda, writing that it was “unlikely” he would be executed by ISIS because he never participated in any of the major ISIS operations. The author has since pointed out to the current jihadist media that the term ‘Kabul’ is not a valid translation; that the term was originally invented in Turkey as a reference to the ISIS caliphate, and has since been found in other publications as the word has become a way of expressing solidarity with the Islamic state on Syrian and elsewhere as well as Iraq, Syria, Libya and Yemen.
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Ali Nidal Hasan. Wikipedia
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A second name that appeared in this database is Nidal