Man's life is like a feather, his whole life flutters with the wind, he does not know where to float, but he is like a piece of steel, standing strong in the world where he should be; like a clear river, calm, elegant, and like an endless sea, it seems that the wind and waves are calm, and when the wind comes, it can swallow everything in the world.
Kite chaser
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Probably, we have a friend from a young age, or a playmate, and grew up with ourselves, and as we get older, our visions are different, and what we experience is different, some of us may end up together, and some of us may part ways.
Amir and Hassan, who grew up together, were born into a wealthy Afghan family and the son of a businessman. From a young age, Amir lived a very rich life, and Hassan's father, Ali, was a servant of Amir's father, so Hassan became Amir's servant.
Amir's father, like all fathers, has unlimited expectations for his son Amir and hopes to become a dragon, but Amir has a weak personality and likes to read books and tell stories. Amir was not like his father, on the contrary, Hassan was tall and mighty and fearless. Therefore, my father preferred Asan a little. Amir is jealous of his father's preference. Jealous of his father being nice to Hassan.
In Afghanistan at that time, it was very popular to have a competition, that is, to fly a kite, whose kite was flying high and far, and to cut off the kites of other participants, whose kites would be left to the end, then the owner of that kite was the final winner.
Amir and Hassan are very cooperative, Amir is a kite player, responsible for flying kites and cutting off the kite line of others, Hassan is the one who distinguishes the kite landing: "the kite chaser". Amir and Hassan are invincible all over the world. Amir once asked Hassan if he would like to chase a kite for himself. Hassan answered him emphatically: Yes! For him, willing thousands of times!
In a match, Amir lived up to expectations and won the first place, but on the way back from Hassan's kite collection, he encountered misfortune, and Assef, who had a conflict with Amir Hassan before, blocked hassan on the way back and asked Hassan to hand the kite to him, Hassan of course refused, and the gang led by Assef punched and kicked Hassan. He also ripped open Hassan's pants and violated him.
This scene was clearly seen by Amir, who was hiding in the corner. However, because of cowardice, Amir did not go out to help Hassan out of his predicament.
In the days that followed, this guilt haunted Amir, he did not dare to face Hassan, he only had to see Hassan, he could think of the day Hassan was violated, all kinds of evil deeds, like nightmares around Amir's mind.
This incident seems to change the relationship between Amir and Hassan, Amir begins to hide from Hassan, Amir can no longer treat Hassan as before, Amir speaks to Hassan in the most violent tone, hoping that Hassan himself will stay away from Amir. But Amir is a friend and a relative to Hassan. Hassan knew what Amir was doing this for, but he could only endure it in silence, so that he could always be with Amir. Amir hopes that Hassan will lose patience with himself after hearing those unpleasant words, and hopes that Hassan will hate himself. However, Hassan is loyal after all, and can be said to be foolish. Believe in Amir unconditionally and follow Amir unconditionally.
In order to get rid of the nightmare, Amir put his expensive watch under Hassan's pillow and slandered Hassan for stealing his watch. Hassan's father, Ali, learned of the situation and took Hassan away from the house.
Later, when there was war in Afghanistan, Amir followed his father out of Afghanistan to the United States. In the United States, Amir went to college and became a good writer. He was also married to Solaya, the daughter of an Afghan general who was then in the United States.
While living in the United States, Amir's father developed cancer. After a series of treatments, he unfortunately passed away. So Amir and Solaya moved to San Francisco, for some reason, and didn't give birth to their own children.
Rahim Khan, a close friend of Amir's, was terminally ill like Amir's father, and once Rahim Khan called Amir and told him to go to Pakistan to find Hassan and his wife and son Sohrab. Amir was reluctant, but Rahim Khan told him a secret he had never known: Hassan and Amir were half-brothers. Amir was shocked to hear the news, remembered the price Hassan had paid for him before, and got up and went to Pakistan. After finding Hassan, Hassan still trusted Amir as before and wanted to continue to serve the Amir family. However, before they could go to the United States, the Taliban occupied Kabul, and because of the abhorrent racism, Hassan and his wife were shot, leaving only a lonely child. Fatherless and motherless, Sohrab had to go to an orphanage.
Rahim Khan already knew the wrong things Amir had done as a child. Probably out of guilt, or perhaps because of overcoming cowardice, Amir risked his life to come to a large house in Kabul, where two men took Himer in. He stayed anxiously in a room, and after a while a man came in with Sohrab in sunglasses. Probably to humiliate Amir, he pulled Sorabo to his side and put his hands up and down. After the man had removed his sunglasses, Amir recognized that the man was the one who had violated Hassan, Assef. Assef told Amir that if he wanted to take Sohrab away, he would have to fight with Assef, and only one person could get out of the room, and in the end, Amir rescued Hassan's son. Amir was also seriously injured. He wanted to bring it back directly to the United States, but Amir had no way to prove that Sohrab was an orphan, so he could only temporarily continue to house Sohrab in an orphanage.
Scared, Sohrab cut his wrists and committed suicide, but thankfully, he found out in time and was rescued. After that, Sohrab seemed to lose his voice and stopped communicating with people.
Soon, Amir, under various circumstances, obtained sohrab's adoption procedures and brought sohrab back to the United States.
Once, Amir took Sohrab to fly a kite in a park, and Sohrab seemed to know the story of Amir and his father when they were young, and for the first time, he smiled at Amir for a long time. Finally seeing Sohrab's smile, Amir was relieved and let go of his guilt and self-blame for Hassan.
He also decided to grow up with Sohrab, just like Hassan accompanied him when he was a child.
The kite that helped Amir win the championship was like a thorn in amir's heart at first. Because that kite gave Hassan an unforgettable experience. Because that kite gave Amir endless darkness.
Near Zhu is red and close to ink is black, what kind of friends around you, you will be what kind of person. As the old saying goes, different ways do not conspire. Amir ended up being a kite chaser like Hassan, for friendship, for justice, and more importantly for responsibility. After rescuing Sohrab, Amir became a man who was no longer cowardly, but more of a person who had the courage to take responsibility.
Isn't the path of life a process of constantly making mistakes and constantly redeeming? The terrible thing is that you make a mistake, but that after you realize your mistake, you have no remorse or be indifferent.
Amir had been living in guilt and self-blame for Hassan before he rescued Sohrab, but fortunately, Amir suddenly woke up and did what he should have done long ago. Isn't Amir's self-redemption a warning? We must have an invisible thread within ourselves, and this line warns us that we must have a righteous heart. There must be a moral standard. If Amir had not rescued Sohrab, Amir's self-redemption would have no meaning. If Amir had not rescued Sohrab, would Amir have lived in guilt for the rest of his life, and would he have lost hope of surviving? Maybe there was no such result, when Assef and Amir agreed that only one person could live, and if Sohrab had not been rescued, Amir would have been buried forever in that palatial house, right?
Parents are an indispensable part of their children's education, before the child does not go to school, parents are the best teachers for children, 3-5 years old children have strong imitation ability, there is a kind of learning. Therefore, in terms of education, parents must be a good example.
The kite has a line, like a kind of self-restraint, without the kite line, the other end of the kite has no direction, follows the waves, and eventually will be injured all over the body and fall into the endless abyss. We must be like kite chasers, have their own direction in life, have ambitions, and have more constraints on themselves.
If there are no rules, there are no squares, and everything in the world has laws. We must do what we like within the rules, pursue ideals, and pursue a new life.