Character Poem

Amir is living in America; San Fransisco 2001
He his living in his home; living the past
Reminiscing the past years in Afghanistan
Reminiscing the war; the Taliban's Regime

The loss of his best friend
The humiliation he went through inside; for leaving his friend
Someone who likes kites; who's sees them as a symbol of hope
The past life he dreams about

The rape he witnessed
The fights he went through; both inside and out
Amir who stands tall; who loves life
Who sees the opportunity in love

Found Poem

Taliban officials come knocking at the door
Looking for a hazara family; looking for the truth
Telling them the truth doesn't work
They accuse him of lying and tell him to move out
Hassan refuses to move; refuses the warning
Again they scream; again he puts his foot down
The neighbors tell the same story; but again the Taliban says he lies
He protests the Taliban soldiers
They bring him to middle of the street and shoot him
Farzana comes yelling and attacks the soldiers
Panicking she hits them
They shoot her too; they claim self defense

Free Verse

The kite flies high
The kite stands tall
As a symbol it stands alone
As the kite races through the sky

The kite that was stopped from flying
The hope that was lost to war
The kite lost to a regime of evil
Lost to the Taliban's lying

The kite standing alone in the sky
The kite used like a lighthouse
The kite used to cry on
The kite that use to fly

Bio Poem

Amir
Lost; ashamed; disappointed; grieving
Friend of Hassan; Baba; and Sohrab
Feels ashamed and hated
Feels he needs to be punished for his actions
Amir who is consumed by guilt
For letting his friend down and walking away
The wall that he has built
The one who has no mother
Who's only true passion is kite flying
Who rescues his Friends son from the clutches of Assef

Ode Poem...

Ode to redemption
Ode to being wanted
Finding the inner truth
Finding our inner struggle
Finding our inner truth
Doing whats right and Doing whats good

Ballad Poem...

forced out of my home land by the soviet army
i flea my country to the united states to seek a new life
from the shadows comes a friend and offers amends
after twenty six years, i can finally avenge my past
the man knows me well and is shape like a knife
back to Afghanistan i must go, i must cast

back to my home city of Kabul
i meet with Hassans son Shorab and amend my sympathy
i seek the truth inside, by in the dark i hide
the monster assef is in my midst
Sohrab with one swing, now he is dead

i see the past and how it has affect my actions
i see now the poor Hassan with the look of the lamb
the look of nothing in his eyes after being degraded
after being humiliated in front of me
oh what twenty six years can do the mind
play its evil tricks that i see

i rescued his son, sohrab is safe
the thoughts of the past in which his mind race
thoughts death and hate pushed into his face
acceptance and love he feels he will never see
he cuts him self to watch himself bleed

the hospital i race with sohrab in my arms
i pray to god he is alive
i fall asleep in the chair and dream of nothing but death
i am awoken by the doctor who says he is fine
oh thank the gods he is alright

back to my home, back to my life
the reflections of the pat are as shape as a knife
the love to hate and the hate you love
will all leave us some day like a flying dove

Project...Song Lyrics relating to The Kite Runner...

I choose the song "What Have We Done" by The Veer Union. Only because of how the verses remind me of the rape scene in the Kiter Runner, and how Amir ran away. This song is a prime example of redemption, which is one of the main themes of the novel. The more powerful example of Amir’s search for redemption comes from his guilt regarding Hassan. That guilt that drives onwards to the climactic events of the novel, including Amir’s journey to Kabul to find Sohrab. The moral standard that Amir must meet to earn his redemption is set early in the book, when Baba says that "a boy who doesn’t stand up for himself becomes a man who can’t stand up to anything." As a boy, Amir fails to stand up for himself, like most scared individuals. As an adult, he can only redeem himself by proving he has the courage to stand up for what is right.


"Why do we hurt each other?
We all bleed the same color
Can't we help we one another?
Open up our narrow minds
(Open up our narrow minds)"

This is great excerpt from the song which can relate to the novel strongly. The first verse. "Why do we hurt each other? Why did Assef hurt Hassan by raping him? Why did Sohrab cut his wrist? Why did Amir hurt himself by carrying his guilt with him for years? The answer lies with in the power struggle between the more powerful and the most vulnerable.
The second verse, "we all bleed the same color." Assef raped Hassan because he disrespected him, Amir beat him self up because of his guilt for not helping Hassan. If everyone is the same, and every ones bleeds the same, than why do these characters show signs of fear, rejection, hate, and abandonment towards each other.
The last two versus, Can't we help we one another? Open up our narrow minds. These are also great quotes because why didn't Amir help Hassan, why can't Sohrab feel like his parent will accept him? The answer is shame, which plagues us all, which haunts our dreams and follows us every where. Amir was ashamed and scared to step up and Sohrab feels ashamed of the sexual torment he went through.







"Snow falls in September
April feels like December
Has hope left here forever?
Open up our narrow minds

Why do we hurt each other?
We all bleed the same color
Can't we help we one another?
Open up our narrow minds
(Open up our narrow minds)

CHORUS:
What have we done(what have we done?)
Why do we watch the world that we have wasted?
how long until we've all erased it?
what have we done? (what have we done?)
Can't you see...start the picking up the pieces
Before the ground just falls beneath us
Open up our narrow minds

We've hoped for someone to trust and
in the end we pay the price for that
we all need to be unbroken
open up our narrow minds

SMOKE fills the air we're breathing
We'll choke until the end is nearing
don't we know it isn't clearing
Open up our narrow minds
(Open up our narrow minds)

CHORUS AGAIN

Why are we confused?
the Warnings are true
this world is used
and we all need to
Open up our narrow minds

what have we done(what have we done)
why do we(4x)

CHORUS AGAIN

What have we done(what have we done)
(We've hoped for someone to trust and)
in the end we pay the price for that
what have we done(what have we done)
we all need to be unbroken
open up our narrow minds

what have we done(what have we done)
SMOKE fills the air we're breathing
We'll choke until the end is nearing
what have we done(what have we done)
don't we know it isn't clearing
Open up our narrow minds

open up our narrow minds(3x)"