"For you, thousand times over." After I read the novel, The Kite Runner, I was moved by the loyalty of Hassan, a servant in Amir's house. Also, I felt pity about people in the war and longed that there will be no more war in the world.
The story tells about the story of Amir, a well-to-do Pashtun boy. He grew up with Hassan, the son of his father's servant, Ali. When they were twelve years old, Amir was determined to win the annual kite fighting competition. Hassan, the best kite runner whom Amir had ever seen, helped to retrieve the last cut kite, but was raped by Amir's school friends. Amir saw everything but did not help Hassan. Since then, Amir was guilty of his cowardice, and their close relationship stopped. After that, Amir fled to America with his father, Baba and lost contact with Hassan. After many years, the truth that Hassan was Amir's half brother was revealed to him by Rahim Khan, one of Baba's friends. Eventually, finding a way to atone his mistake, Amir adopted Hassan's son, Sohrab.
Hassan was a loyal person. The loyalty was not only between a servant and master, but also between friends. Hassan regarded Amir as his best friend, so he could do everything for Amir no matter how Amir treated him. One of the most moving parts for me was that when Hassan was abused by Assef, Amir's school friend, he still did not give them the blue kite since the kite he got was for Amir. Hassan would rather sacrifice himself instead of compromising with Assef. He might know that he had the different class from Amir. He might know he was in a big trouble. He might know Amir never regarded him as his real friend. Nevertheless, he still persisted. Hassan could lead a better life without Amir, but after he was told to look after Amir's house by Rahim Khan, he abandoned his comfortable life and moved to live with Rahim Khan. He died protecting Amir's house. After I read this book, I was really astonished by the loyalty of Hassan and had a deeper understanding of the words" For you, a thousand times over." It is a promise that Hassan kept in his entire life, and it is also an indescribable friendship that Hassan hoped to get.
Besides, I was also shocked by the impact of the war on people's life. They stayed with hopeless fear and vigilance. Their freedom was lost and the peaceful life had disappeared. When I read the part that Taliban did a series of cruelty to the people, tears fell from my eyes. I did not dare to imagine people's life in the war. Taliban was brutal to everyone, even to the little children in the orphanage, like Sohrab, Hassan's son. Assef, who was head of Taliban in that area, maltreated Sohrab everyday so that Sohrab felt tired of life. He did long to be back to his old life, together with his parents and Rahim Khan.
In a nutshell, this novel impressed me very much. It exposes the value of life and love. After I read this novel, I realized that friendship is so precious, and also we need to appreciate our rosy lives.
