How can amir frim The Kite Runner relate to holden craulfield?

Answer 1

Amir relates to Holden Caulfield from The Catcher in the Rye through speech, action and internal suffering. Just the simple way he refers to Hassan as "prince" or the way he chooses to lie about the simplest of things like when he diverges from the original story when reading to Hassan or when he lies about the meaning of words. He finds a slight amusement and then a sense of regret over his dishonesty like Holden when he lies to the lady on the train about how her son truly acts in school. Their lies sprout from a deeper sense of grief, betrayal and abandonment. In Holden's case the grief and mourning of his brother Allie causes the callousness of his character and thus the loss of a jaded childlike perspective of the world. Holden, in my opinion, is envious of the beauty and simplicity of youthful naivety and he longs to preserve it. That is why he desires to be a "catcher in the rye." He yearns to capture and save the children before they become overcome by the brash reality of the world. Amir, similar to Holden, is hardened by the sense of betrayal felt by his father who lacks affection towards Amir. Amir is also ridden by grief through the way he treats Hassan and the fact that he murdered his mother during childbirth. Amir who is envious of Hassan's innocence, honest, and pureness cannot even bare to look someone as genuinely good as Hassan in the eyes, but is devastated by Hassan's loss of innocence.