"The Kite Runner"- dynamic character

"Then I did what I hadn't done in fifteen years of marriage: I told my wife everything. Everything. I had pictured this moment so many times, dreaded it, but, as I spoke, I felt something lifting off my chest" (page 325). At the beginning of the novel, Amir has trouble coming to terms with his past. He sees himself as a coward and he is constantly lying about his past. Because of his denials and lies, he faces many problems in his future life. Throughout the entire first half of the novel, Amir is battling with this internal conflict of the past he has lived and whether or not he should attempt to redeem himself or share his past with others. When he finally, goes to "make himself good again," he starts to make a dynamic change. He eventually goes to Afghanistan and the peak moment of his transformation from a coward to being brave and standing up for himself and others comes when he fights Assef and refuses to leave without Sohrab. Amir finally makes this cross-over for cowardice to bravery, and at the same time, achieves his redemption. When he calls Soraya and tells her about his past, he is once again making an important change and allowing others into his life to help him. Because of these changes Amir makes, he can be classified as a dynamic character.

Entry #12

Dynamic Character- "It was nearly three weeks before she returned. But in a sense she never returned. Not entirely, not all of her" (page 100).



At the beginning of Rat Kiley's story about Mary Anne Bell, he portrays her as a young bubbly kid. She was young when she arrived, only 17. She was in love and curious about the war and ready to learn. By the end of the story, she had changed. Her eyes were like the jungle Rat said. She was rough and no longer in love. She had become foreign to Mark Fossie and to everyone else. This was all caused by the war and what she had seen while out with the Special Forces. This all happened within the coarse of a few weeks. A young woman changed from "bubbly" and energetic to hard and fighting a war.



It is difficult to think that someone my age choose to go out and fight with a group of men. I could not even imagine going to Vietnam if I was in her position, let alone fighting in a foreign place. She was changed for good because of this and her youth would never be restored. Her character shows what war can do to someone, especially someone who is still a child themself. She was out killing people before she even had the right to vote, legally drink alcohol, legally smoke, or live on her own without an adult. It's sad to think that someone who is not even technically an adult was out fighting for our freedom. Although her story may not have been 100% true, there were many young men around the age of 18 who were fighting for our freedom. These people have been changed forever because of a war. A part of Mary Anne was taken by the war, and she would never get it back.