Salvation and Growth

--After reading The Kite Runner For you, a thousand times over.

This is what Hassan said to Amir, and this is also a chain which has locked Amir for years. These simple words means I would like to do anything thing for you, I would like to get hurt for you, and I even would like to die for you, I am not your servant, I am your friends, your dear brother. Because of his cowardice, his ruthlessness, his selfishness, and his hypocrisy, the poor Hassan had no choice but left Amir’s home and started a new hard life during his whole time.

These all always remind Amir the salvation, which is able to save his soul. With the years he growing up, Amir was always finding the way to save all the mistakes that he had made. The first phase for him was realizing his mistakes. Soon after Hassan left Amir’s home, Afghanistan broke into war, Amir and his Baba moved to the U.S. Not being rich and superior anymore, Amir and his Baba lived a hard or even struggling life in America. His Baba worked in a gas station, and earned a tiny income. The older his Baba’s age getting, the worse his heath condition was. Amir knew all those hard situation, all he want to do is living a flat life—successfully graduate from school, marry a beautiful woman, and take good care of his Baba. Amir knows his fault well, and he feels guilty, so he wants to realize salvation through the flat and quiet life. Hopefully, Hassan can forgive him.

The second phase of his salvation is finding the truth. Trace back to his childhood, the crowded street, the big house, the colorful skies with countless kites, but Amir seemed not happy. He hated his Baba, because he thought his Baba never cared about him, and never loved him. He even treated Hassan better. All this made Amir’s heart become more and more twisted and dark. So, he choose to stay far from his Baba and never consider Hassan his best friend at all. But, as he grows old, he gradually feels his Baba’s love when they were struggled in the U.S. And one day, from his uncle Rahim’s call from Afghanistan, he finally understood that Hassan is his Baba’s natural son and his natural brother! The truth is clear and heavy, Amir became more and more eager to find ways to save his mistakes, to stand in front of Hassan and say “sorry”. And also, he was eager to say sorry to his Baba, unfortunately, he can never have this chance any more.

The third phase of his salvation is putting all his eagerness into practice. After knowing the truth that Hassan was his natural brother, which could be a catalyst for Amir to make a decision to come back to Afghanistan. For realizing his decision, Amir started his journey to his old hometown. By the difficult searching of Hassan, Amir finally found where he lived. When he arrived, only found Hassan and his wife were both died. What a pity! All the words he wants to say to Hassan were gone with the wind, and all the apologies he wants to express were became the bubble. According to the only photo that Hassan left, Amir finally found his son and took him to the U.S, hoped that treat his son better can save the mistakes which he made to Hassan. So, we can see that in the last line of this book, “ For you, a thousand times

over” should be the words that he wants to say to Hassan and his son.

As for ourselves, we can always be Amir, too. As we grow up day by say, year by year, proud and confident, we become more and more mature, however, we can’t forget some mistakes that we made in our childhood. We may probably think it was no big deal then, but in fact, it can did a big harm to those people that you ever hurt. For example, when I am a kid, I once broke the glass window in our classroom. To avoid punishment and judgments from other students, I chose to betray my friend and tell the teacher it was she who made the trouble. So, the result is, I got away from the punishment, however, my friend took this blame. I thought she didn't know I was the betrayer, but actually she does. She didn't say anything, but our relationship was gone. When I grow up, I know my fault, and I want to express my apology to her, but I lose the contact. What a pity!

The name of this book called The Kite Runner, actually, deep in everyone’s heart, there exists a kite, which symbolizes the family affection, love, and friendship, and also the integrity, honesty, and kindness. For Amir, the kite stands for the part of his personality that can't be spoken out, and for the salvation that he can’t avoid to realize. Only by catching the kite, he can find the way to be a good person, to be a real man, to be himself that he expected. But we are coward, we lack the courage to keep our integrity and faith, to protect the one we love even when we face the insult, the death directly. But in fact, what we should face up is only ourselves. More worse, the one we betrayed choose to forgive us, but our heart choose not! So, we need salvation, we need it to help us grow up, to become a real man, a real good man in the world. This book really makes us to think ourselves, realize our mistakes, find the truth and put all your thought into practice. That is exactly a salvation, a kind of way we define to save our souls.

For you, a thousand times over.

For one who we have ever hurt, a thousand times over.

 

第二篇：读《放风筝的人》有感

读《追风筝的人》有感

一名阿富汗的作家，描述两个男孩在阿富汗的成长故事，在我看来实在是不能作为小说的简介，字里行间无法透露出故事中始终隐隐存在的那巨大的悲伤，像是一片灰暗的天空，压得人永远透不过气。

追风筝的人，在第一眼看到这个奇怪的标题的时候，我有些茫然，风筝？怎么追？为什么要追风筝，原来这是阿富汗的习俗，每年初春，会有盛大的风筝节，许多的孩子会把使出自己积蓄了一年的力量来使自己的风筝成为佼佼者。蔚蓝的天空中，飘荡着五颜六色的风筝，每一只风筝线的尽头都有一个勇敢的斗士。当然，所有的风筝要在天空中进行决斗，就像一场盛大的搏斗，你必须要把你周围所有的敌人消灭光，你才能成为胜利，同样，你必须把你走位的风筝都打败，你才会成为万种瞩目和赞叹的焦点，那样会有无限的荣誉和光亮集聚你一身，在我们看来，这是一场孩子们之间的交流或者游戏，但在阿米尔那个时候，这对他来说具备着无尚的重要性，因为爸爸，因为父爱，他只有通过这样才能获得父亲的赞美和笑容，不再是鄙弃的眼光，他迫切需要着！再来说说追，追风筝，也相当重要，你抢到了最后一个被击落的风筝，那也预示着莫大的荣耀和完全的胜利。于是哈桑，便担当起了重要的任务，就是把那只被阿米尔击落的风筝追到手，故事的高潮也就由此而引发，一切一切的悲伤的来源都在此处慢慢浮现。

“人们说陈年旧事可以被埋葬，然而我终于明白这是错的，因为往事会自行爬上来。回首前尘，我意识到在过去二十六年里，自己始终在窥视着那荒芜的小径。”从翻开这本书开始，一直就觉得故事中隐藏着让人透不过气的难过，整篇小说都是以一种压抑的感觉写的，可以看的出来“我”一直在为过去所干得事而后悔和难过，阿米尔对于哈桑的歉意也许不是我们能够体会的，但阿米尔却是一直煎受着折磨，确实，对于他一个在当时只有13岁的孩子来说，那样的事情他不会处理，他唯一的想法就是不想再让自己受折磨，而这折磨的根源就是哈桑，和哈桑那为他而愚蠢的奉献精神，他觉得只要将哈桑赶走，永远不出现在他眼前，他就不用在受到良心的谴责了，但他，当时的他却不知道那错了，如果他没有在当时及时的承认错误，他真的会后悔，忏悔一辈子，这样的悔恨也许将陪着他一起走进坟墓，他将无法释怀。

从“我”的角度来描写哈桑所为“我”受的苦难，更加让读者觉得切身体验，小说中，我们一直是从“我”的眼中看的哈桑，那样一个为了阿米尔少爷肯认命，付出一切的小孩，也许在他的骨子里，也许他与身俱来就被教育成了那样的性格，我最感动的是哈桑对阿米尔说“为你，千千万万遍！”这样的话能从一个十几岁的孩子口里出来，真的是让人揪心的疼，一直到了后来，他心中一直爱着的阿米尔少爷,尽管阿米尔少爷不再理会他并且还不断的伤害他，他都没有背弃他，一直护着他，原谅我，我真的被这孩子给震撼了，为他我一直觉得心里挺难受的，总觉得嗓子里有东

西卡住了，让我有点哽咽。 文中多次写到“为了你，千千万万遍”是的，也许是感恩，但更多的是出于对朋友的付出。

故事的后来还在继续，阿里和哈桑一起离开了，接着俄国占领阿富汗，阿米尔和爸爸也被迫离开，离开了故土，踏上了去往美国的路，后来他和爸爸也一直在美国生活，并且他在美国还娶了妻子，有了安定的生活，只是爸爸去世了，阿米尔的爸爸一直是一个铮铮的铁汉子，我一直这样看到。

很多年后的一通电话把阿米尔又重新召回了阿富汗，回来时，他带了一个孩子，那是哈桑的孩子，哈桑已经死去了，但那个孩子和哈桑一样，像是以前的哈桑一样，但唯独少了一样，就是不再微笑了，眼神一直那样的空洞，那个孩子一直悲伤着。风筝，又是风筝，一次偶然的放风筝得机会使得那可怜的孩子轻轻的拉扯了嘴角，其实不管那孩子经历了多少，他永远也只是个孩子，就该简单的生活才对。

“我追。一个成年人在一群尖叫的孩子中奔跑。但我不在乎。我追，风拂过我的脸庞，我唇上挂着一个像潘杰希尔峡谷那样大大的微笑。”小说的结尾又提到了风筝，从风筝中来，又回到了风筝中去，也许这是最好的结局，很多年前，哈桑为阿米尔追风筝，“为你，千千万万遍”，很多年后，阿米尔为哈桑的孩子追风筝，“为哈桑，千千万万遍”。 是的，真正的友情延续来自心灵，不论联系有多少，只要内心留有彼此的一片天空，那么偶尔一声问侯就会带来会心的一笑。

从这篇小说中，我看到了人与人之间的相处，哈桑为了阿米尔可以千千万万遍，而阿米尔由于自己的私心，或者说由于自己的地位，对哈桑为自己所做的一切竟让视为理所当然，而后的一切真相又让他再后悔与自责中渡过，从这里我认识到无论对于谁，我们都应该尊重，并且要抱着感恩的心，何况是对一个敢于为自己付出一切的伙伴。同时我们遇事要善于思考，要沉着冷静，以免犯下错误，一辈子在后悔与自责中度过，当然人生可能遇到一些我们可能无法结局的事情时也要善于求助。

另外，小说中描绘的战争给人民带来的苦难不言而喻，以致哈桑的儿子索拉博不愿面对现实，沉默······以及阿米尔父亲的为人知难处，在我眼里，他是一个伟大的父亲，因为他处境实在太艰难，尤其是在得不到理解的情形下，很容易让不懂事的孩子误解，这也是小说悲剧的一个原因。