Immigration and emotional impact

The kite runner-Immigration and emotional Impact
Immigrants flee countries of danger and violence all the time, in order to get to their goal of living in a safe place. To get to where they want to go they must go on an extremely dangerous venture. While you are on this venture you will feel many terrible emotions such as; fear, sorrow and anger. Amir and Baba left Kabul looking for safety and freedom in America. Amir, terrified for his life held on with the hope for a new beginning.

Amir was faced with many obstacles. Obstacles such as being held up at the border into Jalalabad with Baba risking his life to a Russian soldier for a woman's dignity. “Do you always have to be the hero? I thought, my heart fluttering. Can't you just let it go for once? but I knew he couldn't- it wasn't in his nature. The problem was, his nature was going to get us all killed." (Hosseini 122) Amir is terrified because his father could easily get him killed. He was also feeling very angry for his father who was risking his life for the dignity of another woman. Amir, during his trip to America had to be very brave. He was in a very dangerous situation and needed to be strong in order to survive.

Amir had to go in to a fuel tank to be taken to America. Amir's life was more at risk then rather than any other time during his journey. He had one of life's greatest gifts working against him, Oxygen. "You want to scream. You would if you could. But you have to breathe to scream. Panic" (Hosseini 128) Amir was surrounded by fear. He could not breathe, he could not see. Amir was not sure whether or not he was going to make it out alive. At this point there was no sadness or anger, but only fear.

Feelings of anguish, regret, anxiety and loss all due to one thing, Danger. Danger referring to life and death. Danger referring to loss of place. Finally danger for what is about to come ahead. Amir, terrified for his life held on with the hope for a new beginning, a good beginning.