What is the meaning of Amir's dream about his father wrestling the bear?

It symbolizes all of his personal problems that he is constantly fighting. He doesn't quite conquer the bear in his dream meaning that at that point he had not quite conquered his guilt. He sees that he has to wrestle bears just like his father, just maybe not the same ones.

1. What is significant about Amir's dream that his father is wrestling a bear?
2. What does Amir's seeing himself fighting the bear symbolize?
3. What is the significance of Amir's dream in Chapter 23?
4. What is the significance of Amir's dream in Chapter 7?
5. Why is this dream so important at this point in the story What does this dream finally help Amir realize?
6. What is the significance of Amir's dream in Chapter 19?
7. What does the dream help Amir realize?
8. What does the bear that Baba fights symbolize in Chapter 3?
9. What did Amir dream in the hospital?
10. Where is Amir in the beginning of Chapter 23?
11. Who saves Amir's life?
12. Why did Rahim Khan not tell Amir who Hassan's true father was?
13. Does Hassan get raped in Chapter 7?
14. Why was no one swimming in Hassan's dream?
15. What can the reader infer about Hassan's dream?

What is significant about Amir's dream that his father is wrestling a bear?

' In this dream, the bear might represent Assef, the Talib, or it could represent his guilt that he is finally facing when as a child, he did nothing while Assef raped his friend, Hassan. By wrestling the bear, Amir is no longer running away from his problems, but facing them head on.

What does Amir's seeing himself fighting the bear symbolize?

What does Amir's dream of Baba fighting the bear mean? Amir is finally seeing himself as being worthy of carrying Baba's name. Until he returned to Afghanistan and discovered Sohrab, he had been burdened with guilt and remorse over his past and the relationship he had with Baba.

What is the significance of Amir's dream in Chapter 23?

(1) Wrestling with a bear—Amir dreams of Baba wrestling a bear, but when Baba looks up Amir sees his own face. The timing of this scene is significant: it suggests that for Amir, the bear represents guilt. He bore that guilt all his life, and in finally getting the punishment he deserves he has conquered that guilt.

What is the significance of Amir's dream in Chapter 7?

The dream is about an alleged monster and how together they demonstrate bravery, friendship, and leadership and prove to people that it is safe to swim in the lake. When Amir hesitates when they should be starting for the tournament, Hassan encourages him, saying, "There's no monster, just a beautiful day."

Why is this dream so important at this point in the story What does this dream finally help Amir realize?

what does this dream finally help Amir realize. It is important because at this point in the story Amir has already rescued Sohrab and the dream means that Amir is try to battle his bear which is Assef and the guilt.

What is the significance of Amir's dream in Chapter 19?

That night Amir dreams of Hassan's execution, but in the dream the executioner is Amir himself. He wakes up and looks at the stars, and for the first time feels like he is back home. His feeling of kinship with the land surprises Amir. Amir will be haunted by Hassan's death until he acts to make things better.

What does the dream help Amir realize?

In his dream, Amir sees his father fighting courageously, and when he looks closer, he realizes that it is not his father who has vanquished the bear, but himself. Amir says with amazement, "He's me. I am wrestling the bear" (Ch. 23).

What does the bear that Baba fights symbolize in Chapter 3?

It is significant that Amir opens his description of Baba with this legend – both showing that Baba is a larger-than-life figure, and that he has spent his life wrestling with things, as the bear will symbolize other struggles later. Baba always succeeded where other people said he would fail.

What did Amir dream in the hospital?

Moreover, while Amir is in the hospital recovering he describes a dream in which Assef tells him, “We're the same, you and I. You nursed with him, but you're my twin.” (p. 307).

Where is Amir in the beginning of Chapter 23?

In Chapter 23 of The Kite Runner, Amir is in the hospital after being beaten by Assef. Doctors and nurses ask him if he knows who he is and if he is in pain.

Who saves Amir's life?

Although Amir is a more obvious savior to Sohrab, Sohrab saves Amir just as powerfully. One great sadness in Amir's life is his inability to have children with Soraya.

Why did Rahim Khan not tell Amir who Hassan's true father was?

Amir asks who Hassan's father was then, and Rahim Khan says Amir knows who it was. Hassan never knew. They couldn't tell anyone because it was a shameful situation.

Does Hassan get raped in Chapter 7?

The central event is Hassan's rape, and it will be the catalyst that propels the rest of the novel forward. This event is the source of the guilt Amir feels as an adult, and it is why the image of the alleyway, the place where Hassan was raped while he stood by and watched, stays with him.

Why was no one swimming in Hassan's dream?

Hassan tells Amir that he'd dreamed they were at a lake with thousands of other people. But no one was swimming because a monster lurked in the lake.

What can the reader infer about Hassan's dream?

After reading chapter 7, what can the reader infer about Hassan's dream? It was meaningless. Amir is a hero.