4.2.2.6 Amir against Omar Faisal
The external conflict experienced by Amir against Omar Faisal happened dealing with the adoption petition Amir tried to make to adopt Sohrab. In this part,
Omar Faisal as an immigration lawyer suggested Amir to relinquish Sohrab to an orphanage as the time Amir needed to adopt Sohrab is too long. Unfortunately as
a person who already promised to Sohrab for not sending him to any orphanage anymore made Amir rejected Omar Faisal suggestion.
Dealing with the explanation before, Amir’s rejection toward Omar Faisal suggestion represents the clash of idea between them. Moreover, Amir’s
sentence such “I don’t want to do that” emphasizes Amir’s disagreement, difference and a clash of idea between him and Omar Faisal.
The explanation above is based on the data number 47 below: “You could relinquish him to an orphanage here, then file
an orphan petition. ...” “I don’t want to do that,” ... “I promised him I wouldn’t
send him back to an orphanage.” Hosseini,
2003:295-296 4.2.2.7 Amir against Sohrab
The last external conflict experienced by Amir was his conflict against Sohrab. This external conflict happened when Amir delivered Omar Faisal
suggestion to send Sohrab to an orphanage and got a rejecting from Sohrab. Delivering Omar Faisal suggestion to Sohrab and got a bad response
from Sohrab as his reaction to ignore Amir’s planning to send Sohrab to an orphanage is a symbol of a clash of idea between Amir and Sohrab. The sentences
which emphasize a clash of idea between Amir and Sohrab are “if we could ask you to stay in a home for kids for a while” and “Please Please, no”
The explanation above is based on the data number 48 below: “Well,Mr.Faisal thinks that it would really help if we
could...if we could ask you to stay in a home for kids for a while.”
“You promised you’d never put me in one of those places, Amir agha,” ... “Please Please, no”
Hosseini, 2003:297
Dealing with the explanation above, it can be concluded that Amir, as the main character of the story, experienced both internal and external conflict. In
addition, some of Amir’s internal conflict dealing with betrayal he did toward Hassan emphasizes Amir’s general description as a coward and anxious person.
Furthemore, the reason of Amir’s external conflict can be devided into two. Amir’s external conflict against Hassan, Baba and Rahim Khan is caused by
his guilt for his betrayal toward Hassan. While, Amir’s external conflict against Assef, Raymond Andrew, Omar Faisal and Sohrab is caused by his effort to
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