AP Essay of the Week: Justice in The Kite Runner

Justice in The Kite Runner

In the book the Kite Runner, justice is something that isn’t honored by the characters. They just let problems repeatedly go on until no one cares to mention it. Amir, the protagonist sees his servant being molested yet he says nothing in order to get justice. At first he believes that peoples’ needs of justice are nonequivalent, then he discovers that everyone has an equal need for justice, and finally his search for justice creates an underlying theme of acceptance.

Amir at first believes that not all people deserve equal justice. Amir’s servant gets raped by the neighborhood bully, but Amir does not say anything about it He did not feel that his servant’s right to justice, was equal to his own. Amr could have told someone what would happen, and retrieve justice for his servant but he chose to keep his mouth shut for fear of being attacked by the neighborhood bully. Amir feels that his whims are more important than the needs of his servant because his servant is a second class citizen and is not affected by the same rules as normal people. Amir does not see justice as an equal oppurtunity.

When Amir gets older, he discovers that all people should have equal justice. Because he realizes that he was wrong, Amir sets out to retrieve justice for his servant. Amir understands that people from all walks of life are the same and are deserving of equal justice. Therefore he acquires justice for his servant by confronting the neighborhood bully and adopting his servant’s son. Amir understands that all people deserve equal justice, therefore he gets justice for those who have been wronged.

Because of the search for justice the theme of acceptance can easily be seen. Speciffically, accepting people who are different than you are and understanding that even though you are different, you are the same in some areas. The search for justice in the book brings people together based off of their differences instead of driving them apart.

Amir first believed that not all people were entitled to equal justice, then he grows up and realizes that  everyone is entitled to justice,  and the  search for justice in the entire book points out the theme of acceptance.According to the Kite Runner, justice brings us together.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000306249976 Chris Perez

    Thank you, Antonio, You’re essay really explores the theme of justice, especially when you explain how Amir’s perspective of justice changes throughout time. This really shows how the author implements the growth in their characters, linking them to even bigger issues out in the world. This essay really shows how good of a writer you are, and how good of a writer you can become. Next time, I suggest you not only discuss the plot of the book, but also explain the deeper symbolization that the author implants in Amir, revolving justice. Besides that, It was a well written easy. Good job!

  • Anonymous

    First off, I would like to say congrats for having your essay be the first AP Essay of the Week. I like how you picked the book that you are comfortable with. I like how you just picked one character and stuck with it the whole paper. You have a little bit of grammatical errors but what author don’t have them in their books. I’m going to tell you that there are a ton. Keep up the great work. Even though, this is just the beginning you still have all year to approve and make your essays ten times better.

  • Dnayaprentice

    Hey Antonio,
    First off I wanted to say congratulations on having your essay be the first to be AP Essay of the Week. I really like how you were talking about just one character. I know I have a hard time just sticking to one character. I was asking how do you just stick with one character, do you pick the main character or do you just go off who does a lot in the book. Your essay is so powerful. I feel that you know the book very well. I think that you picked the book that you were mostly comfortable with. I like how you stuck in your comfort zone. To conclude my paragraph I just want to say keep up the good work, I know that there are more to come

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1537656163 Brenda De La Cruz

    Hello Antonio, thank you for writing your essay. Although there are small grammatical mistakes, your writing shows true understanding of the prompt and the book. I enjoy your essay because simple sentences have a deeper meaning. It shows that one doesn’t have to be flamboyant in their vocabulary to have a good understanding. Your body paragraphs have a clear message and you organized the essay well. I like the second body paragraph because it has an example but I also like the third body paragraph because it shows analysis. Reading this essay makes me want to read the book. Great job on your essay.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1482810415 Antonio Beasley

    Wait a minute. I thought that these were do before lunch tomorrow?!!. Well anyway, I want to thank everyone for their nice comments. I wanted to wait for all of them before I wrote anything. Just to clear some things up. This is not my original essay. My first one was horribly written and didn’t really respond to the prompt, so the night before it was due, I stayed up to rewrite it. I agree with everyone that my grammar wasn’t the greatest in this essay and I will work to make sure that I get better. Enjoy the rest of your weekends!!!!

    • Anonymous

      So, everybody, just because Antonio wrote the AP Essay of the Week, should we excuse his LATE comment? (Weekenders are always due on Monday at Lunch, no matter if we have school.) Lateness aside, Antonio, you should be proud for starting things off — particularly for revising and rewriting. Most students, after all, think revising is just correcting mistakes.

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  • Anonymous

    Not bad for a first time! Everybody was very prim and proper in your comments. Next we do this, feel free to respond to each others’ comments and keep the conversation going. Antonio, I hope you feel good getting all those accolades! (Too bad that you didn’t write anything. You’re supposed to!) See you all on Wednesday.

  • Kevin Holloway

    Thank you Antonio for writing a very good and clear essay. I wanna say first, That You made the theme in the book easy to see, for people that have not read the book and for readers that have, also Your view and understanding of the book has opened me up to other possible themes. You did a good job at connecting the search for justice to the theme of acceptance. This is a very good book and I am glad that the author has got this lesson to be learned out to readers like you that see it. This is not a perfect essay, but is very well written, I appreciate reading this.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001839346219 Esteffany Calderon

    Thank you Antonio, I enjoyed reading your essay, It shows that you knew what you were talking about and that you took the time to do your best. Apart from the little grammar mistakes this essay shows that you know how to answer a prompt. Your organization was solid, I like your examples. I learned how Amir as a person became more knowledgable and became a better person, and how some people still believe that justice is not for everybody. I personally think we should stop that. The justice he searched for was in away inspiring, he cared for others. I also like how you connected justice to the theme of acceptance. It gives it a special touch. Good job.

  • Nathan Chin

    BEASTley! this essay that you put together in just that one hour is a wonderful essay that I know made a lot of people think deeper into the book. I want to thank you for sharing what you have wrote and what you think of the book. This essay has given me insight of the book and it has allowed me to see what the book really is about and has made interested in it. I know this essay was not necessarily suppose to be about you but, i just want to know is your perspective of equal justice the same as Amir’s? One suggestion that i have is that in the second to last paragraph, you kind of placed your words in a way that would confuse readers. On the bright side, you connected the prompt and the book very well!

  • http://www.facebook.com/Phywis Marco Phywis Acosta

    Antonio this was a very good and detailed essay. There are a few spelling mistakes but overall it’s very solid. The way you connected the character with his reasons really makes me understand the book even though I haven’t (and don’t plan on) reading it. The only thing I would add is to give a little bit more evidence to the third paragraph, it feels like there isn’t something there that proves the justice brings people together. Thanks for your essay <3

  • liang haonan

    First of all, I am Leo. Well, just in case if you don’t know my Chinese name. In the first paragraph, I am not sure what do you mean by saying they just let problems repeatedly go on until no one cares to mention it. Because I didn’t see how the situation repeats in your body paragraph, but besides that, this is a very well constructive essay. The content is very consisted and connected to the thesis. And I like how you use the word “molested” in the first paragraph, instead of “harassed”. You are such a living dictionary. And you grammar, shouldn’t it be present tense? Correct me if I am wrong. After all, I like this essay. Thanks for sharing.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1007831802 Wendy Lizbeth Rubio

    Hey Antonio, thanks for sharing your essay with us. I really enjoyed reading it, it was a really solid essay. I liked how it was direct and went straight to the point. In addition, your diction is really good but you do repeat a lot of the same words. I also liked how you incorporated the theme of the book while answering the prompt. Reading your essay makes me want to read the book; the way you analyzed it sounds very interesting. I also liked the way you ended it with “justice brings us together.” My only suggestion is to proof read your essay because I saw some minor spelling mistakes. Hope to read more of your essays in the future. :)  

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000462972943 Carmen Godoy

    Hello Antonio, your essay is well thought out and is relavent to the prompt. You provided good evidence and the topic of justice was clearly stated. I like how you connected the theme of justice to the outside world. Also you did a good job explaining the position that amir was is and how he dealt with the situation emotionally. You should try using bette diction and not repeting words constanly. Overall you did a great job and completed a solid essay.

    Sincerely,
    Carmen Godoy

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1647257524 Jc Poblete

    First of all Antonio, what a perfectly written essay! I’d also like to congratulate you on being the first of many AP essays on the week! I’m glad to have someone intelligent like yourself start the class off. The way you put this whole essay together is amazing! I’d probably agree to most of the things you wrote, but I have no clue what the book is about. But that’s exactly the point! Even without knowing a bit of the book, you showed me what the whole deal was in the book about the search of justice. The thing that stood out to me the most was your ending conclusion paragraph. Or sentence. LOL. I, too, believe that everyone is entitled to justice. Great essay! Hope you get better, which you will, and have more AP essays of the week to come! Good day sir!

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000955038192 Cash Mona’e

    Thank you, Antonio, for setting a good essay example for the first AP Practice Essay of the Week. I think that you did an excellent job by answering the prompt and not writing too much summary about the book. This essay gave be good  insite about the book that I never caught on to. I remeber freshman year I attempted to read the book and it was an epic fail because I though it was boring. From reading your essay it makes me want to have a ” round two” with the book and give it a second chance because it seems very interesting from how you explained the book and connected it to the AP theme. I like how your sentences are very nice and well organized. I also like the way you spelled Amir’s name in the second paragraph  :-) : ” Amr could have told someone what would happen, and retrieve justice for
    his servant but he chose to keep his mouth shut for fear of being
    attacked by the neighborhood bully.” It shows that we are all human and make mistakes.  Good Job and I can’t wait to see how much your writting improves throughout the year :)  

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1517291998 Dezmond Oriola

    Antonio, I had no idea such a beautiful essay was being written next to me last week. Your essay really brings out justice in the book, but more than that it does show growing like a lot of books do. However, I also agree with Paulina , this essay does make me want to read the book. We’ll see if I squeeze enough time in this year to read it but when I do, I hope i can make the exact same connections. One last thing, I do agree with everyone else on how you ended the essay with “justice brings us together” it was really strong. 

    • Anonymous

      You get an extra point for being funny! Remember, I judge funny!

  • Stephanie Louie

    Antonio thanks for your essay. Even thou I have not read The Kite Runner, I see how the character’s
    ambitions are. I liked who your explained you thoughts about Amir. Also I liked
    how you empathized on the character’s idea of justice. At first not caring for
    the servant then, realizing that by ignoring the problem would not be solved.
    Thanks your essay and you way of using words.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1587533630 Paulina Ovalle

    Beasley, so beside all the tiny mistakes, your essay was pretty solid. You had all the requirements and you actualy make me want to read The Kite Runner. I really liked your examples and main ideas because they were straight to the point and persuasive. I also enjoyed reading your essay because you include real life references. It it makes me reflect on my life..I am truely causing justice in my community and not just within myself? 

    Imagine if this is your essay and you rushed it, imagine how your essays must look when you have time? Wow, well keep up the good work. 

  • Mercedes

    Thank you, Antonio, for writing a well thought out essay. It really shows how Amir grew up through out the book. I like the way you explained his reasons for not wanting to help the servant and how in the end he realizes he was wrong for thinking the way he did. I also like  how organized your essay was and the way you ended it with “justice brings us together.” Like Rashada, I would also like to read this. Thanks again and keep up the good work!

  • Rashada94

    This is truly a great essay. I really like that you explained reasonings for Amir not believing in equal rights because he has a higher power and or right. It was important for readers to know how Amir’s views on equal justice changes throughout the book. I personally understand how and why Amir had viewed servants as un equal to his circumstances but I was extremely glad he changed. You did a great job on your essay. I would love to read this book. 

  • Nathaly

    Hi Antonio! I really liked your essay, it shows how Amir grew in his thoughts about justice. It also shows how he helps gain justice for his maid even though his former thoughts were that not everyone should receive justice, especially because she was a second class citizen. I think you could of done better in the significance of justice for Amir.Why was it important for someone else, other than Amir, to receive justice? Also, proof read, there were some spelling errors.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_R2V3AAD5NLPG4NM5ZCMAIYXCQY chris

    Thank you Antonio, for your essay on the theme of justice in the book The Kite Runner. :) I remember reading this book back in 11th grade and not really understanding the theme of the book. You have really opened up my mind to think outside of the box. I really liked the connections you made between him and his servant. I thought that he didn’t say anything because he was scared but not because he was a “higher rank” than she was. One suggestion i have is in the third paragraph I would have liked to read an example how how he got justice for other people. Again thanks for this great essay. I know it is does have some spelling errors, but hey, it is your first one. Hope to read many more soon.

  • http://www.facebook.com/markisero Mark Steven Isero

    Thank you, Antonio, for starting things off with the first AP Practice Essay of the Week. Your essay, though including some flaws, is well organized and succinct. It is a solid essay for the beginning of the year. You have a good way of not wasting words when you write. My favorite paragraph is easily your last body paragraph, the toughest. You linked the search for justice to the universal idea of acceptance. In addition, I appreciated the way you revised your essay throughout the week. Your first draft was mainly about the search for love. In your final essay, you moved entirely over to the search for justice. With this essay, you taught me to teach the class that good writing does not have to be verbose; rather, it’s the economy of your words, how dense your ideas are, that truly matters.