Irony #2

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I find this picture Ironic because the sign says "stay off the grass" but realistically there is no grass. Much like how Amir is now the man that Baba wanted him to be but Baba is no longer there to see him.
Another Irony found in "The Kite Runner" is when Assef is beating Amir to a pulp. Rather than crying out in pain and begging for Assef to stop beating him, he merely laughs at Assef. We find this Ironic because when one is beaten, they usually cry out in pain or beg for forgiveness but with Amir, he laughs as though he was waiting for this beating his whole life. We believe that, Assef beating Amir, is a release of guilt for Amir. Finally in his whole life, someone has beaten him so badly that he feels as if all the guilt he bared over the span of his life, has finally begun to lift. Amir was destroyed physically but healed emotionally in the process. Something else that happened was that Amir finally proved that he was not a coward and that he could finally stand up to Assef. Amir finally became the man that Baba had wanted him to be. However, Baba was no longer alive to see Amir the way that he is now and that in itself is very ironic.
"He leaned toward me, like a man about to share a great secret. "You don't know the meaning of the word 'liberating' until you've done that, stood in a roomful of targets, let the bullets fly, free of guilt and remorse, knowing you are virtuous, good, and decent. Knowing you're doing God's work. It's breathtaking." He kissed the prayer beads, tilted his head.
We left the bodies in the streets, and if their families tried to sneak out to drag them back into their homes, we'd shoot them too. We left them in the streets for days. We left them for the dogs. Dog meat for dogs."