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Saturday, October 24, 2009
"Children Aren't Coloring Books" - Making a Text-to-Text/Self Connection
One of my favorite quotations in these first few chapters is the statement made by Rahim Kahn. When Baba, Amir's father, complains to Rahim that Amir is not the kind of boy he expected to have as a son, Rahim Kahn replies, "Children aren't coloring books. You don't get to fill them with your favorite colors." Parents are often guilty of this. They project their own wants or needs onto their children and rather than helping them find their own paths in life, they push their children along a path of their own design. This only makes people unhappy. The children either live lives that are not truly their own or they live their lives feeling they aren't really worthy of their parents' love and respect. Do you agree or disagree with Rahim Kahim? Please support your position with a text-to-text or text-to-self connection. Don't forget to use some specific details from both Kite Runner and another text or your own life.
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I agree with Rahim Kahn because adults who don't have the best life want more for their kids lives. They then usually end up pushing their kids to do things they may not want. This can lead to the kids and parents having bad relationships. Kids end up hating their parents for pushing them to become things they don't want to be in life. Through the parents perspective they just want what it is best for them, but through the kids perspective they see it as their parents living their lives through their children.
ReplyDelete"Children aren't coloring books. You don’t get to fill them with your favorite colors." Like Rahim Khan, I agree with this statement because every child is different regardless of who their parents are. For instance, in the book Things Fall Apart, Okonkwo tries so hard to teach his children to be different from their grandfather, Unoka. He doesn’t want them to be seen as a lazy man who is in loads of debt. As the story goes on Okonkwo doesn’t accept the things that his son does, forcing him to run away and never return. This shows how his son felt as though he wasn’t worthy of his fathers love and respect. Another example is that my mother doesn’t like math or science, but those are actually my favorite subjects.
ReplyDeleteI agree that the statement is true. Children are not coloring books but yet some parents try to live their life through their kids. Like, if a parent never got to fulfill something in their own life or never got the opportunity to do something they will push their kids to do it even if they don't want to. This just makes the kids unhappy and life difficult. In the story, Baba tries to get Amir to like soccer when he doesn't and isn't any good at it but he only went through with it because he wanted to please his dad. I've read a book before about a girl who took up dancing. She was good but dancing was not her passion. Her mother was forcing her to do it because when she, herself, was a child, she took up dancing and was very good at it but an injury caused her to stop dancing so she was living and grabbing every opportunity through her daughter making her very unhappy.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Rahim Khan statement because children don't need to follow in there parents path ever child should wanna be better and go that extra step then there parnets. By parents wanting there child to come out just like them it's keep the child from feeling free and a new person and just settling for the same. Rahim made it perfectly clear by explainnig how parent cant just full there kids because eventually the child will branch off to there own type of person.
ReplyDelete"Children aren't coloring books. You don’t get to fill them with your favorite colors." Like Rahim Khan, I agree with this statement because every child is different regardless of who their parents are. For instance, in the book Things Fall Apart, Okonkwo tries so hard to teach his children to be different from their grandfather, Unoka. He doesn’t want them to be seen as a lazy man who is in loads of debt. As the story goes on Okonkwo doesn’t accept the things that his son does, forcing him to run away and never return. This shows how his son felt as though he wasn’t worthy of his fathers love and respect. Another example is that my mother doesn’t like math or science, but those are actually my favorite subjects. Also in the book Kite Runner, Amir is unhappy when he is eavesdropping and hears his father complaining that he isn’t pleased with the way he turned out. This caused Amir to feel like is isn’t accepted as his son.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Rahim khan because children are not coloring books. If parents try to fill there kids with things that they want them to do than it will just end up as a bad relationship between them. They try to live their lives through there children so that they can have a better life than they had. Some kids though want to live their own lives, make their own mistakes, and do what they want to do. As my mom does with me, she tries to make me do what she wants and then when I make mistakes she goes crazy. So therefore me and my mother do not have a good relationship as in they don’t in Kite runner.
ReplyDeleteI agree with what Rahim Khan has to say because parents think they can run kids lives and parents dont seem to know that they are putting pressure on their kids. In the book Kite Runner Amira wants to badly please his father but it seems so hard. This can really put pressure on these kids. My mom dont pressure me . She wants me to be independent and learn how to succeed in my own way. She helps but dont pressure me.
ReplyDeleteI agree with rahim Khan's saying, "Children aren't coloring books. You don't get to fill them with your favorite colors." The reason I agree with his statement is because when two parents have a child the child gets half of both of their traits whether their good or bad traits. You don't get to choose what trait to give them, you just have to accept what trait they get. So just because the parent likes one thing doesn't mean that their child will like the same thing.
ReplyDeleteRahim Khan truly said it best. Children are not exact replicas of their parents. Many parents attempt to project their own successes on to their children, which may help some young ones to develop a sense of direction, but are often met with rebellion. This act is derived from the analytical abilities of the child. As a child grows they are continually learning and changing with their environment and those in their lives, in doing this kids are exposed to the failures as well as the successes of those around them, which do include the parents. Many of these kids are driven subconsciously to be the best that they can be. This may or may not include following in their parents’ footsteps. Some parents understand this as my mom has. She now has two boys in the military and a daughter who is in college in the pursuit of a nursing career. Though it may seem unorthodox, my mother focused on her mistakes in raising us and as a result we understood what not to do. With the entire right path ahead, each one us, my brother, my sister, and I have craved a significant path uniquely our own. It is true we did not follow our Mom, reproducing her successes and failures, but we are all going to be successful in a new way that makes us happy. Rahim Khan said it best and I will continue to draw my own colors not my mother’s.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Rahim khan because children are not coloring books. If parents try to fill there kids with things that they want them to do than it will just end up as a bad relationship between them. They try to live their lives through there children so that they can have a better life than they had. Some kids though want to live their own lives, make their own mistakes, and do what they want to do. As my mom does with me, she tries to make me do what she wants and then when I make mistakes she goes crazy. So therefore me and my mother do not have a good relationship as in they don’t in Kite runner.
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